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Indigenous Engagement & Development In Northern Australia
Northern Australia Defence Summit
19 October 2016
LTCOL John Papalitsas, CSCCommanding Officer – The North West Mobile Force
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Aim
To provide the Northern Australia Defence Summit with an overview the North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE), focussing on our role in Indigenous Engagement & Development in Australia’s North and North West.
Scope
• NORFORCE Overview – Who Are We?• NORFORCE Role & Key Tasks – What do we do?• Indigenous Development & Community Engagement – How & why do we engage?• Army Indigenous Development Program, (AIDP) – A focus on the AIDP-NT.
Unit History – A link to the North
Foundation / Heritage:• 2/1 North Australian Observer Unit
(NAOU)• Northern Territory Special
Reconnaissance Unit (NTSRU)• Darwin Mobile Force (DMF)• North West Mobile Force
(NORFORCE - 1981)• All similar in mission, culture and
character
“I wanted a highly mobile unit with good radio links, light weapons, and made up of men with a bush background and adventurous spirit who could live outdoors
months at a time, operating in small groups on their own initiative…” – MAJ Bill Stanner, CO the 2/1 NAOU, 1942
HQ Troop 2/1 NAOU “Nackeroos”NT Special Recon Unit
Arnhem Land DMF Patrol– led by LT F Hassett, 1939 NORFORCE 1981
Our RoleAs a Regional Force Surveillance Unit (RFSU) we assist
in the protection of Australia’s national interests via the conduct of remote-area, land and littoral,
reconnaissance and surveillance operations.
Regional Force Surveillance Group• The RFSU is an ‘Integrated’ Unit comprising a workforce of:
– Regular Army– Army Reserve– Regional Force Surveillance List (RFSL)– Limited Observer Element (LOE)
• The three RFSUs work together as a Regional Force Surveillance Group (RFSG) and work collectively support OP RESOLUTE .
• Noting our Role, Mission and Tasks the RFSUs predominantly operate in the Joint and Inter-Agency space.
• The RFSG is current undergoing a modernisation process.
How Do We Generate Capability?
Training Establishment
Ab Initio TrgTrade Trg
Specialist Trg
Operational Surveillance Unit
FWF TrgOPGEN TrgOP Tasking
Our Key Tasks & OutputsReconnaissance
&Surveillance
EnvironmentalSurvivalTraining
Deliberate Indigenous
Engagement
Unit Structure
RHQ
Training Support Squadron
Operational Support Squadron
Surveillance Squadrons
Army Indigenous Development Program
Northern Territory(AIDP-NT)
Kimberley Squadron Centre Squadron Darwin Squadron Arnhem Squadron
NORFORCE Dispositions
KUNUNURRA DEPOT
KATHERINE DEPOT
Legend
Squadron Headquarters
Manned Troop Depot
Unmanned Forward Operating Base
GROOTE EYLANDT
BASE
BORROLOOLA BASE
TENNANT CREEK BASE
ALICE SPRINGS DEPOT
DARWIN LARRAKEYAH
BARRACKS
WADEYE BASE
DERBY BASE
BROOME DEPOT
NHULUNBUYDEPOT
RHQ, OSS and TSS
RFSU
RFSURFSU
RFSU
RFSU
RFSU
AIDP-NT
Our Workforce
Regular Army
Army Reserve
Regional ForceSurveillance List
• 2/3 Of the Workforce is not Regular Army and as such needs to be recruited by NORFORCE.
• Approximately 42% of the workforce (all categories) is comprised of Indigenous Australians.
• Noting our Area of Operations and its demographics, it is crucial that we draw recruits from remote communities.
Deliberate Indigenous Engagement
Deliberate Indigenous Engagement• The CA has directed Deliberate Indigenous Engagement as a specified task
and priority task for the RFSUs.
• Why do we undertake Deliberate Indigenous Engagement?
– In support of the Army Indigenous Strategy (AIS):• Increasing Indigenous participation in the Army.
– In support of Capability Generation for NORFORCE:• Workforce.• Information Networks.• Freedom of Action in the North and North West.
– To support WoG efforts in ‘Closing the Gap’:• Army as a great national institution seeks to take a leading role in doing what is right
and supporting improved opportunities for Indigenous Australians.
Deliberate Indigenous Engagement• Outcomes are achieved through the following means:
– Army career opportunities – Full Time or Part Time:• General Entry Recruiting – Full Time.• General Entry Recruiting – Part Time.• Regional Force Surveillance List Entry.• Army Indigenous Development Program (AIDP) – Pathway.
– Ongoing opportunities for education & development:• AIDP• Language, Literacy & Numeracy (LLN) Course for RFSL.• Partnering with other organisations to provide opportunity.
– Community Engagement and Support:• Partnerships with key sporting bodies. • Support & Sponsorship of regional Australian Army Cadet Units.
Community Engagement Strategy
AustralianArmy
Cadets
SportingGroups
IndigenousRanger
Programs
CommunityLeaders
NORFORCECommunityEngagement
Strategy
Army Career Pathways
Army General Enlistment Standards Army Officer Entry Standards
Year 10 Education Year 12 Education
MedicalPhysical
Aptitude
Background Checks
Army Indigenous Pathway Programs
Indigenous Pre-Recruit Program (IPRP)
Army Indigenous Development Program (AIDP)
Regional Force Surveillance List (RFSL)
Language, Literacy, Numeracy Course (LLN)
Bridging Identified Shortfalls so we can ‘Close The Gap’
Army Indigenous Development Program
• AIDP – is an Army sponsored program which provides a pathway for selected Indigenous candidates to undertake further educational and personal development within a military environment with the aim of making them suitable for transition to an employment opportunity within Army.
• It is primarily designed to remediate educational shortfalls so trainees meet the GE Entry standards for an Army Career.
• Trainees are enlisted into the Regular Army and undertake a 5.5 month program which includes:
– A Certificate II in Foundation Skills (VET) – Year 10 Equivalency.– An integrated ‘military program’ to familiarise candidates with life in the Army:
• Self-discipline• Routine• Physical Fitness• Teamwork• Personal responsibility.
• The program aims to achieve an 80% transition into the Regular Army.
Army Indigenous Development Program - NT (AIDP-NT)
• Run by NORFORCE in conjunction with the Batchelor Institute.
• 2016 Results:– 36 Trainees began the Course.– 34 Graduates.– 32 Transition to Full-Time or Part Time Army Careers.– 26 to the Army Recruit Training Centre in early Sep 16.
• Army is expanding the program threefold due to its success.
• AIDP-NT will continue to be run by NORFORCE and will primarily be focussed on supporting North and North West Australia.
• The ADF & Batchelor Institute received the 2016 NT Training Awards Industry Collaboration Award for the AIDP-NT. The program has been shortlisted in the National Awards as a finalist.
• It is a flagship program which is achieving outstanding results and is literally changing lives.
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