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NATO Logistics Handbook



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INTRODUCTION

“According to an old military adage

‘Amateurs talk about strategy, generals talk about logistics’.”

- George J. Church, 1990 -

Ths Handbook, publshed under the auspces o the Senor NATO

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work.

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keeppace.Thereore,thecontnunguseulnessotheHandbookwlldependon

theregulartyotsupdatng,whchwllbeanongongprocess.Ianyreaderhas

suggestonsortsmprovementoramendment,hesaskedtoorwardthemto

theSNLCSecretarat.

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ssuesdscussed.

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InternatonalSta,DeencePolcyandPlannngDvson,Logstcs

NATOHQ,1110Brussels





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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

FUNDAMENTALSOFNATOLOGISTICS

INTRODUCTION................................................. 3

DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Logstcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

ProductonLogstcs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

In-ServceLogstcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

ConsumerLogstcs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Co-operatveLogstcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

MultnatonalLogstcs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

LOGISTICFUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Materel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Servces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

LogstcInormatonManagement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

EqupmentMantenanceandRepar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

MovementandTransportaton(M&T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Recepton,StagngandOnwardMovement(RSOM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

PetroleumLogstcs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

ExplosveOrdnanceDsposal(EOD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 InrastructureEngneerngorLogstcs(IEL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

MedcalSupport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Contractng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

HostNatonSupport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

RELATEDFUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Cvl-MltaryCo-operaton(CIMIC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

NATOStandardsatonandInteroperablty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

EnvronmentalProtecton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

ANNEXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

A ClassesoSupply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

B AcronymsUsednthsChapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11



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CHAPTER 2 NATOORGANISATIONALFRAMEWORKFORLOGISTICS

INTRODUCTION................................................ 15

NATO’SPoltcalGoalsandBascTasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

DecsonMakngnNATO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

NATOPOLITICAL/MILITARYSTRUCTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

TheNorthAtlantcCouncl(NACorCouncl). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

TheDeencePlannngCommttee(DPC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

TheMltaryCommttee(MC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

TheEuro-AtlantcPartnershpCouncl(EAPC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

TheNATO-RussaCouncl(NRC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

TheNATO-UkraneCommsson(NUC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

TheMedterraneanDalogue(MD)andtheIstanbulCo-operatonIntatve

(ICI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

THENATOHEADQUARTERSSTAFFSTRUCTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

SecretaryGeneral(SG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

InternatonalSta(IS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

InternatonalMltarySta(IMS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

NATO’SINTEGRATEDMILITARYCOMMANDSTRUCTURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

TheNewNATOCommandStructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

NATOLOGISTICCOMMITTEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

TheSenorNATOLogstcans’Conerence(SNLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

LogstcStaMeetng(LSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 MovementandTransportatonGroup(M&TG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

StandngGroupoPartnerLogstcExperts(SGPLE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

LogstcInormatonManagementGroup(LOGIMG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

NATOPpelneCommttee(NPC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

CommtteeotheChesoMltaryMedcalServcesnNATO(COMEDS)23

NATO-RussaAdHocWorkngGrouponLogstcs(NRC(LOG)). . . . . . . . . 24

OTHERNATOLOGISTICBODIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

NATOMantenanceandSupplyOrgansaton(NAMSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

CentralEuropeanPpelneManagementOrgansaton(CEPMO). . . . . . . . 25 B-SCLogstcCo-ordnatonBoard(B-SCLCB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

B-SCMovementandTransportatonForum(B-SCM&TForum) . . . . . . . 26

B-SCMedcalAdvsoryGroup(B-SCMEDAG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

ANNEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

A Acronymsusednthschapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28



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CHAPTER 3 THEALLIANCE’SNEWSTRATEGICCONCEPT

ANDFORCESTRUCTURES

THEALLIANCE’SSTRATEGICCONCEPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

NATOMILITARYSTRUCTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 TheNATOCommandStructure(NCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

TheNATOForceStructure(NFS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

GraduatedReadnessForces(GRF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

CombnedJontTaskForce(CJTF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

NATOResponseForce(NRF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

IMPLICATIONSFORDEPLOYABILITYANDSUSTAINABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . 36

DeenceCapabltesIntatve(DCI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

PragueCapabltesCommtment(PCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

ANNEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38


CHAPTER 4 DETERMINATIONOFLOGISTICREQUIREMENTS

ANDLOGISTICPLANNING

INTRODUCTION................................................ 41

DEFENCEPLANNINGPROCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

NATOLOGISTICSVISIONANDOBJECTIVES(V&O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Introducton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

