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Title: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA


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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Defense
Skopje, June 2005
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
CAVEAT
  • BiH currently is engaged in a far-reaching
    process of fundamental defense reform with
    extensive assistance from the International
    Community.
  • Simultaneously, the Armed Forces of BiH are being
    transformed into a fully NATO-compatible
    military force.
  • As these processes are on-going, our requirements
    for additional assistance from the International
    Community are constantly being refined.
  • Therefore, many of the requirements stated in
    this briefing will require further elaboration
    and new requirements are certain to develop.

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE

Specific Assistance Requirements
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Emergency Situation Planning Priority
or Goal To develop the capability to plan and
coordinate military emergency operations Descript
ion Assistance is required to develop plans and
standard operating procedures for the engagement
of BiH military forces in emergency situations
training is required for military personnel
manning the Emergency Operations Center now being
formed under the BiH Joint Staff Additional
information The USA is providing assistance to
construct and equip an Emergency Operation
Center. Seminars have been conducted by ODC (USA)
and RACVIAC. Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Civil-Military Cooperation Priority or
Goal To develop the capability to provide
effective military assistance to civilian
authorities within BiH and Southeast Europe as
requested Description Assistance is required to
develop doctrine, operational plans and standard
operating procedures for the employment of BiH
military forces in support of civilian
authorities also to train civilian officials to
work with the Armed Forces of BiH to obtain and
effectively utilize military capabilities,
especially in emergency operations such as
disaster relief priority assistance is needed
for military intelligence and military police
assistance to BiH counter-terrorism
activities. Additional information A BiH MOD
Policy on Military Assistance to Civil
Authorities has been drafted and is now in the
staffing process Enclosure Draft BiH MOD Policy
on Military Assistance to Civil Authorities
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Military Infrastructure Priority or
Goal To have a military infrastructure
appropriate to the missions and requirements of
the Armed Forces of BiH Description Assistance
is required to assess the appropriateness of the
current military infrastructure, develop plans to
eliminate excess facilities and develop plans to
convert military infrastructure to civilian use.
Plans must address environmental concerns such
as clean-up of firing ranges, excess training
areas, motor parks, maintenance facilities,
storage sites, etc. Additional assistance is
required to implement the plans. Additional
information An initial database of BiH military
infrastructure assets will cost approximately
320.000 KM (software, personnel training) to
develop. Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Military Infrastructure Priority or
Goal To provide safe and secure storage of
armaments and munitions Description Assistance
is required to obtain and install sophisticated
equipment for securing ammunition and equipment
storage site, e.g. acquisition and installation
of video surveillance and alarm systems also to
upgrade the physical storage facilities
themselves in accordance with NATO
standards Additional information The status of
BiH military storage sites is very bad. It is
necessary to do the construction work on
rebuilding a total of 14 storage sites in BiH.
Approximately 20.000 KM (10.000 Euro) per storage
site for construction work and approximately
40.000 KM (20.000 Euro) per storage site for
installation of security equipment is
required. Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Personnel Management Priority or Goal
To develop an integrated, automated personnel
management system for the Armed Forces of BiH
Description Assistance is required to obtain
and install hardware and software with which to
implement plans currently being developed
assistance is also required to train personnel to
use the automated systems Additional
information ORACLE HEMS is the preferred
system Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Personnel Management Priority or Goal
To provide effective assistance to demobilized
BiH military personnel who are transitioning to
civilian life Description Assistance is
required to develop plans and procedures to
assist BiH military personnel being dismissed
from the service to become productive and
well-adjusted members of the BiH civilian
society additional assistance is required to
fund military personnel transition
programs Additional information Issues to be
addressed include severance pay, job training,
and transitional medical benefits plan should
address military personnel previously released
from the Armed Forces of BiH but who have failed
to make an adequate transition to civilian
life Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category C4IM Priority or Goal To facilitate
the effective command and control of the Armed
Forces of BiH Description Assistance is
required to develop a communication system with
which BiH command authorities can exercise
effective command and control of all elements of
the Armed Forces of BiH assistance is needed to
