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Norwegian Army Main Support Unit

”Our support – your safety”

LtCol Svein-Erik Malmö-MoenCommander NoA MSU

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Hærstaben Chief of Staff of the

Norwegian Army

Brigade NorthBorder Guard

GSV

His Majesty the King’s

Guard

Army Staff

Special Operations Command

Military Academy

Service Support

Army Training School

Joint Support Training Centre

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Agenda

-Organisation, tasks and responsibility

-Crisis management

-Follow-up

-Experiences from last year

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MSU

Organisation, tasks and responsibility

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Norwegian Defence Personell Handbook

Part E(International Operations)

Tasks and function

to COM MSU NoA

Understanding of content and intention

Tasks – Responsibility – Authority

(Jmf: depl, redepl, leave, etc)

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NoA MSU

is

the employers representative

for

Units from Army and Joint services, and Staff officers and military observers from all Services and Joint services

deployed to international operations.

Responsible COM is the Inspector General of the Army

COM MSU execute on behalf of the Inspector General of the Army

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Chief of

Army Staff

COS

StaffSupport

FINOrg &

EquipmentPersPIO OPS

MSU

Personal Staff

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Tasks – daily activity(Priorities)

Daily activity Initial Courses Crisis management

1. Employer’s liability2. Initial training – staff officers CE

and PE, military observers and NoK-Contacts

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Ability andDetermination

Recognition

Soldier follow-up (B-U-A)

Family follow-up

Training, Education and Equipment

Combat strengthCombat power

Openness and facts (in Media relations)

OPERATIONALISE:”Solve the Task – Take care of your soldiers”

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Navy

Haakonsvern

AFRygge

INTLutvann

ArmyTerningmoen

NoA SOF

Rena

The ”family” of Main Support Units

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SudanUNMIS

AfghanistanUNAMAAfghanistanUNAMA

EgyptMFO

Middle-EastUNTSOMiddle-EastUNTSO

KosovoUNMIK

AfghanistanNCCNSEPRTISAF HQ

AfghanistanNCCNSEPRTISAF HQ

KosovoKFOR HQ

BosniaNATO/EUFOR HQ

D R KongoMONUSCO

Normally deployed about 580 personnel

Throughout the year

1600 – 2000 pers

1

5

11

3

1 20

Ca 530

2

1

Pr 23 Nov 2011

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MSU’s “Order of Battle”

COM

PERSONELLREADINESS

AND EDUCATION

ADMIN MEDICAL

DCOM/COS

LOGISTICS

Staff support1 x LEGAD1 x Chaplain1 PIO

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Employer’s liability:– Facilitate

deploym & redeploym

– Salary– Contracts– Archive– Travel office– Recruiting– Medals– Termination– Med sel– Med follow up– Med dim

Crisis management:– Duty officer

(24/7)– Establishme

nt ofNoK-centre

– NoK– NoK-C/

Follow up– Casualties– Funerals– Sick leave– Repatriation

cases

Readiness &Course:Adm:Log:

– 6 Initial (CE) courses,(3 weeks)

– 2 PE- courses (1 week)– 2 NoK-C- courses + 5

NoK-C rallies– Crisis management

planning– Crisis management

training – Responsibility for setting

up and material handling, deployment and redeployment of observers and staff officers (ca 250/year)

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ASU NoA

Crisis management

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Crisis Management

Frequent exercisesCrisis Management Plans

Continue to run courses

Continue to take care of the employer’s liability

Duty Off (24/7)

(800 89 520)

Reinforced OPS

Establish NoK

(or ReceptionCentre )

NotifyNoK

-Summon

NoK-Contacts

Take care of NoK

(NoK-C regime)

Incident handling

Attend to injured/wounded

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NoK-Centre

OPS

Plans

Response Centre

Sessvollmoen

Press Information

Centre

Pårørende team

OPS

Plans

ResponseCentre

Minor incident

Briefing Room

Message

Terningmoen

Major incident

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Carry out the reception of the fallen soldier

Notify NoK

NoK-C called up, preparations

Plan and coordinate thereception of the fallen soldier

MSU initial contact with NoK

Reinforce OPS,comms with NJHQ

Man the RC

Confirm name

Plan the support for the familiy

Prepare the messages

Notifiy other units

LO from home unit

Start the NoK follow-up process14 months

NotifyingNoK

Prepare notifying NoK

Prepare the recep-tion offallen soldier

Fallen soldierarrives

PrepareSupport

Funeral

KIA

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Receive the wounded

ASU contact with NoK, medical personnell

Prepare transfer to home unit

NoK follow-upDepend on needs

Prepare case fortransfer to National Health Services

Reception

Preparetransfer tohome unit”status of the case”

Transfer to home unit

WIA

NotifyingNoK

Prepare notifying NoK

Notify NoK

Reinforce OPS,comms with NJHQ

Man the RC

Confirm name

Prepare the messages

Notify other units

NoK-C called up, preparations

LO from home unit if needed

Plan and coordinate theCase and to receive the wounded

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Warning Chain

NCC/SNR

NJHQ

MED

MED

MED

MSU`sNoK

Police/Clergyman

Incident

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Follow-up

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Deploy-ment

Pre deployment period

3mnd

0 6mnd

12mnd

-> 5 days

Unit Trainingperiod

Deploymentperiod

Demob/”Phase out”

period

Redeploy-ment

MSU

Homeunit

Res: VA/NSA

”MED SEL(2)”

Planning andpreparation

period

”MED SEL (1)”

End of contract

Law:12 mnd

Follow-up resp

(Defence)

12mnd

NationalHealth

Services

HOTO

TA

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JMS/NCMM

VETERANSActive duty and res

(Injured personnel)

Actors

Injuredpersonnel

VA/Home Unit NLWA SPF

Until End of Contract

JMS/SMT

Claims

MSU/MS

CIV

Medical treatmentThe Case

Attention to our veterans

NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY!

+ 12 months (Defence)

NLWA

SPF

CIV

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ASU NoA

Experiences2010 – 2011(so far)

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Major incidents 2010/2011 handled by MSU:

25 jan 2010: 1 KIA IED GHOWR

2 mai 2010: 9 WIA TIC GHOWR

27 juni 2010: 4 KIA IED ALMAR

1 april 2011 1 KIA MeS (UNAMA UNMO)

(+ A lot of minor injuries, sick leaves and socially related issues)

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Conclusion

NoA MSU holds very good competence and experience in handling serious incidents – also in a national perspective

NoA MSU is working hard in order to improve the cooperation with the National Health Services and the Social Services

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Questions?