330 likes | 489 Views
MPAT TEMPEST EXPRESS 25 ( TE-25) Workshop Overview. 12-20 June 2014. Agenda. What is MPAT? TE-25 Overview TE-25 Deliverables Multinational Force Standing Operating Procedures (MNF SOP ). MPAT Participants. A cadre of military planners ... From nations with Asia-Pacific interests
E N D
MPAT TEMPEST EXPRESS 25(TE-25) Workshop Overview 12-20 June 2014
Agenda • What is MPAT? • TE-25 Overview • TE-25 Deliverables • Multinational Force Standing Operating Procedures (MNF SOP)
MPAT Participants A cadre of military planners ... • From nations with Asia-Pacific interests • Capable of rapidly augmenting a multinational force (MNF) headquarters (HQ) • Established to plan and execute coalition operations • In response to military –operations-other-than-war (MOOTW) / small scale contingencies (SSC)
A Multinational Program • Maintains a cadre of MNF planners: • Skilled in common crisis action planning procedures • Available to rapidly augment a CTF HQ during a crisis • Develops habitual relationships among MPAT cadre • Meets periodically to: • Share information & develop CTF HQ procedures (MNF SOP) • Practice CTF HQ activation, formation, & planning processes • Includes interested nations, International Organizations (IOs), Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), & United Nations (UN) agencies MPAT PROGRAM BELONGS TO ALL INTERESTED NATIONS
MPAT Objectives & Methods • Improve Speed of Multinational Crisis Response • Improve Multinational Force Interoperability • Increase CTF Mission Effectiveness • Unity of Effort • Develop and become familiar with common Standing Operating Procedures (SOP) for MNF HQ • Strengthen & Practice Common Crisis Action Planning Procedures
MPAT Participating Nations AustraliaBangladesh Brunei CambodiaCanada East Timor France Fiji Germany India Indonesia Italy Japan Korea Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal New Zealand Papua New Guinea Philippines SingaporeSolomon Islands Sri Lanka ThailandTonga Tuvalu United Kingdom United States Vanuatu Vietnam (31 countries)
MPAT Venues • MPAT SOP Development Workshop : • Develop MPAT Program Recommendations • Develop / Refine MNF SOP • MPAT TEMPEST EXPRESS (TE): • CTF HQ Staff Planning Workshop • Scenario-driven planning event • MPAT Participation in Other Events: • Multinational Exercises • COBRA GOLD , BALIKATAN , TALISMAN SABER GEMA BHAKTI, VITAL PROSPECT, ETC. • Seminars, Table-top Exercises, Wargames, etc. • Regional & International Forums • ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) • UN Conferences • ICRC Conferences • Real World Crisis Response • UNIFIED ASSISTANCE (2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami) • CARING RESPONSE (2008 Cyclone Nargis - Burma) • OPERATION DAMAYON (2013 Philippine Typhoon)
MPAT Program Building Relationships Building Capacity Military Unified Action Civil Government Humanitarians
Improved United Nations and Coalition forces’ capabilities for planning for robust peacekeeping, peace enforcement operations, and non-combatant evacuation operations Improved and enhanced Malaysian Armed Forces deployment planning Testing and refinement of relevant portions of the Multinational Force Standing Operating Procedures (MNF SOP) TE-25 End State
TE-25 Objectives Objective 1: Enhance UN Troop Contributing Countries’ mission planning for robust peacekeeping Objective 2: Enhance multinational military capabilities for planning small scale contingencies Objective 3: Improve multinational military speed of response, interoperability, mission effectiveness and unity of effort for peace support and non-combatant evacuation operations Objective 4: Enhance, improve and practice MAF operational planning
TE-25 Participants MPAT Nations Humanitarian Community UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs (CFE-DMHA) 23 Nations Total estimated number of participants 100-120 Nepal New Zealand Philippines Sri Lanka Thailand Timor Leste Tonga Tuvalu United Kingdom United States Vanuatu Australia Bangladesh Cambodia Canada France Germany Indonesia Japan Korea Malaysia Maldives Mongolia
