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FAO Association Luncheon
162nd Infantry Brigade
Security Force Assistance / Security Cooperation (SFA/SC)
“TIGERLAND”
Training Advisors and Security Force Assistance for the Army and for Joint Force Commanders to Build Security Capacity in Designated Countries
“Every One a Tiger”
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Agenda
• Task Organization, Mission, and METL • Security Force Assistance Training • Currency and Theater Network • Joint Security Force Assistance Course • Regionally Aligned Forces (RAF) • RAF Training: What We Have Learned • RAF Training Community of Interest • 162
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IN BDE and the Army of 2015
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Brigade Task Organization, Mission and METL
X 1002 162 I HHC 52 I TICO 1 II OCT Afghanistan 353 2 II OCT WESTHEM and AFRICOM 353 3 II JOINT SFA COURSE 353 4 Afghanistan II SFA-BN 353 Afghanistan/ CENTCOM 5 II OCT PACOM and EUCOM 353 6 II 353 Mission: The 162d Infantry Brigade trains Advisor Skills, Combat Skills, and Security Force Assistance skills to provide Army and Joint Force Commanders with trained personnel and units to build security capacity in designated countries.
162 nd Mission Essential Task List
1. Conduct Mission Command 2. Train individual Advisors and Security Force Assistance Teams deploying to Afghanistan 3. Train Regionally Aligned Forces for Geographic Combatant Command Areas of Responsibility 4. On order, train and deploy Soldiers and teams from the brigade to conduct Security Force Assistance / Security Cooperation missions in accordance with FORSCOM guidance 5. Sustain the Brigade 3
Security Force Assistance Training
OUTPUT Graduate Level SFA Training Advisor and Security Force Assistance Fundamentals Culminating Training Event
CENTCOM, ISAF, IJC and RC CDRs receive Brigades and SFA teams trained IAW the ISAF Joint Command Training Guidance
Combat Skills Training
- Theater Training Requirements
Command Post Exercise/ Security Force Assistance Course
- Afghan Systems - Army - Police
Situational Training Exercise
-Communication systems and networks established -Reporting - Advisor Skills - Capacity Building Skills -Standard Operating Procedures developed - ANSF Led Operations - Build proficiency through repetition - Exercise SFA teams at all echelons - Application of Afghan Systems - Linked scenarios - Complex Coordination - Vertical Collaboration - Enabler support -Brigades and SFA teams trained on Afghan systems and linkages to ISAF enablers -Brigades and SFA teams understand whole force approach to ANSF development
TIME Unit Home Station FORSCOM individual and collective pre-deployment training requirements completed SFA teams understand ANSF systems, Advisor Skills, Combat Skills, and SFA Skills JRTC and Fort Polk (162 nd / OPS GRP) SFA teams conduct combat focused training to develop and refine SOPs SFA teams trained by type/echelon and are capable of advising ANSF in theater specific Area of Responsibility
OUTPUT per Phase 4
Advisor Skills, Combat Skills, and Security Force Assistance Skills
“Power of resistance is the product of total means and strength of will”
Clausewitz
ADVISOR SKILLS COMBAT SKILLS SECURITY FORCE ASSISTANCE SKILLS
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Roles and Traits of An Advisor Use and Management of an Interpreter/Translator Basic Language Skills Building Rapport Through Counterpart Engagement
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Influencing
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Negotiating
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Shared Understanding Through A Cultural Prism Cross Cultural Leadership
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Observe and Assess
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Teach and Train
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Coach and Mentor Advise and Assist Understand Politics, Power, Money, Culture, and Tribes Counter-Insurgency Principles Countering Insider Threats
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Communication systems and skills
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System links to US Enablers
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Indirect Fires
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Close Combat Attack
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Close Air Support
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Quick Reaction Force MEDEVAC Recovery and Resupply Intel Sharing and Operations Synchronization Link the ANSF to the GOV to the PEOPLE Imparting Knowledge to Counterparts to increase strength of will:
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ANSF Systems and Networks ANSF Intelligence ANSF Operations:
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Mission Command (Confidence)
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Planning by ANSF WFF and Police Functions
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Current Operations Training Communication
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ANSF Enablers ANSF Sustainment: (Morale)
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Personnel Logistics Medical Equipment
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Advisor Training Practical Exercises
Analog Tactical Operation Centers Continuous Counterpart Engagements Afghan Systems and Networks Afghan-Led Planning Afghan-Led Operations Self-Sustaining Afghan Security Force
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Currency and Theater Network
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Full time presence in Afghanistan with LNO teams IJC HQ, Kabul NTM-A, Kabul RC-E, Bagram Airfield RC-S, Kandahar Airfield 2.
Advisors returning from Afghanistan to support the SFA Course 3.
Feedback from 162 nd IN BDE SFA teams currently deployed to Afghanistan 4.
Secure Video Tele-Conferences (SVTC) 5.
Access to all Digital information networks (NATO and US) 6.
