Norwegian Army Main Support Unit

1. Norwegian Army Main Support Unit LtCol Svein-Erik Malmö-Moen Commander NoA MSU ”Our support – your safety”

3. Chief of Staff of the Norwegian Army Army Staff Brigade North Border GuardGSV His Majesty the King’s Guard Special Operations Command Military Academy Service Support Army Training School Joint Support Training Centre

5. Agenda • Organisation, tasks and responsibility • Crisis management • Follow-up • Experiences from last year

6. MSU Organisation, tasks and responsibility

7. Norwegian Defence Personell Handbook Part E (International Operations) Tasks and function to COM MSU NoA Understanding of content and intention Tasks – Responsibility – Authority (Jmf: depl, redepl, leave, etc)

8. NoA MSU is the employers representative for Units from Army and Joint services, and Staff officers and military observers from all Services and Joint services deployed to international operations. Responsible COM is the Inspector General of the Army COM MSU execute on behalf of the Inspector General of the Army

9. Chief of Army Staff Personal Staff COS Staff Support PIO FIN Pers OPS Org & Equipment MSU

10. Daily activity Initial Courses Crisis management Tasks – daily activity(Priorities) • Employer’s liability • Initial training – staff officers CE and PE, military observers and NoK-Contacts Crisis management

11. OPERATIONALISE: ”Solve the Task – Take care of your soldiers” Training, Education and Equipment Family follow-up Combat strength Combat power Openness and facts (in Media relations) Ability and Determination Soldier follow-up (B-U-A) Recognition

12. NoA SOF Navy Rena Army Terningmoen Haakonsvern INT Lutvann Rygge AF The ”family” of Main Support Units

13. BosniaNATO/EUFOR HQ KosovoUNMIK KosovoKFOR HQ Middle-East UNTSO Afghanistan UNAMA Afghanistan NCC NSE PRT ISAF HQ Sudan UNMIS Egypt MFO D R Kongo MONUSCO Operations Pr 23 Nov 2011 Normally deployed about 580 personnel Throughout the year 1600 – 2000 pers 1 1 5 2 11 Ca 530 3 1 20

14. MSU’s “Order of Battle” COM Staff support 1 x LEGAD 1 x Chaplain1 PIO DCOM/COS READINESS AND EDUCATION PERSONELL ADMIN LOGISTICS MEDICAL

15. Tasks Crisis management: • Duty officer (24/7) • Establishment of NoK-centre • NoK • NoK-C/Follow up • Casualties • Funerals • Sick leave • Repatriation cases Readiness &Course: Adm: Log: • 6 Initial (CE) courses, (3 weeks) • 2 PE- courses (1 week) • 2 NoK-C- courses + 5 NoK-C rallies • Crisis management planning • Crisis management training • Responsibility for setting up and material handling, deployment and redeployment of observers and staff officers (ca 250/year) Employer’s liability: • Facilitate deploym & redeploym • Salary • Contracts • Archive • Travel office • Recruiting • Medals • Termination • Med sel • Med follow up • Med dim

16. ASU NoA Crisis management

17. Continue to run courses Incident handling Take care of NoK (NoK-C regime) • Reinforced • OPS • Establish • NoK • (or Reception • Centre ) • Duty Off (24/7) Notify NoK- Summon NoK-Contacts Attend to injured/ wounded (800 89 520) • Crisis Management Plans • Frequent exercises Crisis Management Continue to take care of the employer’s liability

18. Sessvollmoen Major incident NoK-Centre Terningmoen Minor incident ResponseCentre OPS Response Centre OPS Message Briefing Room Press Information Centre Plans Plans Pårørende team

19. KIA Fallen soldier arrives Prepare the recep-tion of fallen soldier Funeral Prepare notifying NoK Notifying NoK Prepare Support Reinforce OPS,comms with NJHQ Man the RC Prepare the messages Confirm name Notifiy other units Notify NoK MSU initial contact with NoK NoK-C called up, preparations 14 months Start the NoK follow-up process LO from home unit Plan and coordinate the reception of the fallen soldier Carry out the reception of the fallen soldier Plan the support for the familiy

20. WIA Prepare case for transfer to National Health Services Reception Transfer to home unit Prepare transfer to home unit ”status of the case” Prepare notifying NoK Notifying NoK Reinforce OPS,comms with NJHQ Man the RC Prepare the messages Confirm name Notify other units Notify NoK ASU contact with NoK, medical personnell NoK-C called up, preparations Depend on needs NoK follow-up LO from home unit if needed Plan and coordinate the Case and to receive the wounded Receive the wounded Prepare transfer to home unit

21. Police/ Clergyman Incident Warning Chain NoK MSU`s NJHQ MED MED NCC/ SNR MED

22. MSU NoA Follow-up

23. Distribution of Responsibility HOTO National Health Services Deployment period Pre deployment period End of contract Home unit Res: VA/NSA Deploy- ment Redeploy- ment Planning and preparation period Unit Training period Demob/ ”Phase out” period 6mnd 12mnd -> 5 days 3mnd 12 mnd 0 Law: 12 mnd Follow-up resp (Defence) TA MSU ”MED SEL (1)” ”MED SEL(2)”

24. VETERANS Active duty and res (Injured personnel) Actors Until End of Contract Attention to our veterans NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY! + 12 months (Defence) Injured personnel Claims SPF Medical treatment The Case CIV VA/ Home Unit JMS/SMT JMS/NCMM CIV NLWA SPF MSU/MS NLWA

25. ASU NoA Experiences 2010 – 2011(so far)

26. Major incidents 2010/2011 handled by MSU: 25 jan 2010: 1 KIA IED GHOWR 2 mai 2010: 9 WIA TIC GHOWR 27 juni 2010: 4 KIA IED ALMAR 1 april 2011 1 KIA MeS (UNAMA UNMO) (+ A lot of minor injuries, sick leaves and socially related issues)

27. Conclusion • NoA MSU holds very good competence and experience in handling serious incidents – also in a national perspective • NoA MSU is working hard in order to improve the cooperation with the National Health Services and the Social Services

28. Questions?