Allied Command Operations

1. Allied CommandOperations “Vigilance is the Price of Liberty” Slawomir WICHA LtCOL POL A RAA Report Brussels FEB 2007

2. SHAPE - Mons Reserve Affairs Advisor www.nato.int/shape slawomir.wicha@shape.nato.int

3. Change of Command December 2007

4. Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) STRATEGIC GOALS • Successful Operations including NRF and Exercises • Effective Management of ACO • Support for Transformation • Support for Co-operation General John Craddock U.S. Army

5. NATO OPERATIONS

6. The North Atlantic Treaty (Washington DC 4 April 1949) Article 4 The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened. Article 5 The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that , if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.

7. Operations - Overview • IFOR/SFOR Implementation Force followed by the Stabilisation Force. • Operation ALTHEA – EU operation in the Balkans • KFOR – Kosovo Forces Operation Joint Guardian (17,000) • NHQ – NATO Headquarters Sarajavo (300), Tirana (300) and Skopje (100) • ISAF - International Security Assistance Force (11,400) • NTMI - NATO Training Mission in Iraq (150) • Operation Active Endeavour – Mediterranean (1,900) • AMIS – African Union Mission In the Sudan (10) • Baltic Air Policing (4 Aircraft) • Humanitarian Assistance to the victims of the Pakistan Earthquake and Hurricane Katrina • Currently NATO has 31,150 Troops Deployed Worldwide on Live Operations and Missions.* • * BALTIC KFOR AIR POLICING Mar 1999 - Ongoing May 2004 - Ongoing Earthquake Relief Pakistan NHQ IFOR/SFOR Oct 2005 - Feb 2006 Sarajevo Dec 1995 - Dec 2004 EU OP ALTHEA NHQ Dec 2004 - Ongoing Tirana NTM - I NHQ Feb 2005 - Ongoing Skopje ISAF Apr 2003 - Ongoing ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR Oct 2001 - Ongoing Hurricane KATRINA AMIS Sep - Oct 2005 Jul 2005 - Ongoing NATO Airborne Early Warning provides support to worldwide operations such as Noble Eagle and high visibility events such as the 2004 Olympic Games.

8. KALKAR, GE CAOC 2 POGGIO RENATICO, IT CAOC 5 Air Policing, Interim Policy Estonia Latvia 4 TU F-16 SIAULIAI A/B LI Lithuania Rotation Plan for Baltics Block 1 Apr-Jun 04 BE Block 2 Jul-Oct 04 DA Block 3 Oct-Dec 04 UK Block 4 Jan-Mar 05 NO Block 5 Apr-Jun 05 NL Block 6 Jul-Sep 05 GE Block 7 Oct-Dec 05 US Block 8 Jan-Mar 06 PL Block 9 Apr-Jul 06 TU Block 10 Aug-Nov 06 SP Block 11 Dec-Mar 07 BE Block 12 Apr-Jul 07 FR Block 13 Aug-Oct 07 RO Block 14 Nov-Dec 07 PO Slovenia

9. COM TG ENDEAVOUR Naval Assets + Aircrafts Total Vessels Hailed : 75000 + Total Compliant Boarded: 100 + Total Escorted: 480+ Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR

10. Balkan Operations Operation “JOINT GUARDIAN” KFOR: 19,000 + Troops in Kosovo, Albania, Greece & Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia* Operation “JOINT FORGE” SFOR: 8,000 + Troops in Bosnia Herzegovina & Croatia TERMINATED Air All aircraft types, in place and on call *TURKEY RECOGNISES THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA WITH ITS CONSTITUTIONAL NAME