purchase appropriate equipment to include WAN and
LAN systems and to train personnel Additional
information LAN network active components
(switches, routers, access servers, firewalls)
and WAN network (ATM routers, frame-relay router)
are required the CISCO company, a leader in the
production of network components, has a CISCO
center in Sarajevo and would be the provider of
choice. Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category C4IM Priority or Goal To ensure that
that information and communication systems of the
Armed Forces of BiH are protected from
unauthorized access Description Assistance is
required to assess the state of information
security within the Armed Forces of BiH develop
a plan to correct deficiencies in accordance with
NATO standards acquire equipment and/or
software required to implement the plan provide
training on organizing and implementing
information and communication protection systems
within BiH defense structures. Additional
information BiH defense institutions are
currently planning and organizing a C4IM system
but additional assistance is required in the
specific area of information and communication
protection. Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Military Intelligence Priority or
Goal To develop a NATO-compatible military
intelligence capability within the Armed Forces
of BiH Description To train military
intelligence personnel of the Armed Forces of
BiH, according to NATO standards, with particular
focus on operational and tactical operating
systems, all-source analysis, and intelligence
processes Additional information Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Air Space Control Priority or Goal To
enable the Armed Forces of BiH to exercise
effective control of BiH air space as required by
military operations and/or requested by BiH civil
authorities Description Assistance is required
to upgrade existing equipment, obtain new
equipment, and train personnel Additional
information In order to assume full control of
the BiH air space and achieve standards set by
EUROCONTROL, it is necessary to modernize the
existing equipment, to procure the new equipment
(radar systems) and to develop infrastructure for
new systems. Also, to conduct training for
personnel on new equipment, procedures and
standards. Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Public Affairs Priority or Goal To
develop an active public affairs program at all
levels of the Armed Forces of BiH Description
Assistance is required to train public affairs
officers at all levels of the Armed Forces of BiH
from brigade level through the BiH Joint Staff
to assist in developing a magazine or newspaper
for a command information program and to acquire
photographic equipment for digital still and
video photography). Additional information
Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Force Modernization
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Force Modernization Priority or Goal
To ensure that the AFBiH plans to modernize the
force will result in a force that is fully
NATO-compatible Description Assistance is
required to assess the degree to which the
current equipment, doctrine, and procedures of
the AFBiH are NATO-compatible, e.g., weapons
systems, communication systems, fueling systems,
etc. additional assistance will be required to
actually procure NATO-compatible systems required
for force modernization Additional information
Application of NATO STANAGs and procedures will
ensure that the transformed AFBiH will be able to
make substantive contributions to PfP and NATO
activities. Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Staff Procedures Priority or Goal To
ensure that BiH defense officials, military
officers, and other defense personnel develop
competencies in NATO-compatible staff
procedures Description Assistance is required
to assess existing staff procedures within the
BiH state level defense structures develop a
plan to correct deficiencies in accordance with
NATO standards and common NATO staff procedures
and provide on-site assistance in implementing
recommended procedures. Additional information
Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category C4IM Priority or Goal To ensure that
staff officers and other personnel in the BiH
defense structure are proficient in standard
computer skills Description Assistance is
required to establish a Computer Skills Training
Center that would provide training in standard
office skills such as word processing,
spreadsheets, databases, and presentation
software assistance is required to develop a
Program of Instruction, acquire necessary
computer equipment and software, and provide
train the trainer instruction Additional
information The Computer Skills Training Center
possibly could be a part of a state level
Professional Development Center. Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Disposal of Excess Arms and
Munitions Priority or Goal To ensure that arms
and munitions in excess of the legitimate defense
requirements of BiH are disposed of in a safe and
environmentally secure manner Description
Assistance is required to dispose of thousands of
tons of excess ammunition and ordnance, much of
which is unstable and constitutes a real and
present danger to AFBiH military personnel as
well as BiH civilians because of possible
inadvertent detonation in storage sites
additionally, the storage of this excess materiel
constitutes a costly burden for the AFBiH and is
a security concern for all Additional
information The UNDP is coordinating a program
of munitions disposal for BiH within available
funding additional funding is required to
accelerate this program Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Military Engineering Priority or Goal