Current information on CENTRIX for 162 nd going through training IN BDE Cadre and SFA Teams 7
8 x Week Joint SFA Course For Individually-Sourced Advisors
DAY -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 DAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 Inprocessing Army, Air Force, Navy, DA Civilians 11 12 13 DAY 8 9 14 DAY Combat Platforms and Enablers 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 4 x Weeks Pre-Requisite Training Medical Skills Weapons DAY 22 23 24 25 Weapons 26 27 DAY DAY 36 37 38 39 40 Culture & Language 41 Mission Specific Training: 50 Logistics / Medical /Legal/ General/ AFPAK Hands 51 52 53 54 55 Collective Training Mission Scenarios Focused on Developing the Capacity of the ANSF 28 42 DAY 29 30 31 32 33 Culture & Language 34 Advisor and Building Security Capacity Training 35 DAY 43 44 45 46 47 48 Collective Training Tactical Lane Training: CIED, MCP, UO, TCP 49 56 DAY +1 +2 Equipment Turn-In Validation/ Graduate ALD 4 x Weeks Advisor, Combat, and Security Force Assistance Skills
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Joint-Sourced Teams
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Operational Headquarters Advisors
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Logistics Depot Advisors
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Medical Advisors
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National Guard Teams (MATs and PATs)
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Afghanistan-Pakistan (AFPAK) Hands
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WEST HEM
Regionally Aligned Forces
162D IN BDE GCC SECTION PACOM CENTCOM EUCOM AFRICOM
• • • Army is implementing regional alignment of the Army Total Force Will provide Geographic Combatant Commanders with scalable, tailorable capabilities to enable them to shape the environment 162 nd IN BDE will synchronize and integrate training support to Regionally Aligned Forces 9
RAF Training: What We Have Learned
1. Regional Expertise
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Getting the Right People to serve as Regional Instructors Leveraging the SFA/SC Training Network 2. Mission-Specific Training
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Mass resources for short-duration Mission Rehearsal Exercises Use Observer, Coach, Trainers by War-Fighting Function Interpreters & Cultural Role Players 3. Establishing and Maintaining Currency
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In-theater SFA/SC missions Deployable Capability
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RAF Training Community of Interest
Combined Arms Center/Mission Command CoE – Future Organization and Mission Constructs Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance – SFA Doctrine Cadet Command – Cadre Regional Immersion Asymmetric Warfare Group – Operational Advising Defense Language Institute – Language Skills Leadership Development Education for Sustained Peace – Regional Expertise HQDA SSI and SSO – Army wide RAF Coordination National Guard Bureau – State Partnership Program National Language Service Corps – Linguist/Role Players Dept. of State Foreign Service Institute – JIIM Training 300 th MI BDE (Utah Army National Guard) – Linguists TRADOC Culture Center – Regional Expertise Navy Center for Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture Cultural Expertise – 162d IN BDE: Coordinates and Synchronizes RAF Community of Interest
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SFA Skills
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SC Skills
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Advise/Partner Skills
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Regional Expertise
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Culture Skills
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Language Skills
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Combat Skills FORSCOM – Transformation Integration Special Forces Command/Special Warfare Center and School – Foreign Internal Defense Civil Affairs & Psy Ops Command – Governance Security Assistance Training Management Organization – Security Assistance Teams 4 th Military Information Support Group – MISO
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IN BDE AFRICOM RAF Training HQDA Proof of Principle: 2/1 Infantry Division
08-12 APR: Trained Soldiers to conduct 22 separate Security Cooperation Missions in Africa 1. AFRICOM Training Teams: - What: 2-3 Soldier teams training Host Nation Forces - Who: 9 African Countries, 22 separate Missions - Where: Ft. Riley, KS - When: 3 RD Quarter, FY 13 - Why: Security Cooperation across Africa 2. Regionally-Focused, Culturally-Based Skills: - African Regional and Cultural Knowledge (Country Specific) - History and Background of Host Nation Forces - Rapport-Building - Cross-Cultural Communication 3. Hands-On, Performance Oriented Training: - Culture-Based Scenarios - African-Appropriate Role Players - Cross-Cultural Influence - Foreign Weapons 4. Leveraged RAF Community of Interest: - Office of the Chief of Naval Operations - TRADOC Culture Center - Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) - Role Players Sourced from Ft. Polk and Ft. Riley
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IN BDE PACOM RAF Training Proof of Principle: Garuda Shield Training
8-10 MAY 13: 130 Soldiers from 1-504 IN (1/82 ABN) Trained to Work with the Indonesian Army 1. 1 504 IN Commander’s Intent: Provide US Paratroopers with: - Introduction to Indonesian culture - Similarities and differences with Indonesian Army - Understand importance of building relationships in Indonesia and SE Asia 2. Regionally-Focused, Culturally-Based Skills: - SE Asia Regional and Cultural Knowledge - Indonesian Army Background and Perspective - Key Indonesian Language Words and Phrases - Rapport-Building - Cross-Cultural Communication 3. Hands-On, Performance Oriented Training: - Culture-Based Social and Military Scenarios - SE Asia-Appropriate Role Players - Communicating through Interpreters - Cross-Cultural Influence 4. Leveraged RAF Community of Interest: - Leader Development Education for Sustained Peace - Indonesian Navy Officer from Indonesian Embassy - Language-Enabled Civil Affairs and Military Information Support Operations Soldiers at Ft. Bragg - Language Instructors from Ft. Bragg Special Operations Forces Schools
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Training Security Cooperation/Security Force Assistance for the Army and for Joint Force Commanders to Build Partner Capacity in Priority Regions and Countries
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1. FUTURE FOCUS: Regionally Aligned Forces
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Security Force Assistance
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Security Cooperation 2. Training Small Teams on Capacity Building Skills to Conduct Security Force Assistance and Security Cooperation Missions 3. Deploying Small Teams of Capacity Building Experts from 162 nd IN BDE to Conduct Security Force Assistance and Security Cooperation Missions 4. Building Partner Capacity In Combatant Commander’s Priority Regions and Countries
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