11. Kosovo MITROVICA PRISTINA PEC KFOR GNJILANE DAKOVICA PRIZREN

12. AFGHANISTAN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE

13. PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 4 PHASE 3 NATO’S EXPANSION IN THE FINAL STAGE BADAKHSHAN FEYZABAD KUNDUZ Balkh Keleft Jeyretan Eshkashem BALKH Taloqan MAZAR-ESHARIF JOWZJAN TAKHAR Mazar-eSharif Konduz Baghlan Sar-e Pol MAiMANA POLE KHUMRI Samangan SAMANGAN SAR-E POL FARAH Pol-e Khomri Parwan Farh FARYAB KONAR QAL’A-EH-NOW BAGHLAN Qal eh-ye Now Bamyan LAGHMAN BAMIAN KEPIGA BADGHIS Charikar Bagram PARWAN ASADABAD PARVAN Chaghcharan Herat Kabul CHAGHCHARAN HERAT VARDAK LOWGAR JALALABAD HERT GHOWR Baraki ORUZGAN Shindand GHAZNI Baghran KHOWST FARAH SEPT 04 Farah Deh Rawod GARDEZ PAKTIKA SHARANA ZABOL TARIN KOWT Delaram Garmabak QALAT Geresk NATO PRTs Geresk HELMAND Zaranj KANDAHAR LASHKAR GAH Spin Boldak KANDAHAR SEPT 04 NIMRUZ Coalition PRTs Jacobabad Shamsi

14. IRAQ NATO TRAINING MISSION-IRAQ (NTIM-I)

15. NATO TRAINING MISSION – IRAQ (NTM-I) • Demonstrate Alliance Support • Strengthen Freedom, democracy, human rights, law & security • Prepare for national elections in 2005 • Fully functioning & self-sustaining IRAQI security structures SACEUR addressing KURDISH Trainees

16. NATO Support to AMIS II N EGYPT SAUDI ARABIA LIBYA Port Sudan Red Sea Dongola Deploy 8 AU Battalions • NATO Mission • Capacity building • Map exercise • Airlift coordinating CHAD Khartoum Kassala ERITREA El Fasher HQ DITF/ SMLO Team El Obeid Damazin Nyala Malakal ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Juba DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Capacity Building Workshops KENYA UGANDA

17. NATO support to US (Hurricane Katrina) EADRCC Air movement (AMCC control) Nations’ offers

18. NATO Support to PAKISTAN • NAC approval • Joint Command Lisbon • NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Relief Coord Centre (EADRCC)

19. PAKISTAN OPERATION - STATISTICS • NATO Disaster Relief Operation STATISTICS • Air bridges: Approximately 170 flights flew 3500 tons of tents, stoves, blankets, sleeping bags, medical supplies, etc. • Field Hospitals: Treated some 7500 patients, conducted 160 major surgeries and mobile medical teams treated 9700 patients. • Engineers: Repaired more than 60 km of roads, constructed 110 shelters, distributed potable water and upgraded a permanent spring water system for 8500 persons per day. • Helicopters: Flew 1750 tons of relief supplies and evacuated 7650 disaster victims.

20. Katrina / Pakistan Responsiveness Katrina 04 Oct 12 Sep 02 Oct 04 Sep US request For assistance 09 Sep 30 Sep 07 Sep 08 Sep • 9 Donor Nations • 12 Flights to US • 189 tonnes delivered Mission Complete All cargo At Ramstein Last Flight to US SHAPE Warning Order Issued SHAPE OPLAN Submitted To NATO HQ First NATO Aircraft Arrives US SHAPE OPLAN Approved ACTORD Released 11 Oct Pakistan SHAPE Warning Order / OPLAN submitted 12 Oct 10 Oct Pak request For assistance 11 OCT 13 Oct 4 Feb 06 Planned End Date First NATO Aircraft Arrives Pakistan First NATO Aircraft departs SHAPE OPLAN Approved ACTORD Released ‘Making it work 24/7/365’

21. RIGA 2006 • "The Riga Summit consolidated and reinforced the evolution of NATO to continue to defend the interests and values of its member states, of course maintaining the Article V commitment at its heart…“

22. Estonia Latvia Lithuania Slovakia Slovenia Romania Bulgaria Aspiring Nations: Croatia Albania Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia* NATO 2007 Accession of 7 nations to NATO: *TURKEY RECOGNISES THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA WITH ITS CONSTITUTIONAL NAME

23. CHALLENGES • EU-NATO COOPERATION (good example operation Althea) • ISAF MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN • LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO OPERATIONS • FUNDING “You need three things to win a war, money, money and more money” Trivulzio (1441-1518)

24. SHAPE RAA Successor Jerzy Wiatrowski LTC PL A

25. SHAPE - Mons Reserve Affairs Advisor www.nato.int/shape slawomir.wicha@shape.nato.int

26. QUESTIONS?