TheNATOLogstcsV&OProcess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

V&OReportng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

FORCEPLANNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

CombatSupport/CombatServceSupport(CS/CSS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

MANAGEMENTOFLOGISTICINFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

RegulatoryFrameworkoraLogstcsInormatonSystemArchtecture

(LOGIS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

LogstcsInormatonManagementGroup(LOGIMG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

LogstcFunctonalServces(LOGFS)InormatonManagementWorkng

Group(LOGFSIMWG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

LOGISTICREADINESSANDSUSTAINABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

LogstcReadness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

LogstcSustanablty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

NATOSTOCKPILEPLANNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

StockpleRequrements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48



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NATOStockplePlannngGudance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

NATOMILITARYCOMMONFUNDEDRESOURCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Introducton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

SenorResourceBoard(SRB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

InrastructureCommttee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

MltaryBudgetCommttee(MBC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 NATODeenceManpowerCommttee(NDMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

TheMedum-TermResourcePlan(MTRP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

CapabltyPackages(CPs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

CPDenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

CPDevelopmentandSubmsson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

CPApproval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

CPImplementaton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

NATOSecurtyInvestmentProgramme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

TheMltaryBudget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

STANDARDISATIONANDINTEROPERABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Introducton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Denton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

PrncplesoNATOStandardsaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

TheNATOStandardsatonProcess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

NATOStandards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

NATOStandardsatonOrgansaton(NSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

ServceBoards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

ANNEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62


CHAPTER 5 OPERATIONALLOGISTICPLANNING

INTRODUCTION................................................ 67

KEYPLANNINGDOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

LOGISTICSSUPPORTGUIDELINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

LOGISTICPLANNINGCONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

MultnatonalLogstcs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

MultnatonalJontLogstcCentre(MJLC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

MovementPlannng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

MedcalPlannng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

SupplyandMantenancePlannng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 RoleoHostNatonalSupport(HNS)nLogstcSupportPlannng. . . . . . 69

InrastructurePlannng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69



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ContractngandFundng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

PartcpatonoNon-NATONatons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

ConcludngtheOperaton/Exercses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Co-ordnatonwthNSEs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Co-ordnatonwthInternatonalOrgansatons(IOs)andNonGovernmental

Organsatons(NGOs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 PhasesotheOperaton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Recepton,StagngandOnwardMovement(RSOM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

FORCEGENERATIONPROCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

CombnedJontStatementORequrements(CJSOR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

CrssEstablshment(CE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

LOGISTICREPORT(LOGREP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

CIVILSUPPORTTOTHEMILITARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

ExamplesoPotentalPB&CSupporttoMltary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

ANNEXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72


B JontStaStructure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

CHAPTER 6

NATOLOGISTICPOLICIESANDCONCEPTSINTRODUCTION................................................ 79

HIERARCHYOFLOGISTICPOLICIESANDDOCTRINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

NATOLogstcPolcy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

NATODoctrne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

AlledJontLogstcDoctrne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

AlledLogstcPublcatons(ALP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

LogstcTactcs,TechnquesandProcedures(TTPs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

NATOLogstcsPlannngGudance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

NATOPOLICYFORCO-OPERATIONINLOGISTICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

NATOConceptorCo-operatonnLogstcs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

NATOPRINCIPLESANDPOLICIESFORLOGISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

LOGISTICPRINCIPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

CollectveResponsblty....................................... 83

Authorty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

PrmacyoOperatonalRequrements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Cooperaton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Coordnaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 AssuredProvson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Sucency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83



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Ecency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Flexblty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

VsbltyandTransparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

LOGISTICPOLICIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Responsblty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Authorty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

LogstcPlannngnDeencePlannng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

LogstcPlannngnOperatonalPlannng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

LogstcCommandandControl(C2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

LogstcReadnessandSustanablty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

CooperatonnLogstcs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

RedstrbutonoLogstcResources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

MultnatonalLogstcs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Fundng/ResourcesProvson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

