Final example

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NEGOTIATING WITH THE NATIONS BG Luis Aguado
Gracia Spanish Air Force SHAPE ACOS J6

SHAPE, 1 JUNE 2006
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Overview

• Support to ISAF
• Characteristics of the operation, forces, their
  mission and the area where operations are
  developed.
• How these factors impact in the quality of the
  CIS support provided by SHAPE.

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Planning for CIS support

• Close coordination with the operational side of
  SHAPE, J3 and J5 areas.
• CIS concept in accordance with
• Operation concept
• Inputs from participating Nations.
• Inputs from NATO agencies
• NATO C3 Agency (NC3A)
• NATO CIS Services Agency (NCSA).

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Planning for CIS support

• Involvement in the process of acquisition of the
  CIS systems.
• Approval process responsibility
• Nations at the financial committees.
• Senior Resources Board
• Infrastructure Committee.

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ISAF

• 2001 Operation Enduring Freedom.
• 2003 ISAF North and West (Stages 1 and 2).
• 2006 Transfer of South and East (Stages 3 and
  4).

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What is ISAF now?

• Currently two different operations
• Operation Enduring Freedom, led by the US and
  commanded by US CENTCOM.
• ISAF, under NATO rule.

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Provision CIS services

• Main factors
• Large number of national contingents.
• Huge area of operations and lack of CIS
  infrastructure.
• Rapid rotation of nations (6 months) and use
  their own systems.
• Provisions of Stanag 5048.

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Consequences

• Definition of Minimum Military Requirements
  (MMR)
• Stanag 5048 / MMR.
• Why NATO equipment to national units?
• Interface all national systems to the main NATO
  system.
• Endorsed OPLAN before submitting the project to
  financial committees
• Shortage of technical personnel