Steve Henly
English Teacher
SNDC
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Steve Henly
English Teacher
SNDC
that benefit English
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Outline
 Staff Course Operational Planning Exercises
 Officers’ Programme – ERASMUS, Exercise
 Exercise VIKING 2014
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Staff Course
 One-year tri-service course for captains (and naval
equivalents)
 Two periods of single service operational planning
 Term 1 – Swedish
 Term 2 – Introduction of English (Mission Analysis
Briefings, Courses of Action Decision Briefings)
 Naval officers - joint exercise at Istituto di Studi
Militari Marittimi
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Staff Course
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Officers’ Programme
 Three-year degree/commissioning course for officer
cadets
 Erasmus exchange
 Army cadets – TEWT (‘tactical exercise without
troops’), battalion operations in sub-arctic warfare
 ‘Talking Endlessly Without Thinking’!
 TEWL
 ‘Talking Endlessly Without Lunch’!
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Current Erasmus Exchanges
 Royal Military Academy – Belgium
 St Cyr Military Academy – France
 Czech University of Defence
 Helmut Schmidt University – Germany
 Theresian Military Academy – Austria
 Lithuanian Military Academy
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Officers’ Programme – TEWT
 Army cadets, battalion-level planning exercise,
sub-arctic environment
 Erasmus invitation
 2014 – three Austrian cadets, two Czech cadets
 Six syndicates – two with Austrians/Czechs
 Working language – English
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Officers’ Programme – TEWT
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Officers’ Programme – TEWT
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Exercise VIKING 2014
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Exercise VIKING 2014
Main International Actors
Main Bogaland Actors
•
UN Mission in Bogaland
(UNMIB)
• Transitional Government of Bogaland
(TGoB)
•
UN Country Team (UNCT)
• Provincial and local authorities
•
Bogaland Force (BFOR) a NATO
led Combined Joint force
(multinational maritime, air and
land components)
• Political parties
•
EU Battlegroup (EUBG)
•
EU Civil Administration Mission
(EUCAM)
•
International organisations (IO)
•
International non-governmental
organisations (INGO)
6 May 2014
• Bogaland National Police (BNP)
• Armed Forces of Bogaland (AFoB)
• United Liberation Army (ULA)
• Mida National Armed Front (MNAF)
• Tribes and clans
• Organised crime
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Exercise VIKING 2014
 Computer-assisted command post exercise – to prepare civilians, military
and police for peace support or crisis response operations
 Organised by Swedish Armed Forces, the Folke Bernadotte Academy
(Swedish Agency for Peace Security and Development) and the Swedish
National Defence College (SNDC) – support from partner nations and
organisations. Organised every three years (Combined Joint Staff Exercise
– every year)
 SNDC Staff Course
 SNDC Advanced Staff Course (two-year tri-service master’s course for
majors – and naval equivalents)
 SNDC – military and civilian instructors/lecturers, civilian students
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Exercise VIKING 2014
 Command and Staff Course – Baltic Defence College
 Senior Staff Officers’ Course – Finnish National Defence University
 Austrian National Defence Academy
 And a number of other military organisations…
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Exercise VIKING 2014
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Exercise VIKING 2014
 Joint Command and General Staff Course – Baltic Defence College
 General Staff Officers’ Course – Finnish National Defence University
 Austrian National Defence Academy
 And a number of other military organisations…
 And a number of other organisations…
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Exercise VIKING 2014
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Exercise VIKING 2014
 Joint Command and General Staff Course – Baltic Defence College
 General Staff Officers’ Course – Finnish National Defence University
 Austrian National Defence Academy
 And a number of other military organisations…
 And a number of other civilian organisations…
 And a number of different countries…
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Exercise VIKING 2014
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Exercise VIKING 2014
Response cells
- Higher
Control
Joint Forces Command
-Training
Audience
UNMIB HQ
BFOR HQ
DSRSG
Political
Operational
level
Land
Component
-Training
Audience
Tactical
level
Response cells
-Lower Control
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Brigade
HQs
Subordinate
units
Air
Component
Combined Air
Operations
Centre
Subordinate
units
UN
HQ
Maritime
Component
Navy
Task
Groups
Subordinate
units
UN
POLICE
Regional
Offices
Field
Staff
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DSRSG
RC/HC
UN
MILITARY
Sector
HQ
Subordinate
units
IO/GO
RO / NGO
EEAS/
CPCC
(O)HQ
Country
Offices
EUCAM
HQ
EUBG
(F)HQ
Field
Staff
Subordinate
Units
UN
COUNTRY
TEAM
Regional
Offices
Field
Staff
Exercise VIKING 2014
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Exercise VIKING 2014
7th VIKING Exercise
2 500 participants
(15 % civilian)
50 + countries
90 + organizations
8 exercise sites
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Collaboration and Partnerships
Staff Course Operational Planning Exercises
 Language Teachers-Military Teachers
 Bilateral/International – SNDC/Istituto di Studi
Militari Marittimi
Officers’ Programme
 ERASMUS – International
 Language Teachers-Military Teachers
Exercise VIKING 2014
 You name it!
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES
Steve Henly
English Teacher
SNDC
that benefit English
6 May 2014
BILC CONFERENCE 2014 - BRUGES