TE-25 Exercise Format • Event Dates: 12-20 June • Location: Malaysian Peacekeeping Center, Pt Dickson • Operational-level, multinational planning activities • Format: Academics followed by planning in syndicate groups ending with out briefs to senior officers • Schedule: • Academics: 12-13 June (1 ½ days) • Planning Group Sessions: 16-19 June (4 days) • Planning Group Schedule: • Mission Analysis: 16 June (½ day) • Mission Planning: 16-19 June (3 ½ days) • Out briefs to Senior Officials: 20 June (½ day) • Subject Matter Experts will circulate through all groups
TE-25 Schedule Opening & Academics Academics ½ day MAF Cultural Day Out briefs & Closing Training Holiday Mission Planning Mission Planning Mission Planning Mission Planning Event Daily Start / Stop Times: 08:30 to 16:30 (08:00-12:00 on 20 June) Breaks at 10:30-11:00 and 15:30-16:00 Lunch from 13:00-14:00
TE-25 Academics Malaysia Overview Malaysian Armed Forces Overview TE-25 Scenario Overview and Deliverables MAF Experience-Challenges in UNIFIL (PKO) MAF Experience-Challenges in Noncombatant Evacuation Ops in Egypt (NEO) US Viewpoint in Noncombatant Evacuation Ops (NEO) Overview Humanitarian Community Overview Humanitarian Security and Protection of Civilians Military-Civil Defence Assets, & Country-specific Civil-Military Coordination Guidelines International Humanitarian Law in Peacekeeping & Peace Enforcement Operations Military Decision-Making Process-Multinational (MDMP-M) Briefings Joint Military Appreciation Process (JMAP) (Group 5) Operational Intelligence Preparation of the Environment (OIPE) TE-25 Computer System Instruction
Group 1MONUSCO Intervention Brigade Deployment-Ops Plan, Version 1(PKO)
Group 1 Planning Considerations MONUSCO Intervention Brigade 1 • Mission: Plan re-organization and redeployment of the UN Intervention Brigade • MYS-led Brigade, MYS Brigade Commander • Use existing MONUSCO force assets • Group does NOT include police participants • Brigade Headquarters in Goma DRC • Be-Prepared-to-Execute Mission: • COA due 20 June 2014 • Initial operational capability 1 September 2014 • Fully operational by 1 November 2014 • 6 month mandate • MONUSCO Attack helo assets available on-call • Must use existing MONUSCO ROE • Brief Senior Officials on COA on 20 June 2014
Group 2MONUSCO Intervention Brigade Deployment-Ops Plan, Version 2(PKO)
Group 2 Planning Considerations MONUSCO Intervention Brigade 2 • Mission: Plan re-organization and redeployment of the UN Intervention Brigade • CAN-led Brigade, CAN Brigade Commander • Use existing MONUSCO force assets • Group INCLUDES police participants • Brigade Headquarters in Kinshasa DRC • Be-Prepared-to-Execute Mission: • COA due 20 June 2014 • Initial operational capability 1 September 2014 • Fully operational by 1 November 2014 • 1 year mandate • Attack helo assets requires FHQ authorization • ROE Adjustments authorized with FHQ approval • Brief Senior Officials on COA on 20 June 2014
Group 3Central African RepublicPeace Enforcement Mission(PEO)
Group 3 Planning Considerations Coalition Task Force Peace Enforcement Operation (PEO) • Mission: Plan Central African Republic (CAR) PEO • Combined Task Force (CTF) • At request of CAR government - authorized by UN Security Council • Separate belligerents, protect civilians and set conditions for follow-on UN PKO Mission • GBR-led force, GBR Force Commander • Multinational forces • CTF Force headquarters design and staging locations • Based on plan • Options are: -Lagos / Abuja, Nigeria -Yaounde, Cameroon -N’Djamena, Chad -At sea • Execute mission by 20 July 2014 • Handover to MINUSCA 15 Sept 2014, Fully transition ops by 31 October 2014 • Requests for Forces allowed • Approved by MPAT Secretariat
Group 4Central African RepublicMultinational ForceNon-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO)