To develop within the AFBiH the engineering
capability to construct and/or maintain military
infrastructure to include Weapons Storage Sites
and Ammunition Storage Sites Description
Assistance is required to assess the current
military engineering capabilities within the
AFBiH to perform infrastructure construction and
maintenance appropriate to Weapons and Ammunition
Storage Sites additional assistance will be
required to procure equipment shortfalls and
obtain specialized training on new
equipment. Additional information Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Military Police Priority or Goal To
ensure that AFBiH military police units are
organized and operate in a NATO-compatible
manner Description Assistance is required to
develop NATO-compatible doctrine for military
police and provide training to AFBiH military
police personnel. Additional information Enclos
ure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Training Education Priority or Goal
To ensure that the AFBiH develops the capability
to design and execute military training and
education programs appropriate to the future
force structure and missions Description
Assistance is required to develop a consolidated
military training and professional development
system that encompasses everything from recruit
training through advanced military professional
development training is needed on how to develop
Programs of Instruction, develop instructional
venues and techniques appropriate to the level
and content of training, write training manuals,
and devise follow-on training. Additional
information Of particular immediate concern is
revising the current system of decentralized
recruit training as well as officer candidate
training Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Training Education Priority or Goal
To ensure that the AFBiH has technically
qualified personnel to perform mission essential
tasks Description Assistance is required to
assess the specific technical skill sets that
will be required in the AFBiH after it has
transformed into a NATO-compatible force advice
and assistance will be required to develop
programs to recruit, train, and retain
individuals with highly technical skills such as
physicians, avionics technicians, information
systems specialists, and others with low
density/highly specialized skills. Additional
information BiH does not have the capability to
train personnel in every required technical
military specialty innovative programs will be
required to ensure that the AFBiH will have the
proper mix of mission essential
skills. Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Personnel Management Priority or Goal
To develop a robust recruiting and retention
system for the Armed Forces of BiH Description
Assistance is required to develop a recruiting
system and train AFBiH military personnel in the
techniques of military recruiting also to train
commanders and senior non-commissioned officers
in initiatives to encourage the retention of
qualified individuals within the active duty
professional force as well as in the reserve
forces of BiH. Additional information If, as
expected, the current system of military
conscription is abolished in BiH, recruiting
quality individuals for military service and
retaining trained personnel within the Armed
Forces of BiH will become critical to the
continued viability of the force retention of
highly specialized personnel with skills
marketable in the civilian society will be a
special challenge. Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Personnel Management Priority or Goal
To ensure that BiH military personnel deploying
outside the territory of BiH are adequately
prepared for movement and that they and their
families are adequately supported during the
deployment Description Assistance is required
to develop personnel plans and processes to
support military deployment outside the territory
of BiH processes range from medical
qualification to mail delivery and family
support programs Additional information The
Armed Forces of BiH has recently made its first
unit deployment outside of BiH (an EOD unit to
Iraq) assistance would build on experience
gained in this deployment to refine or develop
appropriate military personnel support programs
and processes. Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Personnel Management Priority or Goal
To provide effective assistance to civilian
defense personnel rendered excess by defense
reforms Description Assistance is required to
develop plans and procedures to assist BiH
civilian defense personnel being dismissed from
their positions due to the anticipated
elimination of conscription additional
assistance is required to fund transition
programs for dismissed civilian defense
personnel Additional information With the
anticipated elimination of military conscription,
as many as 800 civilian personnel may lose their
jobs Enclosure
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Category Demining Priority or Goal To improve
the demining capability of the Armed Forces of
BiH Description Assistance is required to
acquire state-of-the-art demining equipment to
modernize the existing military demining teams of
the AFBiH and to provide new equipment training
additional assistance is required to create
additional demining teams Additional
information The presence of 18,000 identified
minefields within the territory of BiH constitute
a real and present danger to the citizens of the
country and is retarding the economic development
of BiH military demining is being considered by
the AFBiH command authorities as a potential
niche for the Armed Forces of BiH within the
NATO structure Enclosure
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