Transcript NRF - Strategy International

NATO Rapid Deployable Corps-Greece
NATO RESPONSE
FORCE (NRF)
(a Reality & a Priority )
Colonel (FRA A) Philippe BAULAIN
NRDC-GR / Assistant Chief of Staff for Training
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Military Forces in NATO
GRADUATED READINESS
FORCE RESERVOIR
NATO Command
Structure - C2 structure
- CIS Bns
- Awacs
Response Forces :
NRF
Complement
NATO Force
Structure
High Ready Forces
Provide
- C2 structure
- Declared capacities
Provide
Follow on Forces
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National
capabilities
-DEPLOYABLE
- IN PLACE
Conceptual Military Operation
STRATEGIC LEVEL
SHAPE
J2
J4
J1
Static HQ Element
CIMIC
OPERATIONAL LEVEL
THEATRE
NFS
HOMEBASE
Deployable HQ
Element
NFS
NFS
TACTICAL LEVEL
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NATO Response Force Background
Prague Summit Nov 2002
• Technologically advanced,
• Flexible & deployable,
• Interoperable & sustainable,
• Including land, sea, air & log elements,
• Ready to move quickly,
• Wherever needed…
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Catalyst to improve NATO military capabilities
Demonstration of force
Shows the Nations’ common will
Deters from threats against NATO members
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NATO Response Force Evolution
Oct 2008: new NRF concept agreed
• Jun 2009: implementation of revised NRF
• Immediate Response Force and Response Force Pool
• Increase to one year rotation and stand-by
• Decrease the size of NRF Immediate Response Force
(25.000 to 13.000)
• Adjusted readiness
• Revised mission statement …
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NRF Current Mission Statement
The mission of the NRF is : “To provide an immediate military
response to an emerging crisis as part of the Alliance's
comprehensive crisis management system for both
Article 5 and Crisis Response Operations”
Range of tasks in no order of priority:
• Contribute to the preservation of territorial integrity
• Demonstrative force package
• Peace support operations
• Embargo operations
• Disaster relief
• Protection of critical infrastructure
• Security operations
• As part of a larger force the NRF could also be used to conduct
initial entry operations
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NATO Response Force Construct
On NRF stand-by:
Operational C2
- Staff trained and certified
Immediate
Response Force
- Readiness at required level for each
building block
- Force Packaged and Supported
Not on NRF stand-by:
Response Force Pool
- Staff being trained during NRF
preparation phase
- No specific Readiness requirement
- No Support pre-identified
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IMMEDIATE Response Force
Joint Force HQ
Maritime
NATO Task
Force
Land
Brigade
Air
Special Operations
CBRN
24/7 Combat Special Forces
Capability
Task Group
Coy
Strategic Enablers
• Air and Sea Lift
• ISR/AWACS
• Psyops
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• Combat
Support
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JLSG
Logistic
Coord
NRF Training and Certification
LAND CC
JFC HQ Main
Component force
integration during the
year preceding the NRF
Rotation under the
responsibility of the NRF
CC Commander.
NCS / NFS CCs are
responsible for the
Unit’s Evaluation.
Phase 1: National Preparation
MARITIME CC
AIR CC
SOF CC
HQ Integration during the 3
months preceding the NRF
Rotation under JFC
Commander responsibility.
Component
Exercises
MARITIME
CC HQ
JOINT
J HQ Fwd
JLSG HQ
(from DJSE)
(core
from DJSE)
LAND CC
HQ
AIR
CC HQ
SOF
CC HQ
ENABLERS
OPD leads
Evaluation
with NCS CC
support.
Joint Integration CPX
Phase 2: NRF Preparation
Component training
Phase 3: NRF Standby
Joint training
NRF Rotation Cycle
Begins
6/12 months
6 months
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12 months
Challenges & Relevance
The costs :
• Constant Force generation
• Constant training requirements
The limitations :
• Recurrent shortfalls (including logistics…)
• Even IRF not quite “immediate”
• Default option but “one shot” (reconstitution)
The achievements :
• So far never in “warring Operations”
• but involved in natural disasters
• Transformation
• Interoperability
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• Ready crisis response agent
• Preparation & Execution tool
• Dual Political & Military
• Permanently evolving