Group 4 Planning Considerations Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) Support: CAR • Mission: Plan Support/Security for NEO to include: • Secure airfields and major roadways in CAR from outlying regions to Bangui for NEO by UN / NGO assets; • Be prepared to escort UN/NGO NEO convoys to Bangui • Non-permissive • Sources of evacuees / areas to be secured: • Evacuees include UN & voluntary humanitarian workers (490 personnel) • Four provinces in CAR • Destination: Bangui, CAR • NEO at request of UN, consent of CAR government • Potential use of armed escorts approved by DSRSG RC/HC • AUS-led force, AUS Force Commander • NEO must coordinated with existing forces in CAR: • Operation Sangari, MISCA and EUFOR RCA are NOT part of NEO • NEO Forces Staging Area: based on plan • Execute mission 25 June – 10 July 2014
Group 5Central African RepublicMalaysian Armed ForcesNon-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO)
Group 5 Planning Considerations Malaysian Armed Forces NEO of MYS Citizens • Mission: Plan NEO by Malaysian Armed Forces to evacuate 120 PETRONAS workers from four areas in CAR: • From 3 Eastern Provinces and City of Bangui, CAR • To Nairobi, Kenya, onward to MYS • Destination: Nairobi, KEN, then to MYS • MYS Citizens in danger: Violence in Bangui, instability in eastern CAR • MYS Government orders NEO, CAR government consents • Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) only, mixed services • NEO Forces for planning: MAF based on plan • NEO Forces Staging Area: based on plan • Rainy season, many roadways in east impassable • Execute mission NLT 10 July
MNF SOP • Agreed-upon procedures required to improve multinational crisis response and capabilities by MPAT nations • Not prescriptive, binding or directive • Document left “unsigned” intentionally • Serves as a “guide” (start point) • A multinational document • Contributions from 31 nations, UN, civil government and humanitarian organizations • Primary focus: Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW) • Designed to support a full range of small scale contingencies (SSCs) • Used for all USPACOM Multinational Operations • Used for Joint Task Force Certification in ADF • Use for planning guide at TE 25 (except Group 5)
MNF SOP Key Principles • Operational Start Points • Predetermined “start points” prior to a crisis will improve MNF speed of initial response / effectiveness • Clear Understanding & Communications • It is critical to “agree” or “agree to disagree” based upon a common set of terms & processes • Common Planning Process • MNF planning structure must provide for an “integrated and managed process” for the development & execution of plans The Foundation for Unity of Effort
MNF SOP Missions • Major Conflict (War) • Large scale offensive & • defensive combat ops MNF SOP - Operational Focus Hostilities will occur • PEO • Small-Scale- Contingency • Combating Terrorism • Hostilities may occur • Counterinsurgency • Protection of • Shipping • Counterdrug Ops • Counterterrorism • Disarmament, • Demobilization & • Reintegration • Anti-Piracy • Consequence • Management • Hostilities unlikely, but possible • PKO • NEO • Anti-Terrorism • Show of Force • Disaster Relief • Humanitarian Assistance • Freedom of Navigation • Domestic Support • Personnel Recovery Ops • CBRNE-TIM
MNF SOPFramework and Organization • Framework – SOP based on “military context & perspective” • SOP Organization: • Parts A & B: MNF SOP Foundations and Overview: Conceptual foundation and operational “Start Points” for MNF Operations • Part C: Multinational HQ Procedures:Hqs staff organization, procedures, processes and functions • Part D: Range of Military Operations and MNF Missions: Missions within the scope of MNF SOP with planning factors, considerations, checklists and other information • Parts E: Multinational Reference Library: Glossary, abbreviations, acronyms, reports formats, and reference documents • Parts F: Supporting Documents: Templates, Tables, Reports and Formats
MULTINATIONAL FORCE STANDING OPERATING PROCEDURES (MNF SOP) Version: 2.9 October 2013 Event Links Develop Procedures Test Procedures Validate Procedures