UNCLASSIFIED MPAT TEMPEST EXPRESS 26 (TE-26) Workshop Overview April

UNCLASSIFIED What is MPAT? TE-26 Overview TE-26 Deliverables Multinational Force Standing Operating Procedures (MNF SOP) Agenda 2

UNCLASSIFIED A cadre of military planners... From nations with Asia-Pacific interests Capable of rapidly augmenting a multinational force (MNF) headquarters (HQ) Established to plan and execute coalition operations at the OPERATIONAL LEVEL In response to military – operations-other-than-war (MOOTW) / small scale contingencies (SSC) MPAT Participants 3

UNCLASSIFIED Maintains a cadre of MNF planners: – Skilled in common crisis action planning procedures – Available to rapidly augment a CTF HQ during a crisis Develops habitual relationships among MPAT cadre Meets periodically to: – Share information & develop CTF HQ procedures (MNF SOP) – Practice CTF HQ activation, formation, & planning processes Includes interested nations, International Organizations (IOs), Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), & United Nations (UN) agencies MPAT PROGRAM BELONGS TO ALL INTERESTED NATIONS A Multinational Program 4

UNCLASSIFIED Improve Speed of Multinational Crisis Response Improve Multinational Force Interoperability Increase CTF Mission Effectiveness Unity of Effort Develop and become familiar with common Standing Operating Procedures (SOP) for MNF HQ and similar documents Strengthen & Practice Common Crisis Action Planning Procedures MPAT Objectives & Methods 5

UNCLASSIFIED 6 MPAT Participating Nations AustraliaBangladesh Brunei CambodiaCanada East Timor FranceFijiGermany IndiaIndonesiaItaly JapanKoreaMalaysia MaldivesMongoliaNepal New ZealandPapua New Guinea Philippines SingaporeSolomon IslandsSri Lanka ThailandTongaTuvalu United KingdomUnited StatesVanuatu Vietnam (31 countries)

UNCLASSIFIED MPAT SOP Development Workshop : –Develop MPAT Program Recommendations –Develop / Refine MNF SOP MPAT TEMPEST EXPRESS (TE): –CTF HQ Staff Planning Workshop –Scenario-driven planning event MPAT Participation in Other Events: –Multinational Exercises – COBRA GOLD, BALIKATAN, TALISMAN SABER GEMA BHAKTI, VITAL PROSPECT, ETC. –Seminars, Table-top Exercises, etc. –Regional & International Forums –Real World Crisis Response – UNIFIED ASSISTANCE (2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami) – CARING RESPONSE (2008 Cyclone Nargis - Burma) – OPERATION DAMAYON (2013 Typhoon Haiyan – Philippines) MPAT Venues 7

UNCLASSIFIED MPAT Program Military Military CivilGovernment Humanitarians UnifiedActionUnifiedAction Building Relationships Building Capacity 8

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UNCLASSIFIED Improved MPAT nations’ forces’ capabilities for planning for: –Support to disaster response operations, –Support to pandemic response operations, –Non-combatant evacuation operations, –Stability operations, and –Maritime security / counter-piracy operations. Testing and refinement of relevant portions of the Multinational Force Standing Operating Procedures (MNF SOP) and if possible, the Coalition Building Guide (CBG) TE-26 End State 10

UNCLASSIFIED TE-26 Objectives Objective 1: Enhance MPAT Nations’ mission planning for military support to civilian-led disaster and pandemic responses. Objective 2: Enhance multinational military capabilities for planning small scale contingency operations. Objective 3: Improve multinational military speed of response, interoperability, mission effectiveness and unity of effort for disaster response, pandemic response, non-combatant evacuation, stability and maritime security operations. 11

UNCLASSIFIED TE-26 Participants Nations Humanitarian Community Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs (CFE-DMHA) International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Secretariat of the Pacific Community Total estimated number of participants Australia Bangladesh Brunei Cambodia Canada Fiji France Germany Indonesia Japan Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal New Zealand Norway Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Tonga Tuvalu United Kingdom United States Vanuatu nations