CvlResources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

LeCycleSupport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

ANNEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88


CHAPTER 7 MULTINATIONALLOGISTICS

NATO’SLOGISTICSUPPORTCONCEPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

SUPPORTFORTHENATORESPONSEFORCE(NRF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

MC525–LogstcSupportConceptorNRFOperatons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

MC551–MedcalSupportConceptorNRFOperatons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

THEMULTINATIONALJOINTLOGISTICCENTRECONCEPT:

AJP-4.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

MODESOFMULTINATIONALLOGISTICS:AJP-4.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

LeadNatonLogstcSupport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

RoleSpecalstNatonLogstcSupport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

MultnatonalSupportArrangements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

CommonlyFundedLogstcResources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

MultnatonalIntegratedLogstcSupport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

ArcratCross-Servcng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

LocalContractng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

CONTRACTORSUPPORTTOOPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 AdvantagesoContractorSupporttoOperatons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

PlannngorContractorSupport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101



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FormsoPlannedContractng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

FundngContractorSupport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

ResponsbltyorPlannngContractorSupport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

AuthortyoverContractedCapabltes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

FunctonsThatCouldBePerormedByContractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

StatusandUseoContractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 MultnatonalCooperaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

OperatonalPlannngConsderatonorContractorSupport . . . . . . . . . . 105

IntegratonoContractorCapabltes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

ContractManagement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

COMPONENTSUPPORTCONCEPTS–(ALP-4.1,4.2,4.3). . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

MartmeSupportConcept:ALP-4.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

LandForcesSupportConcept:ALP-4.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

ArForcesSupportConcept:ALP-4.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

LOGISTICSUPPORTTOCRISISRESPONSEOPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

ANNEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

A Acronymsusednthschapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

CHAPTER 8 HOSTNATIONSUPPORT(HNS)

INTRODUCTION............................................... 115

DEFINITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

NATOCONCEPTFORHNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

LEGALASPECTSOFHNSARRANGEMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

HNSPRINCIPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

HNSPLANNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

HNSPOLICIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 PolcesSpecctotheNATOCommander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

PolcesSpecctotheSendngNaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

PolcesSpecctotheHostNaton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

CAPABILITYDATABASE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

LOCALCONTRACTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

CIVIL-MILITARYCO-OPERATION(CIMIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

ANNEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122




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CHAPTER 9 MOVEMENTANDTRANSPORTATIONSUPPORT

INTRODUCTION............................................... 127

MOVEMENTANDTRANSPORTATIONPRINCIPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

MOVEMENTANDTRANSPORTATIONPOLICIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 GeneralPolces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

M&TPlannng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

PolcyonCvlSupporttotheMltary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

PolcyonMltarySupporttoCvlOperatons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

PolcyonResourceAcquston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

PolcyonCommand,ControlandCommuncatons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

M&TTASKSANDRESPONSIBILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

NATOHeadquarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

StrategcCommands(SCs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 TheNatons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

ANNEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134


CHAPTER 10 PETROLEUMSUPPORT

INTRODUCTION............................................... 139

CIVILPREPAREDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

BULKDISTRIBUTIONANDSTORAGEOFFUELSINTHENPS. . . . . . . . . 140

EXPEDITIONARYOPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

AIRBASE,NAVALBASEANDUNITSUPPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

MILITARYFUELSANDTHESINGLEFUELPOLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 SngleFuelPolcy(SFP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

DEPLOYABLEFUELSHANDINGEQUIPMENT(DFHE)–

THEMODULARCONCEPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

PETROLEUMPLANNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

STANDARDIZATION,INTERCHANGEABILITY,INTEROPERABILITYAND

RESEARCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

ANNEXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

A GudetotheNATObodesconcernedwththeNPSandotherpetroleum



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bodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

B AdeMemoreonFuelsnNATO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

C Acronymsusednthschapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

CHAPTER 11 MEDICALSUPPORT

INTRODUCTION............................................... 151

MISSIONOFTHEMEDICALSERVICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

STANDARDSOFHEALTHCARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

ComplancewththeLawsoWarandHumantaranConventons . . . . . 151

MedcalEthcsandLegalConstrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

StandardsoCareProvded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

PrmacyoClncalNeeds..................................... 152

SpectrumoMedcalResponsbltes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

TreatmentPhlosophyorMassCasualtyStuatons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

FtnessorEvacuaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

MedcalCondentalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

PatentWelare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

OPERATIONALPRINCIPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

ResponsbltyortheHealthoNATOForces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

NATOCommandersMedcalAuthorty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

PrncpalComponentsoDeployedHealthCare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 FtnessandHealthStandards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

TreatmentTmelnes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

ContnutyoCare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Envronment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

ForceHealthProtecton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Plannng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

ReadnessotheMedcalSupportSystemandTranstonromPeaceto. . .

CrssorConfct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Moblty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

NATOandNatonalCo-operaton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Multnatonalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

RolesoCareCapabltes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

EvacuatonResources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

NatonalMedcalLasonTeams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

ProvsonoNon-emergencyTreatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

MEDICALLOGISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

MILITARYMEDICALSUPPORTRESPONSESTODISASTERRELIEFAND

CONSEQUENCEMANAGEMENTSITUATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156THECOMMITTEEOFCHIEFSOFMILITARYMEDICALSERVICESINNATO



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(COMEDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

THEJOINTMEDICALCOMMITTEE(JMC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

ANNEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158


CHAPTER 12 LOGISTICOUTREACHACTIVITIES

PARTNERSHIPSWITHNATOHQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

StandngGrouporPartnerLogstcExperts(SGPLE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

StandngGrouporPartnerMedcalExperts(SGPME). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

PARTNERSHIPFORPEACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

PoltcalMltarySteerngCommttee(PMSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

PartnershpCoordnatonCell(PCC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

ThePartnershporPeacePlannngandRevewProcess(PARP) . . . . . . 165

Euro-AtlantcPartnershpWorkProgramme(EAPWP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

PPTrustFund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

OperatonalCapabltesConcept(OCC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

NATO-RUSSIALOGISTICCOOPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

NATO-UKRAINELOGISTICCOOPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

MEDITERRANEANDIALOGUE(MD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

MedterraneanCooperatonGroup(MCG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

MedterraneanCooperatonWorkngPlan(MDWP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

ISTANBULCOOPERATIONINITIATIVE(ICI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

IstanbulCooperatonIntatveGroup(ICIG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 ANNEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167




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CHAPTER 13 PRODUCTIONLOGISTICS

INTRODUCTION............................................... 173

METHODSFORARMAMENTSCO-OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

AgreementsonProducton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 AgreementsonStandardsaton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

CONFERENCEOFNATIONALARMAMENTSDIRECTORS(CNAD)–AC/259

CNADSubstructure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

OTHERNATOCOMMITTEESANDBODIESINVOLVEDINARMAMENTSCO

OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

NATOArDeenceCommttee(NADC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

NATOProjectSteerngCommttee(NPSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

ResearchandTechnologyOrgansaton(RTO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

NATOConsultaton,CommandandControlOrgansaton(NC3O) . . . . . . 176

PROCEDURESFORARMAMENTSCO-OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

ArmamentsProgrammng:PhasedArmamentsProgrammngSystem

(PAPS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

PARTNERSHIPACTIVITIES...................................... 177

IndvdualPartnershpProgrammes(IPAPs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

ProposaltoLaunchCNAD“PartnershpArmamentsProjects” . . . . . . . . 178

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

ANNEXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

A NATOProjectSteerngCommttees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

B Acronymsusednthschapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

CHAPTER 14 IN-SERVICELOGISTICS

INTRODUCTION............................................... 185

IntegratedLogstcsSupport(ILS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 LogstcSupportAnalyss(LSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

LeCycleCostng(LCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

NATOPRODUCTIONANDLOGISTICSORGANIZATIONS(NPLO) . . . . . . . 186

NATOMAINTENANCEANDSUPPLYORGANIZATION(NAMSO) . . . . . . . . 187

NAMSASPECIFICCO-OPERATIVELOGISTICPROJECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

NATOLogstcsStockExchange(NLSE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

NATODepot&SupportSystem(NDSS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

NATOAmmuntonDatabse(NADB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

NATOPROJECTSTEERINGCOMMITTEES(NPSCs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188



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CO-OPERATIVELOGISTICTECHNIQUES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

NATOCodcatonSystem(NCS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

ANNEXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

A NATOProductonLogstcRelatedOrgansatons(NPLOs) . . . . . . . . . . . 190B Acronymsusednthschapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

ACRONYMSUSEDINTHISHANDBOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195



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CHAPTER 1FUNDAMENTALSOFNATOLOGISTICS



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CHAPTER 1FUNDAMENTALSOFNATOLOGISTICS

“I don’t know what the hell this ‘logistics’ is … but I want some o it!”

- Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, 1942 -

INTRODUCTION

Durng the Cold War, NATO ollowed the prncple that logstcs was

a natonal responsblty. Accordngly, ts only ocus at that tme was the

establshmentoandcomplancewthoveralllogstcsrequrements.Thsprncple

governedNATO’splansandactonsuntlthebegnnngothe1990’s,whentwas

understoodandacceptedthatthestrategcstuatonthathadunderpnnedths

prncplehadundergoneaundamentalchange.

As early as n January 1996, NATO logstcans recognsed the new

challengesacngtheAllance.Inpartcular,thedownszngomltaryresources

underscoredthenecesstyoncreasedco-operatonandmultnatonaltynlogstc

support. These new challenges requred the Allance to be able to logstcally

sustanandoperatennon-artcle5/CrssResponseOperatons(CRO),possbly

ataardstanceromthesupportngnatonallogstcandndustralbasesandon

nonNATOsol,whereasupportveorunctonnghostnatonwasnotexstent.

Allothsneededtobeperormedunderthelegalcondtonsopeace,wthno

accesstomoblsatonand/oremergencylegslaton.Addtonally,therewasthe

needtontegratenon-NATOmltaryorcesandtherlogstcsupport.

TheSenorNATOLogstcans’Conerence(SNLC),astheAllance’ssenorbodyonlogstcs,thenundertooktotranslatetheAllance’sNewStrategcConcept

ntoresponsve,fexbleandnteroperablelogstcprncplesandpolces.Inths

regard, t rst developed a vson or NATO logstcs amed at addressng the

challengeodevelopngcollectveresponsbltynlogstcsbetweenNATOand

thenatons.Suchcollectveresponsbltysattanedthroughcloseco-ordnaton

andcooperatonbetweennatonalandNATOauthortesdurngbothplannng

and executon, and ncludes greater consderaton o the ecent use o cvl

resources.AsaresultotherexperencesnNATOledoperatons,natonshave

ganedanapprecatonothevalueoacollectveapproachtologstcsupport

andhavelenttherardentsupporttothemplementatonothsvson.

WhleNATOsresponsbleorco-ordnatngandprortsngtheprovson

o logstc support to deployed NATO orces, each naton s responsble or

ensurng,etherndvduallyorthroughco-operatvearrangements,theprovson

o the logstc resources requred to support ts own orces. Co-ordnated

logstcplannngsthereoreanessentalaspectotheecentandeconomcal

useoresourcesthroughouttherlecycle,romntaldesgntotherultmate

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DEFINITIONS

Vewedrom thelecycleperspectve,logstcs s the brdge between the

deployedorcesandthendustralbasethatproducestheweaponsandmaterelthat

theorcesneedtoaccomplshthermsson.NATOthereoredeneslogstcsas:

«Logistics:Thescenceoplannngandcarryngoutthemovementand

mantenanceoorces.Intsmostcomprehensvesense,theaspectsomltaryoperatonswhchdealwth:

- desgn and development, acquston, storage, transport, dstrbuton,

mantenance,evacuatonanddsposalomaterel1;

- transportopersonnel;

- acqustonorconstructon,mantenance,operatonanddspostono

acltes;

- acqustonorurnshngoservces;and

- medcalandhealthservcesupport.»

Ths denton covers a wde range o responsbltes that nclude a

numberoderentdomansoworkwthnNATO.Ioneconsdersthatlogstcs

comprsesboththebuldngupostocksandcapabltesandthesustanment

oweaponsandorces,thentsclearthatadstnctoncanbemadebetween

threemportantaspectsologstcs,spannngthelecycleologstcresources:

producton,nservcesupportandconsumpton.Theollowngdentonsothese

aspectsenjoywdespreadacceptancewthntheNATOlogstcscommunty:

“ProductionLogistics(alsoknownas:acquisitionlogistics ): that part

ologstcsconcernngresearch,desgn,development,manuactureand

acceptance o materel. In consequence, producton logstcs ncludes:

standardsaton and nteroperablty, contractng, qualty assurance,

procurementospares,relabltyanddeenceanalyss,saetystandards

orequpment,speccatonsandproductonprocesses,tralsandtestng

(ncludng provson o necessary acltes), codcaton, equpment

documentaton, conguraton control and modcatons. At NATO

HeadquarterstheleadauthortesaretheInternatonalSta(IS)Deence

InvestmentDvson(DI)andtheArmamentsBranchotheLogstcsandResources Dvson (L&R) n the Internatonal Mltary Sta (IMS). The

ConerenceoNatonalArmamentsDrectors(CNAD)sthesenorNATO

commttee that s prncpally responsble or the co-ordnaton o ths

aspectologstcs.”

“In-Service Logistics: that part o logstcs that brdges producton

andconsumerlogstcsandcomprsesthoseunctonsassocatedwth

procurng, recevng, storng, dstrbutngand dsposng o materel that

s requred tomantanthe equpment and supplythe orce. The NATO

Mantenance and Supply Organsaton (NAMSO) s the prncpal NATO

organsatonresponsbleorthsarea.”

1) Materiel: equipment in its widest sense including vehicles, weapons, ammunition, uel, etc.



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“ConsumerLogistics(alsoknownas:operationallogistics ):thatparto

logstcs concernng recepton o the ntal product, storage, transport,

mantenance(ncludngreparandservceablty),operatonanddsposal

omaterel.Inconsequence,consumerlogstcsncludesstockcontrol,

provsonorconstructonoacltes(excludnganymateralelementand

thoseacltesneededtosupportproductonlogstcacltes),movementcontrol, relablty and deect reportng, saety standards or storage,

transportandhandlngandrelatedtranng.AtNATOHeadquarters,the

lead authortes are the Logstcs Secton n the IS Deence Polcy and

PlannngDvson(DPP)andtheLogstcsBranchntheIMS,L&RDvson.

TheSNLCsthesenorNATOcommtteethatsprmarlyresponsbleor

consumerlogstcs.”

Thethreelecycledomansand

therleadbodesareportrayedat

rght.Whereasthethreedomans

havetodowththerelatonshp

between the producer and

the consumer, there are two

addtonal aspects that have to

dowththewaynwhchlogstcs

unctonsareperormed.

Co-operativeLogistics:theresnoNATOdentonyet,butco-operatve

logstcscouldbedescrbedasollows:

«NATOCo-operatveLogstcssthetotaltyoblateralandmultlateralconsumer and producton logstcs arrangements to optmse n a co

ordnatedandratonalsedway,logstcssupporttoNATOorces.”

Co-operatonwthnlogstcsshouldbeconductedwthnacomprehensve

ramework,basedonagreedprncplesandmplementednaccordance

wthasetobascgudelnes.Itsamstoachevecost-savngsthrough

economes o scale, harmonsed le cycle processes and ncreased

ecencynpeacetme,crssandwartmelogstcssupport.Development

oNATOCooperatveLogstcsarrangementsslargelyacltatedbythe

useoNATOProductonandLogstcsOrgansatons(NPLOs),partcularly

the NATO Mantenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) usng modern

technquesntheeldomaterelmanagementandprocurement.

MultinationalLogistics: or multnatonal operatons, logstcs must

unctonasaneectveorcemultpler.Wththersknowomndrectonal,

the dmnshng logstc support resources and the prncple o shared

logstc responsbltes, the use o multnatonal logstcs as a tool to

enhance ecency and eectveness becomes o utmost mportance.

Although there s not yet any agreed NATO denton o Multnatonal

Logstcs,thsunctoncanbemeantastheprovsonologstcsupport

to operatons through multnatonal means, such as lead naton, rolespecalsatonandmultnatonalntegratedlogstcsupport.»



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LOGISTICFUNCTIONS

It s mportant to recognse that the varous logstc unctons come

together to orm the totalty o logstcs support. A NATO logstcan o one

dscplnewllotenworkwthastaoceroanotherdscplneand,asavery

mnmum,wllhavetoapprecatetheother’sresponsbltesandproblems.For

example, logstc plannng orgnatesn natonal or NATO polcygudance andhastobeco-ordnatedwthallthestabranchesconcerned,whethertheybe

operatonal,admnstratveorlogstc,mltaryorcvl.Abreexamnatonothe

manunctonsologstcsshowsthsclearly.

Supply

Supplycoversallmaterelandtemsusedntheequpment,supportand

mantenanceomltaryorces(classesosupplyarelstedatAnnexA).Thesupply

unctonncludesthedetermnatonostocklevels,provsonng,dstrbutonand

replenshment.

Materiel

Producton or acqustonlogstcs covers materel,rom therst phase

othelecycletotsnaldsposalromthenventory.Therstpartothecycle,

rom speccaton, desgn and producton s clearly a uncton o producton

logstcs.Receptonotheequpmentntoservce,tsdstrbutonandstorage,

repar,mantenanceanddsposalareclearlyaconsumerlogstctask.However,

thentaldesgnotheequpment,whchspartoproductonlogstcs,hasto

takeaccountotheconsumeraspectsoreparandmantenance,andthereore

nvolvesbothdscplnes.

Services

The provson o manpower and sklls n support o combat troops or

logstcactvtesncludesawderangeoservcessuchascombatre-supply,

mapdstrbuton,labourresources,postalandcourerservces,canteen,laundry

andbathngacltes,burals,etc.Theseservcesmaybeprovdedethertoone’s

ownnatonalorcesortothoseoanothernatonandthereectvenessdepends

onclosecooperatonbetweenoperatonal,logstcandcvlplannngstas.

LogisticInormationManagement Logstc Inormaton Management couples avalable normaton

technologywthlogstcprocessesandpractcestomeettheNATOCommander’s

andnaton’slogstcnormatonrequrements.NATOandnatonshavenumerous

users requrng executve, manageral and operatonal logstc normaton. To

beeectve,logstcnormatonsystemsmustacltatethedelveryotherght

normatontotherghtpeopleattherghttmewththerghtnormatonsecurty

protecton.Theyshouldcoveralllogstcunctonsandnteracebetweenthese

unctonsandotherunctonalareasasrequred.NATOlogstcsystemsneedto

benteroperablewthbothexstngandemergngnatonalandNATOsystems.

Interaceswthndustralsystemsshouldalsobeconsderedwherepractcalandcosteectve.



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EquipmentMaintenanceandRepair

Mantenancemeansallactons,ncludngrepar,toretanthematereln

orrestorettoaspecedcondton.Theoperatonaleectvenessoland,naval

and arorces wll depend to a great extent on a hgh standard o preventve

mantenance, n peacetme,o the equpment and assocated materel. Repar

ncludesallmeasurestakentorestorematereltoaservceablecondtonntheshortestpossbletme.

BattleDamageRepar(BDR)sanmportanttechnqueusedtomprove

materelavalabltydurngoperatons.Itsdesgnedtorestoredamagedmaterel

toabattleworthycondton,rrespectveothecauseothealure,asquckly

aspossblesothattcancompletetsmsson.Damageassessmenthastobe

donerapdlyandmustnotalwaysrequretheuseoautomatedtestequpmentor

sophstcatedtools.Theconsderatonsareprmarlyamedatlmtngthedamage,

determnngthecauseothedamage,establshngaplanordamagerepar,and

mnmsngthersktoequpmentandoperators.Oncetheoperatonalmsson

hasbeenaccomplshed,BDRmustbeollowedbyspecalsedmantenanceor

repartorestoretheequpmenttoullyservceablecondton.

MovementandTransportation(M&T)

Its a requrement thata fexble capabltyexsts to move orcesn a

tmelymannerwthnandbetweentheatrestoundertaketheullspectrumothe

Allance’srolesandmssons.Italsoapplestothelogstcsupportnecessaryto

mountandsustanoperatons.

Reception,StagingandOnwardMovement(RSOM) RSOM s the phase o the deployment process that transtons unts,

personnel,equpmentandmaterelromarrvalatPortsoDebarkaton(PODs)

to ther nal destnaton. Although RSOM s an operatonal matter, t requres

the provson o a sgncant degree o logstc support. RSOM plannng and

executonrequresthereoreconsderablentegratonwthlogstcsupport,M&T,

andHostNatonSupport(HNS)plannng.

