Veterans Plenary

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Veterans Plenary Operational Update Captain
Jonathan Handley Royal NavyJ3 (Operations)
Division - PJHQ
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PJHQ Worldwide Activity
Bosnia
Kosovo
Iraq
Gibraltar
Cyprus
Afghanistan
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Ascension
Diego Garcia
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Gibralter - 553
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8
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Falkland Is.
Permanent Joint Operations Base - PJOB
Operations
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Operational Deployments
2
13
3
11
4
10
15
1
6
7
5
16
17
14
12
6
9
9
Gibralter - 553
7
8
10
Total UK Deployment 16,307
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UN Sudan - 3
UN Georgia 7 UN Liberia 3 UN Cyprus 279 UN
Sierra Leone - 1
Diego Garcia 36 Cyprus 3027 Gibraltar -
563 UN Congo - 6
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Iraq 7933 Bosnia 895 Kosovo 174 Afghanistan
- 1074
JFACC 459 Tampa 34 JFMCC Bahrain 414 Sth
Atlantic - 1399
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Current Operations

• Iraq
• Afghanistan
• Balkans
• Global Counter Terrorism (GCT)
• UN operations

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Operation TELIC Iraq
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MND (SE) AOR SIZE COMPARISON
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Lines of Operation
ENDSTATE
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Security Sector Reform Summary
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Threats

• Former Regime Extremists
• Foreign fighters/Islamic Extremists
• Malcontents
• Tribal feuding
• Criminals

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Operation HERRICKAfghanistan
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BACKGROUND
A moderate, stable, and representative
Afghanistan capable of controlling and governing
its territory

• 2001
• Security
• Haven for terrorists
• Government
• Taliban controlled
• Civil War
• Socio-Economics
• Crumbling/non-existent infrastructure

Parliamentary Elections Sep 05
Elections Oct 04
NATO/ISAF Aug 03

• 2005
• Security
• Shrinking refuge
• Development of Afghan Security Capacity
• Government
• President Elected
• National Assembly and Provincial Council
  Elections
• Socio-Economics
• International reconstruction underway

Bonn II Dec 02
ISAF Feb 02
Bonn I Dec 01
OEF Oct 01
Significant progress challenges remain
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MAZAR-e-SHARIF UK PRT (incl FCO DfID)
UK FSB Until 15 Mar 06
HELMAND Province UK PRT (incl FCO DfID)
Helmand Task Force From May 06
KABUL COMBRITFOR KPC ANATT Officer Training

UK Commitment Deployment
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To 15 Mar 06
Op HERRICK PRT LOCATIONS
NL from May 06 tbc
UK from May 06
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UK PRT Tasks

• Support dialogue and liaison between the Afghan
  Govt, UNAMA and regional leaders
• Monitor, assess progress and offer advice across
  all Security Sector Reform pillars
• Facilitate the efforts of the UN, NGOs and IOs in
  order to support the extension of the Afghan Govt
  influence to the regions
• Demonstrate the International Communitys
  continued commitment to the process of
  reconstruction in Afghanistan.

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RAF Support

• 6 x GR7A ac deployed to Kandahar.
• Providing CAS and ISR for US and ISAF.
• 4 x C-130
• Provide intra-theatre onwards movement of
  strategic UK personnel and equipment inload.
• Routine re-supply of UK units in AFG.
• Tactical AT for UK operations in the South.

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Stage III Force Laydown
MNB(S) under CA Comd
HELMAND TASK FORCE Collocated with ANA Camp
BASTION
LASHKAR GAH PRT
UK AIR
Theatre-level CAS / ISR support

• Additional UK military in AFG
• COMBRITFOR /Nation Support Element
• Support to ARRC
• Afghan Army Training incl officers
• Embeds with US/ISAF
• Regional liaison

8 x AH-64 6 x CH-47s 4 x Lynx 6 x GR7s
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Operation OCULUS

• Bosnia Herzegovina
• Kosovo

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Operation OCULUS
Mission To provide a Safe and Secure Environment
to allow the International Community to progress
the reform of the Balkans.
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BOSNIA
Radovan Karadzic

• Benign military
• environment.
• Criminality/economic
• reform required.
• Compliance with
• ICTY to arrest PIFWCs.
• Entry to PfP?

Radko Mladic
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MNTF(N) Austria Finland Turkey


BANJA LUKA

MNTF (N)



MNTF(NW) UK Netherlands



TUZLA



MNTF NW









HQ EUFOR SARAJAVO
CURRENT MNB BOUNDARIES


MNTF(SE) Spain Germany France Italy

MNTF SE







3 MNTFs 33 Nations

MOSTAR



MNB Boundaries Lead Nation
EUFOR TOTAL c. 7,000

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KOSOVO
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Kosovo
UNSR Jessen-Petersen

• Province of Serbia.
• Poor economy.
• Criminality endemic.
• Ethnic violence.
• Albanian Extremism.
• Future status.
• ICTY Indictments.

Hasim Thaci - (PDK)
Ramush Haradinaj - (AAK)
Fatmir Sejdiu- (LDK)
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KFOR Dispositions
MNTF(N) - FR
MNTF(C) - MN
France Belgium Denmark Greece
Sweden Latvia Eire Finland Czech Rep Slovak Rep
K. MITROVICA
PRISTINA
PEC
GNJILANE
MNB(SW) - GE
MNB(E) - US
CAMP BONDSTEEL
Germany Italy Spain Turkey
PRIZREN
US Poland Ukraine
Total Theatre c.17 500
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Global Counter-Terrorism
HMGs Primary Strategic Focus
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UK GCT Building Blocks
The Strategic Goal The fundamental goal is to
end the threat of international terrorism to the
UK and our allies(Eliminate terrorism as a force
in international affairs)But realistically, for
the next five years...
Prepare - Protect - Pursue - Prevent
To reduce the risk from International Terrorism
so that our people can go about their business
freely and with confidence.
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GLOBAL COUNTER TERRORISM
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United Nations Operations
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UN Ops - UK Contribution
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UN Ops - UK Contribution
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UN Ops - UK Contribution
Total UK Contribution 294
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• Questions?