UNCLASSIFIED TE-26 Exercise Format Event Dates: April Location: SPC and Chateau Royal Hotel, Nouméa. Operational-level, multinational planning activities. Format: Academics followed by planning in syndicate groups ending with out-briefs to senior officers. Schedule: –Academics: April(1½ days) –Planning Group Sessions: 04 & April (5 days)  Mission Analysis: 04 & 06 April(1½ days)  Mission Planning: April(3½ days) –Out briefs to Senior Officials: 10 April(½ day) Subject Matter Experts will circulate through all groups. 13

UNCLASSIFIED TE-26 Schedule Event Daily Start / Stop Times: 08:00 to 17:00 Lunch from 12:00-13:00 Training Holiday 14 Opening & Academics ½ day Mission Planning Mission Planning Mission Planning Mission Planning Out briefs & Closing RE DEPLOY Arrivals Local Orientation Mission Planning

UNCLASSIFIED TE-26 Academics 2 April 2015 New Caledonia overview FANC Overview Regional Issues Overview MPAT/MNF SOP Overview & TE-26 Deliverables Humanitarian Community Overview Civil-Military Coordination in Disaster Relief & Complex Emergencies Pandemic Operations Overview Maritime Security Overview 3 April 2015 Stability Operations Military Decision Making Process – Multinational (MDMP-M) Multinational Coordination Center (MNCC) FRANZ Agreement Coalition Building Guide 15

UNCLASSIFIED TE-26 Mission Planning Deliverables 16 TE-26 Working Groups

UNCLASSIFIED Group 1(HA/DR) Disaster Response to Vanuatu Cyclone 17 TE-26 Working Groups

UNCLASSIFIED TE-26 Group 1 Scenario 18 Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Response (HA/DR): Cyclone Sophia generates near Tuvalu, builds strength as it turns south Cyclone passes over Vanuatu and Port Vila causing extensive damage Cyclone passes over New Caledonia causing minor damage Damage to Vanuatu requiring international assistance Damage to New Caledonia does not require assistance Group 1 addresses French-led international disaster response operations in support of Vanuatu government. Port Vila Nouméa

UNCLASSIFIED Group 2 (Pandemic) Regional Pandemic Response 19 TE-26 Working Groups

UNCLASSIFIED TE-26 Group 2 Scenario 20 Regional Pandemic Response Fijian UN Peacekeepers return to Viti Levu from PKO Mission in Africa, asymptomatic with Ebola. Peacekeepers disperse home on leave. Some Peacekeepers being to show symptoms. Symptoms arise, exposes locals. Fijian health care system overwhelmed, asks for help. Virus spreads throughout region. Exposed population travels to other regional nations. Regional nations request regional / international assistance. Group 2 plans pandemic response to support treatment of patients, quarantine / security and stop spread of disease in the region.

UNCLASSIFIED Group 3 (NEO) Multinational Non-combatant Evacuation Operation from a fictional Pacific Nation 21 TE-26 Working Groups

UNCLASSIFIED TE-26 Group 3 Scenario 22 Non-combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO): Newly independent country of Isla del Sol (IDS). On-going insurgency destabilizes new government. Insurgents targeting foreign nations within IDS. Inability of IDS government to provide security requires non- combatant evacuation operation of foreign nationals. France offers Noumea as operations staging / reception area for multinational non-combatant evacuation operation. Evacuees either evacuated directly home or transit through Noumea.

UNCLASSIFIED Group 4 (PEO) Multinational Stability Operation in a fictional Pacific Nation 23 TE-26 Working Groups

UNCLASSIFIED TE-26 Group 4 Scenario 24 Stability Operations Sons of Isla del Sol (SIS) insurgency in Isla del Sol (IDS). Insurgents engage in terrorist acts against IDS and foreign nationals. IDS government unable to stop insurgency, protect civilians. Violence reaches level to require regional and international action to restore stability and rule of law. UNSC Resolutions 2275 and 2282 authorize a multinational force to restore stability and protect civilians. France offers Noumea as regional location for multinational stability operations planning. Group 4 plans multinational stability operations to end violence and restore law and order.

UNCLASSIFIED 25 Group 5 (MARSEC) Multinational Maritime Security Operation in a fictional Pacific Nation TE-26 Working Groups

UNCLASSIFIED TE-26 Group 5 Scenario 26 Maritime Security / Counter Piracy Sons of Isla del Sol (SIS) engage in piracy off Isla del Sol (IDS) waters to fund insurgency. Attacks against IDS and foreign flagged vessels. IDS Gendarmerie and Coast Guard unable to stop piracy. UNSC Resolutions 2275 and 2282 authorize a multinational force to end piracy and restore rule of law in IDS waters. France offers Noumea as regional location for multinational counter-piracy operations planning. Group 5 plans regional and international response to end piracy and arrest perpetrators.

UNCLASSIFIED 27 Multinational Force Standing Operating Procedures (MNF SOP) TE-26 MNF SOP Overview

UNCLASSIFIED 28 Agreed-upon procedures required to improve multinational crisis response and capabilities by MPAT nations –Not prescriptive, binding or directive –Document left “unsigned” intentionally –Serves as a “guide” (start point) –A multinational document  Contributions from 31 nations, UN, civil government and humanitarian organizations –Primary focus: Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW) –Designed to support a full range of small scale contingencies (SSCs) –Used for all USPACOM Multinational Operations –Used for Joint Task Force Certification in ADF Use for planning guide at TE 26 MNF SOP Overview

UNCLASSIFIED 29 Operational Start Points –Predetermined “start points” prior to a crisis will improve MNF speed of initial response / effectiveness Clear Understanding & Communications –It is critical to “agree” or “agree to disagree” based upon a common set of terms & processes Common Planning Process –MNF planning structure must provide for an “integrated and managed process” for the development & execution of plans The Foundation for Unity of Effort MNF SOP Key Principles

UNCLASSIFIED 30 MNF SOP Missions in TE-26 Major Conflict (War) Major Conflict (War) Large scale offensive & Large scale offensive & defensive combat ops defensive combat ops Hostilities may occur Counterinsurgency Counterinsurgency Protection of Protection of Shipping Shipping Counterdrug Ops Counterdrug Ops Counterterrorism Counterterrorism Disarmament, Disarmament, Demobilization & Demobilization & Reintegration Reintegration Anti-Piracy Anti-Piracy Consequence Consequence Management Management Hostilities will occur PEO PEO Small-Scale- Small-Scale- Contingency Contingency Counter Piracy Counter Piracy Combating Combating Terrorism Terrorism Hostilities unlikely, but possible PKO PKO NEO NEO Anti-Terrorism Anti-Terrorism Show of Force Show of Force Disaster Relief Disaster Relief Humanitarian Assistance Humanitarian Assistance Freedom of Navigation Freedom of Navigation Domestic Support Domestic Support Personnel Recovery Ops Personnel Recovery Ops CBRNE-TIM (biological) CBRNE-TIM (biological) MNF SOP - Operational Focus TE-26 missions

UNCLASSIFIED 31 Framework – SOP based on “military context & perspective” SOP Organization: –Parts A & B: MNF SOP Foundations and Overview: Conceptual foundation and operational “Start Points” for MNF Operations –Part C: Multinational HQ Procedures: Hqs staff organization, procedures, processes and functions –Part D: Range of Military Operations and MNF Missions: Missions within the scope of MNF SOP with planning factors, considerations, checklists and other information –Parts E: Multinational Reference Library: Glossary, abbreviations, acronyms, reports formats, and reference documents –Parts F: Supporting Documents: Templates, Tables, Reports and Formats MNF SOP Framework and Organization

UNCLASSIFIED 32 Event Links SOP Workshop MPAT TE Exercises & Operations Develop Procedures Test Procedures Validate Procedures MULTINATIONAL FORCE STANDING OPERATING PROCEDURES (MNF SOP) Version: 2.9a December 2014

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