british army preparation for operations major joe carnegie r anglian british peace support team...
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British Army Preparation for OperationsMajor Joe Carnegie R ANGLIANBritish Peace Support Team (South Africa)
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Format of the Presentation
• British Army model of operational training
• MATTS and CT Levels• Force Operations and Readiness
Mechanism• Operational Support Group and
Operational Training and Advisory Group (OPTAG)
• The Challenges• Questions
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British Army Model of Operational Training
• British Army Training run by the Land Warfare Centre (LWC)
• Split into 3 component parts, designed to cover ‘a war’, ‘the war’, ‘the future war’
• However;
–TRAINING IS A COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY
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Mandatory Annual Training Tests (MATTS)
• Every soldier in the British Army is expected to complete his/her MATTS annually
• Series of lectures and tests designed to maintain a base skill set
• Includes fitness, shooting, LOAC, medical etc
• The first ‘building block’ of operational training
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Collective Training Levels
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CT6 Divisional sized formation training
CT5 Brigade sized formation training
CT4 Task organised unit or BG training conducted in a combined arms formation context
CT3 Sub -unit training in a task organised unit or combined arms BG context
CT2 Collective skills training at sub unit level
CT1 Collective skills training at up to troop / platoon level
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Force Operations andReadiness Mechanism (FORM) - The Theory
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HR Ops
CT 1&2 CT 3&4 CT 5&6PDT
CT 1&2
30 months
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Force Operations andReadiness Mechanism (FORM) - The Practice
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Recuperation PDT Ops
CT 1&2 CT 3&4 CT 5&6PDT
CT 1&2
Force PreparationPDT
30 months
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Operational Support Group
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‘Training for and support to current operations’Mission: To provide operational support in order to
contribute to the preparation and support of force elements for the conduct of operations.
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Operational Support Group
• Msn Sp Branch– Mission Support Group
• OPTAG– Operational Training and Advisory Group
• SCIAD(L)– Scientific Adviser (Land) Branch– Provision of scientific and analytical advice
• OPLAW– Operational Law Branch– Provision of legal mission support
• Reserves Training and Mobilisation Centre9
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• Pre Deployment Training• Train the Trainers• Individual to Sub Unit• Specialist Support to MRX
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Operational Training & Advisory Group
• Cultural Awareness
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GENERIC OPTAG CYCLE
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All RanksBrief
Train The
Trainer
CascadeTraining
Confirmatory Training
BestPrepared
OPTAG Visits
Unit PostTraining Report
Recce,CoordConf
Mission Rehearsal
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The Challenges
• Identify units early enough for operational duty in order to allow them sufficient preparation time (TIME)
• Integration of reinforcements (ADMINISTRATION / TRAINING)
• Realistic and sufficient training standards (CASH)
• Move with the times (LESSONS)
• Have a model that copes with the unexpected (FLEXIBILITY)
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Key challenge
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How do we balance our need to prepare for Stability Operations…
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…while maintaining our ability to conduct Major Combat Operations at readiness?
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Thank You
Questions?