THE DEFENCE OPERATIONAL LANGUAGES SUPPORT UNIT PROJECT TEAM LT COL A J PARROTT RLC SO1 DOLSU PT

WHAT LANGUAGE CAPABILITY WHEN?

TIME QUANTITY + QUALITY NOW WHEN? HOW MANY? TO WHAT STANDARD? WHICH LANGUAGES? = High Standard, Low Numbers 2 = Medium Standard and Numbers 3 = Low Standard, High Numbers

TIME QUANTITY + QUALITY NOW WHEN? HOW MANY? TO WHAT STANDARD? WHICH LANGUAGES? = High Standard, Low Numbers 2 = Medium Standard and Numbers 3 = Low Standard, High Numbers 1

WHICH LANGUAGES?

WHICH LANGUAGES? To meet present operational requirements To meet probable future operational requirements To meet possible future operational requirements

MAJOR WORLD LANGUAGES? Mandarin880mEnglish 510m Hindi / Urdu 360mSpanish330m Arabic210mPortuguese 180m Bengali170mRussian150m Malay / Indonesian 140mJapanese130m German100mFrench70m Italian70m 13 languages spoken by 3.3bn (50%+ of world population?) people as a 1 st or 2 nd language

TIME QUANTITY + QUALITY NOW WHEN? HOW MANY? TO WHAT STANDARD? WHICH LANGUAGES? = High Standard, Low Numbers 2 = Medium Standard and Numbers 3 = Low Standard, High Numbers 2

HOW MANY? TO WHAT STANDARD

HOW MANY TO WHAT STANDARD? MILITARY AND / OR CIVILIANS? 1Basic Level Language Skills for all deploying Military Personnel 2Survival Level Language Skills for some deploying Military Personnel 3High Level Language Skills for a very limited number of deploying Military Personnel 4In Theatre contracted Civilian Personnel 5Out of Theatre contracted Civilian Personnel

TIME QUANTITY + QUALITY NOW WHEN? HOW MANY? TO WHAT STANDARD? WHICH LANGUAGES? = High Standard, Low Numbers 2 = Medium Standard and Numbers 3 = Low Standard, High Numbers 3

WHEN?

REGULARS or RESERVES? 1Basic 2Survival 3High 4In Theatre contracted Civilian Personnel 5Out of Theatre contracted Civilian Personnel

NOW 4 YEARS 1 YEAR REQUIREMENT TIME 2 YEARS Prep of Basic Skills Packages Survival Skills Courses High Level Skills Courses Review Civilian Skill Pool Recruit Reserve Linguists Basic Skills Courses High Level Refresher Trg Review TACOS + Trg Policy for Civilians Review Lang Services Availability

THE DEFENCE OPERATIONAL LANGUAGES SUPPORT UNIT PROJECT TEAM ANY QUESTIONS ?

PRESENTATION AIM To inform you of the work being carried forward by the DOLSU Project Team in order to create a fully operational DOLSU by Spring 2009

THE DOLSU MISSION The DOLSU will generate in a timely way, sustain and manage operational language capability in order to support joint operations.

WHY THE DOLSU ? Lessons identified on OPERATION TELIC House of Commons Defence Committee Report Directorate of Operational Capability – Appraisal of Defence Language Capability PROJECT GALLIARD – Review of the Operational Language Capability Requirement

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY IS “THE FORGOTTEN FORCE MULTIPLIER”

THE DOLSU TASKS LANGUAGE CAPABILITY GENERATION LANGUAGE CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT LANGUAGE INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY GENERATION (LCG) Maintain Language Skills Database Co-ordinate Maintenance / Refresher Training Language Skills Financial Incentives Scheme High Level Language Skills Generation Survival Level Language Skills Generation Reserve Forces Language Skills Generation Wider Language Capability Generation Management of Deployed Reserve Linguists

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT (LCM) Language Estimates and Reconnaissance Deployment of LCM teams to support operations Home based support to LCM teams Prepare Basic Level Language Skills Packages Prepare Basic Level Cultural Awareness Packages Training Packages for LCM Personnel Training Packages for Interpreters / Translators

LANGUAGE INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER (LIC) Advice to Formations and Units Statements of Training Requirement MoD Language Examination Board / Westminster University Contract Training Needs Analysis Training Evaluation

DOLSU TIMELINES Sep 06 - Set Up Team complete Mar 07 - Move to Permanent Location Apr 07 - Initial Operating Capability Team complete Sep 07 - Initial Operating Capability established Apr 08 - Full Operating Capability authorised Sep 08 - Full Operating Capability Team complete Apr 09 - Full Operating Capability established

THE DEFENCE OPERATIONAL LANGUAGES SUPPORT UNIT (DOLSU) A PROPOSED STRUCTURE DOLSU PT SO1 ARMY WO2 SP ARMY SO2 ARMY DOLSU IT SO2 ARMY WO RN LANGUAGE CAPABILITY GENERATION SECTION LANGUAGE CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT SECTION LANGUAGE INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER CELL DOLSU MANAGEMENT TEAM SO3 RAF FULL OPERATING CAPABILITY DLCC CIV C2 SO2 ARMY HIO 1 C2 HIO 2 C2 CIV D CIV E DOLSU SO2 RAF CIV E MSF C2 SO2 RN SO3 ARMY

THE DEFENCE OPERATIONAL LANGUAGES SUPPORT UNIT (DOLSU) KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF POSTS SO1 ARMY, CO DOLSU WO2 ARMY, CHIEF CLERK +SO2 ARMY, SOTR, MAINT, FIN, DATABASE SO2 ARMY, CA TEAM LEADER SO3 RAF, CA TEAM MEMBER WO RN, CURRENT OPS *SO2 RAF, 2IC DOLSU & 5 th LCM SECT MEMBER *CIV CLK ‘E’, CLERICAL SP *SO2 RN, OC SECT & LANG TEAM LEADER *SO3 ARMY, LANG TEAM MEMBER *MSF ‘C2’, RESERVES & OUTSOURCING CIV ‘C2’, CONTINGENT OPS SO2 ARMY, TEAM LEADER & MODLEB HIO 1 ‘C2’, TNA HIO 2 ‘C2’, TRG EVAL CIV ‘D’, HIGH LEVEL EXAMS CIV ‘D’, LOW LEVEL EXAMS CIV ‘E’, EXAM ADMIN LANGUAGE CAPABILITY GENERATION SECTION LANGUAGE CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT SECTION LANGUAGE INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER CELL DOLSU MANAGEMENT TEAM PERSONNEL SUMMARY DOLSUEx DLCC RN2 POSTS ARMY5 POSTS1 POST RAF2 POSTS CIV2 POSTS6 POSTS

THE DOLSU SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS Command Location Attitudes

Command MoD – Directorate of Joint Capability Control of Scarce Resources at the Highest Level

Location Choice constrained by available space Political constraints Working Relationships with MoD, PJHQ, DSL, FLEET, LAND and STRIKE. RAF NORTHOLT?

Attitudes The DOLSU is the structural component of addressing the Operational Language Capability issue Considerable attitudinal shift is also required in many personnel at all ranks

THE DEFENCE OPERATIONAL LANGUAGES SUPPORT UNIT PROJECT TEAM ANY QUESTIONS ?

WHICH LANGUAGES? To meet present operational requirements To meet probable future operational requirements To meet possible future operational requirements