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“Every One a Tiger”

Training Advisors and Security Force Assistance for the Army and for Joint Force Commanders to Build Security Capacity in Designated Countries

Security Force Assistance / Security Cooperation

(SFA/SC)

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162nd Infantry Brigade

FAO Association Luncheon

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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

• 162nd IN BDE and the Army of 2015

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162nd Brigade Task Organization, Mission and METL

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.

162nd Mission Essential Task List1. Conduct Mission Command2. Train individual Advisors and Security Force Assistance Teams deploying to Afghanistan3. Train Regionally Aligned Forces for Geographic Combatant Command Areas of Responsibility4. On order, train and deploy Soldiers and teams from the brigade to conduct Security Force

Assistance / Security Cooperation missions in accordance with FORSCOM guidance5. Sustain the Brigade

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OUTPUT

- CENTCOM, ISAF, IJC and RC CDRs receive Brigades and SFA teams trained IAW the ISAF Joint Command Training Guidance

-Brigades and SFA teams trained on Afghan systems and linkages to ISAF enablers

-Brigades and SFA teams understand whole force approach to ANSF development

Command Post Exercise/

Situational Training Exercise

-Communication systems and networks established

-Reporting

-Standard Operating Procedures developed

- ANSF Led Operations

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- Theater Training Requirements

Culminating Training Event

- Build proficiency through repetition

- Exercise SFA teams at all echelons

- Application of Afghan Systems

- Linked scenarios

- Complex Coordination

- Vertical Collaboration

- Enabler support

Security Force Assistance

Course - Afghan Systems - Army - Police

- Advisor Skills

- Capacity Building Skills

FORSCOM individual and collective pre-deployment training requirements completed

SFA teams understand ANSF systems, Advisor Skills, Combat Skills, and SFA Skills

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

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Advisor and Security Force Assistance Fundamentals

Graduate Level SFA Training

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Advisor Skills, Combat Skills, and Security Force Assistance Skills

ADVISOR SKILLS COMBAT SKILLS SECURITY FORCE ASSISTANCE SKILLS

• Roles and Traits of An Advisor• Use and Management of an

Interpreter/Translator• Basic Language Skills• Building Rapport Through

Counterpart Engagement– Influencing– Negotiating

• Shared Understanding Through A Cultural Prism

• Cross Cultural Leadership– Observe and Assess– Teach and Train– Coach and Mentor– Advise and Assist

• Understand Politics, Power, Money, Culture, and Tribes

• Counter-Insurgency Principles• Countering Insider Threats

• Communication systems and skills

• System links to US Enablers– Indirect Fires– Close Combat Attack– Close Air Support– 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:

• ANSF Systems and Networks• ANSF Intelligence• ANSF Operations:

–Mission Command (Confidence)– Planning by ANSF WFF and Police Functions– Current Operations– Training– Communication

• ANSF Enablers• ANSF Sustainment: (Morale)

– Personnel – Logistics– Medical– Equipment

“Power of resistance is the product of total means and strength of will” Clausewitz

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Self-SustainingAfghan Security Force

Advisor Training Practical Exercises

Continuous Counterpart Engagements

AfghanSystems and Networks

Analog Tactical Operation Centers

Afghan-LedPlanning

Afghan-Led Operations

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Currency and Theater Network

1. 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 162nd 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 162nd IN BDE Cadre and SFA Teams going through training

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8 x Week Joint SFA CourseFor Individually-Sourced Advisors

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4 x Weeks Pre-Requisite Training

- Joint-Sourced Teams- Operational Headquarters Advisors - Logistics Depot Advisors

- Medical Advisors- National Guard Teams (MATs and PATs)- Afghanistan-Pakistan (AFPAK) Hands

4 x WeeksAdvisor, Combat, and Security Force Assistance Skills

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Tactical Lane Training:CIED, MCP, UO, TCP

Mission Scenarios Focused on Developing the Capacity of the ANSF

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Regionally Aligned Forces

EUCOMPACOMAFRICOMWEST HEM CENTCOM

162D IN BDE GCC SECTION

• 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

• 162nd IN BDE will synchronize and integrate training support to Regionally Aligned Forces

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RAF Training: What We Have Learned

1. Regional Expertise

• Getting the Right People to serve as Regional Instructors• Leveraging the SFA/SC Training Network

2. Mission-Specific Training

• 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 • In-theater SFA/SC missions• Deployable Capability

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RAF Training Community of Interest

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

Defense Language Institute – Language Skills

Leadership Development Education for Sustained Peace – Regional Expertise

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

300th 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-SFA Skills-SC Skills-Advise/Partner Skills-Regional Expertise-Culture Skills-Language Skills-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

4th Military Information Support Group – MISO

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162nd 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

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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

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: 3RD Quarter, FY 13- Why: Security Cooperation across Africa

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

3. Hands-On, Performance Oriented Training:- Culture-Based Scenarios - African-Appropriate Role Players- Cross-Cultural Influence - Foreign Weapons

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162nd 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

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

3. Hands-On, Performance Oriented Training:- Culture-Based Social and Military Scenarios - SE Asia-Appropriate Role Players- Communicating through Interpreters- Cross-Cultural Influence

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162nd IN BDE and the Army of 2015 Training Security Cooperation/Security Force Assistance for the Army and for

Joint Force Commanders to Build Partner Capacity in Priority Regions and Countries

4. Building Partner Capacity In Combatant Commander’s Priority Regions and Countries

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 162nd IN BDE to Conduct Security Force Assistance and Security Cooperation Missions

1. FUTURE FOCUS:- Regionally Aligned Forces- Security Force Assistance- Security Cooperation

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