Multinational Planning

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Multinational Planning Augmentation Team (MPAT)
What is MPAT?
10 April 2006
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Agenda

• What is MPAT?
• Multinational Force Standing Operating Procedures
  (MNF SOP)
  
• MPAT Events
• Way Ahead Endstate

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MPAT

• 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 in response to military
  operations other than war (MOOTW) / small scale
  contingencies (SSC).

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MPAT A Multinational Program

• Multinational venue to share MNF CTF HQ
  procedures
  
• 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

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MPAT Objectives Methods

• Improve Speed of Multinational Crisis Response
• Improve Multinational Force Interoperability
• Increase CTF Mission Effectiveness
• Unity of Effort
• Strengthen Practice Common Crisis Action
  Planning Procedures
  
• Develop and become familiar with common Standing
  Operating Procedures (SOP) for MNF CTF HQ

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MPAT Participants
Australia Bangladesh Brunei
Canada East Timor France Fiji Germany India
Indonesia Italy Japan Korea Madagascar Ma
laysia Maldives Mauritius Mongolia Nepal New
Zealand Papua New Guinea Russia Philippines Si
ngapore Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Tong
a Tuvalu UK US Vanuatu Vietnam (33 cou
ntries)
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MNF SOP Purpose

• Increase multinational force (MNF)
• Speed of Initial Response
• Interoperability
• Overall Mission Effectiveness
• Unity of Effort

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MNF SOP Parameters

• Multinational Document
• Ownership by MPAT nations is critical
• Foundation reference for multinational crisis
  response
  
• Not prescriptive, binding or directive
• Serves as a guide (start point) for
  multinational operations
  
• Based on Lead-Nation Concept (one nation in
  lead)
  
• Living, unsigned, web-based document (refinement
  institutionalized)
  
• Focus is Operational Level Coalition / Combined
  Task Force (CTF)
  
• Primary focus Military Operations Other Than War
  (MOOTW)
  
• Support full range of small scale contingencies
  (SSCs)

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JTF HQ Organization
MNF CTF HQ Augmentation

• Single Nation Concept

Lead Nation Concept
CTF HQ
JTF
Joint Task
Core Planning Staff
Force HQ
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Improving Response
CTF
TRANSITION
Effectiveness
Reduce Time Increase Effectiveness!
EXECUTE
DEPLOY
PLAN
ESTABLISH CTF
Improvement
- X days
X days
Y days
Time
Improved speed of response through effective
multinational force activation, forming, and
planning
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MPAT TE Workshop Schedule

• TE-1 Nov 00 Manila (19 Countries)
• TE-2 Feb 01 Bangkok (19 Countries)
• TE-3 Jan 02 Korea (25 Countries)
• TE-4 Aug 02 Singapore (25 Countries)
• TE-5 Aug 03 Mongolia (22 Countries)
• TE-6 Mar 04 Australia (25 Countries)
• TE-7 Aug 04 India (26 Countries)
• TE-8 Jul 05 Hawaii (25 Countries)
• TE-9 Mar 06 Thailand (29 Countries)
• TE-10 Aug 06 Mongolia (GPOI)
• TE-11 Jan 07 TBD

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MPAT Venues

• MPAT TEMPEST EXPRESS (TE)
• CTF HQ Staff Planning Workshop
• Scenario-driven planning event
• MPAT SOP Development Workshop
• Develop MPAT Program Recommendations
• Develop / Refine MNF SOP
• MPAT Participation in Other Events
• PACOM CTF HQ (BK CG) Exercises
• Seminars, Table-top Exercises, Wargames, etc.
• Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) Support

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MNF SOP CDW Schedule

• CDW-1 MAY 00 Hawaii (5 Countries)
• CDW-2 JUL 00 Bangkok (7 Countries)
• CDW-3 AUG 00 Hawaii (11 Countries)
• CDW-4 JAN 01 Hawaii (16 Countries)
• CDW-5 JUL 01 Hawaii (24 Countries)
• CDW-6 JAN 02 Korea (25 Countries)
• MNF SOP-1 MAR 02 Hawaii (17 Countries)
• MNF SOP-2 JUN 02 Hawaii (18 Countries)
• CDW-7 AUG 02 Singapore (25 Countries)
• MNF SOP-3 FEB 03 Hawaii (18 Countries)
• MNF SOP-4 JUN 03 Hawaii (21 Countries)
• CDW-8 AUG 03 Mongolia (22 Countries)
• MNF SOP-5 JAN 04 Hawaii (21 Countries)
• MNF SOP-6 JUN 04 Hawaii (23 Countries)
• MNF SOP-7 JAN 05 Cancelled due to Tsunami
  Relief Ops
  
• MNF SOP-7 AUG 05 Hawaii
• MNF SOP-8 JAN 06 Malaysia
• MNF SOP-9 NOV 06 Indonesia
• MNF SOP-10 MAR 07 TBD

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MPAT Way Ahead
Validate Refine MNF SOP (Balikatan Cobra Gold)
Future TEs / GPOI Capstones - Mongolia / GPOI
(Aug 06)
- TBD (Jan 07)
Initial MPAT Concept Development
Expand MPAT Partnerships Multinational Readines
s
Multinational Cooperation Interoperability
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Building Relationships Understanding
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