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Lieutenant Colonel Bert Haasjes NATIONAL RESERVE
FORCES COMMITTEE
Brief to CIOR 19 Feb 09
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Main Message
Reserves effectively make a significant
contribution to NATOs capabilities. Of those
countries actively deploying reservists in NATO
ops, the average proportion is more than 20
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NRFC Mandate MC 392 Est 1995

• To strengthen the readiness of alliance reserves.
• To provide a forum for informal candid
  information exchange.
• To provide policy advice on reserves to military
  committee.
• To provide advice support to CIOR.

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NRFC Member Nations
MEMBERS Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain,
Slovakia, Turkey, United Kingdom and United
States of America. PERMANENT OBSERVER
Australia.LIAISON OFFICERS NATO IMS, ACO and
ACT
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Reserves in NATO

• Increased use of reserves in contributions to
  NATO operations.

• Transformation of armed forces and national
  reserve models
• Required integration with regular forces.

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Examples of reserve capabilities

• - Functional specialists
• Information operations.
• Intelligence i.e. linguists.
• Health Services specialists.
• Police i.e. drug enforcement specialists.
• Public Affairs
• CIMIC
• - Individual Combat or Combat Support reserve
  deployment for augmentation
• Reserve Unit deployment
• Potential
• - Deployment of reserves within Comprehensive
  Approach

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Summary achievements

• NRFC supports NATO transformation and integration
  and NATO operations
• Information exchange on transformation and
  reserve models
• Reserve officer exchange MOUs
• NRFC supports professional development.
• NATO School res officer courses
• Support of CIOR transformation activities

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Review actions summer meeting Istanbul
1. MC annual report 2. Nominations SROC
September 2008 3. NS OPR 4. Working groups
SROC / RFIC and Physical fitness 5. Cooperation
with AESOR 6. Dates MWM 2009 7. New chair NRFC
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Events and meetings

• Sept 2008 Courtesy call ACT Norfolk (USA)
• Sept 2008 Courtesy call Secretary of Defence for
  reserve Affairs (USA)
• Sept 2008 Opening SROC (DEU)
• 8-10 Dec 2008 NRFC Recce mission Sofia (BUL)
• 10 Feb 2009 MC NRFC/CIOR briefing (NATO HQ)

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MWM FEB 09 Brussels

• Minutes of SC 2008 (Istanbul) are approved
• GBR offers to send delegations the evaluation
  report on their reservist review before SC 2009
• NRFC decides to use the ACT Transnet portal to
  host part of the NRFC content which is now found
  on the ACT wise server
• NRFC will have its MWM 2010 in Brussels
• NRFC decides to discuss follow on Chairmanship
  during SC 2009 (Sofia)
• NRFC tasks SOs to report the findings of the
  physical fitness working group during SC 2009
  (Sofia)
• Next NRFC meeting will be held in Sofia (SC
  2009). NRFC will arrange hotel facilities in the
  Central Park hotel

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QUESTIONS
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