Collaboration and Partnerships in Language Training at the Swedish National Defence College

1. Collaboration and Partnershipsin Language Training at theSwedish National Defence College Steve Henly English Teacher SNDC BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

2. Collaboration and Partnershipsin Language Training at theSwedish National Defence College Steve Henly English Teacher SNDC that benefit English BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

3. Outline • Staff Course Operational Planning Exercises • Officers’ Programme – ERASMUS, Exercise • Exercise VIKING 2014 BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

4. Staff Course • One-year tri-service course for captains (and naval equivalents) • Two periods of single service operational planning • Term 1 – Swedish • Term 2 – Introduction of English (Mission Analysis Briefings, Courses of Action Decision Briefings) • Naval officers - joint exercise at Istituto di Studi Militari Marittimi BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

5. Staff Course BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

6. Officers’ Programme • Three-year degree/commissioning course for officer cadets • Erasmus exchange • Army cadets – TEWT (‘tactical exercise without troops’), battalion operations in sub-arctic warfare • ‘Talking Endlessly Without Thinking’! • TEWL • ‘Talking Endlessly Without Lunch’! BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

7. Current Erasmus Exchanges • Royal Military Academy – Belgium • St Cyr Military Academy – France • Czech University of Defence • Helmut Schmidt University – Germany • Theresian Military Academy – Austria • Lithuanian Military Academy BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

8. Officers’ Programme – TEWT • Army cadets, battalion-level planning exercise, sub-arctic environment • Erasmus invitation • 2014 – three Austrian cadets, two Czech cadets • Six syndicates – two with Austrians/Czechs • Working language – English BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

9. Officers’ Programme – TEWT BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

10. Officers’ Programme – TEWT BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

11. Exercise VIKING 2014 BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

12. Exercise VIKING 2014 Main International Actors Main Bogaland Actors • UN Mission in Bogaland (UNMIB) • UN Country Team (UNCT) • Bogaland Force (BFOR) a NATO led Combined Joint force (multinational maritime, air and land components) • EU Battlegroup (EUBG) • EU Civil Administration Mission (EUCAM) • International organisations (IO) • International non-governmental organisations (INGO) • Transitional Government of Bogaland (TGoB) • Provincial and local authorities • Political parties • Bogaland National Police (BNP) • Armed Forces of Bogaland (AFoB) • United Liberation Army (ULA) • Mida National Armed Front (MNAF) • Tribes and clans • Organised crime BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

13. Exercise VIKING 2014 Computer-assisted command post exercise – to prepare civilians, military and police for peace support or crisis response operations Organised by Swedish Armed Forces, the Folke Bernadotte Academy (Swedish Agency for Peace Security and Development) and the Swedish National Defence College (SNDC) – support from partner nations and organisations. Organised every three years (Combined Joint Staff Exercise – every year) SNDC Staff Course SNDC Advanced Staff Course (two-year tri-service master’s course for majors – and naval equivalents) SNDC – military and civilian instructors/lecturers, civilian students BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

14. Exercise VIKING 2014 Command and Staff Course – Baltic Defence College Senior Staff Officers’ Course – Finnish National Defence University Austrian National Defence Academy And a number of other military organisations… BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

15. Exercise VIKING 2014 BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

16. Exercise VIKING 2014 Joint Command and General Staff Course – Baltic Defence College General Staff Officers’ Course – Finnish National Defence University Austrian National Defence Academy And a number of other military organisations… And a number of other organisations… BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

17. Exercise VIKING 2014 BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

18. Exercise VIKING 2014 Joint Command and General Staff Course – Baltic Defence College General Staff Officers’ Course – Finnish National Defence University Austrian National Defence Academy And a number of other military organisations… And a number of other civilian organisations… And a number of different countries… BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

19. Exercise VIKING 2014 BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

20. Joint Forces Command Field Staff Exercise VIKING 2014 Response cells - Higher Control (O)HQ IO/GO RO / NGO EEAS/ CPCC UN HQ • Training Audience Operational level UNMIB HQ CountryOffices EUCAM HQ EUBG (F)HQ BFOR HQ UN POLICE UN COUNTRY TEAM DSRSG Political DSRSG RC/HC Land Component Air Component Maritime Component UN MILITARY • Training Audience Tactical level RegionalOffices RegionalOffices Navy Task Groups Brigade HQs Combined Air Operations Centre Sector HQ Response cells -Lower Control FieldStaff FieldStaff Subordinate Units Subordinate units Subordinate units Subordinate units Subordinate units BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

21. Exercise VIKING 2014 BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

22. Exercise VIKING 2014 7th VIKING Exercise 2 500 participants (15 % civilian) 50 + countries 90 + organizations 8 exercise sites BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

23. Collaboration and Partnerships Staff Course Operational Planning Exercises • Language Teachers-Military Teachers • Bilateral/International – SNDC/Istituto di StudiMilitariMarittimi Officers’ Programme • ERASMUS – International • Language Teachers-Military Teachers Exercise VIKING 2014 • You name it! BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES

24. Collaboration and Partnershipsin Language Training at theSwedish National Defence College Steve Henly English Teacher SNDC that benefit English BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES