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MPAT TEMPEST EXPRESS 25(TE-25)

Workshop Overview

12-20 June 20141

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•What is MPAT?•TE-25 Overview•TE-25 Deliverables•Multinational Force Standing Operating Procedures (MNF SOP)

Agenda

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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)

MPAT Participants

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• 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

A Multinational Program

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• 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 Objectives & Methods

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Australia Bangladesh BruneiCambodia Canada East TimorFrance Fiji GermanyIndia Indonesia ItalyJapan KoreaMalaysiaMaldives Mongolia NepalNew Zealand Papua New Guinea PhilippinesSingapore Solomon Islands Sri LankaThailand TongaTuvaluUnited Kingdom United StatesVanuatuVietnam

(31 countries)

MPAT Participating Nations

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• 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 Venues

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MPAT Program

Military

CivilGovernment Humanitarians

UnifiedActionUnifiedAction

Building Relationships Building Capacity

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• 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

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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

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TE-25 Participants

MPAT NationsHumanitarian 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

AustraliaBangladeshCambodiaCanadaFranceGermanyIndonesiaJapanKoreaMalaysiaMaldivesMongolia

NepalNew ZealandPhilippinesSri LankaThailandTimor LesteTongaTuvaluUnited KingdomUnited StatesVanuatu

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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

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TE-25 Schedule

Event Daily Start / Stop Times: 08:30 to 16:30(08:00-12:00 on 20 June)

Breaks at 10:30-11:00 and 15:30-16:00Lunch from 13:00-14:00

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

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8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 July 1 2 3 4 5

Opening &Academics

Academics½ day

MAFCultural Day

TrainingHoliday

MissionPlanning

MissionPlanning

MissionPlanning

MissionPlanning

Out briefs & Closing

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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

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TE-25 Mission Planning

Deliverables

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Group 1MONUSCO Intervention

Brigade Deployment-Ops Plan, Version 1

(PKO)

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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 18

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Group 2MONUSCO Intervention

Brigade Deployment-Ops Plan, Version 2

(PKO)

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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 201420

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Group 3Central African Republic

Peace Enforcement Mission

(PEO)

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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 3 Planning Considerations

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Group 4Central African Republic

Multinational ForceNon-Combatant Evacuation

Operations (NEO)

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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 4 Planning Considerations

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Group 5Central African RepublicMalaysian Armed Forces

Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations

(NEO)

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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

Group 5 Planning Considerations

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Multinational ForceStanding Operating

Procedures(MNF SOP)

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• 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

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•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 Key Principles

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MNF SOP Missions• Major Conflict

(War)• Large scale

offensive & defensive combat ops

Hostilities may occur

• Counterinsurgency

• Protection of Shipping • Counterdrug Ops • Counterterrorism• Disarmament, Demobilization & Reintegration• Anti-Piracy• Consequence Management

Hostilities will occur • PEO• Small-

Scale- Contingency•

Combating Terrorism

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 SOP - Operational Focus

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•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

MNF SOPFramework and Organization

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Event Links

SOP Workshop

MPAT TE

Exercises & Operations

Develop Procedures

Test Procedures

Validate Procedures

MULTINATIONAL FORCE STANDING OPERATING

PROCEDURES(MNF SOP)

Version: 2.9October 2013

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