PetroleumLogistics

The NATO Petroleum Supply Chan has to be able to respond to the

ullspectrumotheAllance’soperatonalrequrementsandtothedeploymentdstancesanddspersonsenvsaged,takngspeccallyntoaccountncreased

co operaton between NATO and Partner natons and ther respectve mltary

andcvlauthortes.Fnancalconsderatons,economesoscaleandtheneed

orenhancednteroperabltymaketnecessarytocontnuouslyseeknewand

nnovatvewaysodelverngtheuelscapablty.

ExplosiveOrdnanceDisposal(EOD)

EOD nvolves the nvestgaton, detecton, locaton, markng, ntal

dentcatonandreportngosuspectedunexplodedordnance,ollowedbythe

on ste evaluaton, renderng sae, recovery and nal dsposal o unexploded

explosve ordnance. It may also nclude explosve ordnance that has become



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hazardous by damage or deteroraton. The NATO EOD Techncal Inormaton

Centre(EODTIC)holdsrecordsoallpastandpresentammuntonandexplosves,

andprovdesanmmedateadvsoryservceonEODproblems.

InrastructureEngineeringorLogistics(IEL)

Inrastructure Engneerng or Logstcs, whle not exclusvely a logstcuncton,wllrequrecloseco-ordnatonwthlogstcsastsmssonsveryclosely

algnedwthlogstcsntermsoacltatngthelogstcmssonoopennglnes

ocommuncatonandconstructngsupportacltes.Theengneerngmsson

brdgesthegapromlogstcstooperatonsandscloselyrelatedtotheultmate

success o both. Theacquston, constructon and operaton o acltes orm

thebassortheNATOSecurtyInvestmentProgramme(NSIP).Thsstheterm

generallyusednNATOornstallatonsandacltesorthesupportomltary

orces.

MedicalSupport Thsunctonentalstheprovsonoanecentmedcalsupportsystem

totreatandevacuatesck,njuredandwoundedpersonnel,mnmsemandays

lostduetonjuryandllness,andreturncasualtestoduty.Aneectvemedcal

support system s thus consdered a morale booster and a potental orce

multpler.Thoughmedcalsupportsnormallyanatonalresponsblty,plannng

mustbefexbleandconsderco-ordnatedmultnatonalapproachestomedcal

support.Thedegreeomultnatonaltywllvarydependngonthecrcumstances

othemsson,andbedependentuponthewllngnessonatonstopartcpate

nanyaspectontegratedmedcalsupport.Medcalcarealsoplaysavtalrole

nForceProtecton.

Contracting

Contractng has become ncreasngly mportant to the conduct o

operatons, partcularly when operatng beyond NATO’s area o responsblty.

Itsasgncanttoolthatmaybeemployedtoganastaccesston-country

resourcesbyprocurngthesupplesandservcesthatthecommanderrequres.

HostNationSupport(HNS)

The avalablty o HNS osets requrements or general and organcmltarysupportandtherebyaectstheszeandscopeotheCombatServce

Support(CSS)orcethatmustbecommttedtoanoperaton.

RELATEDFUNCTIONS

Civil-MilitaryCo-operation(CIMIC)

Cvl-Mltary Co-operaton,partcularly n the area odeployments, has

ganedrenewedmpetussncetheendothecoldwar.Thenewstuatonhas

broughtderentrequrementsand,atpresent,CROcommandershavetodeal

wthcompletelynewtasks.ThelessonslearnedromoperatonsntheBalkans

and wthn the Internatonal Securty Assstance Force (ISAF) n Aghanstan

revealthatNATOcommandershavetodealwthcvltasksamedatacltatng



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the accomplshment o the msson by makng cvl resources avalable to the

mltary.

NATOStandardisationandInteroperability

Standardsatonsakeytoolorachevngnteroperablty.Interoperablty

s essental or logstc co-operaton and has a drect mpact on mssonsustanablty and combat eectveness o orces. The mnmum requrements

or nteroperablty are commonalty o concepts, doctrnes and procedures,

compatbltyoequpment,andnterchangeabltyocombatsupples.Cvlan

standardsshouldbeusedwheneverpossble.Natonsshouldstrvetoadoptthe

agreedNATOstandards.

EnvironmentalProtection

Natonalandnternatonallegslatonandagreementson envronmental

protecton ncreasngly aects mltary operatons, n partcular non-Artcle 5

CRO.Themplcatonsoenvronmentalprotectonortheexecutonologstcunctonshavetobetakenntoaccount.

REFERENCES

AAP-6NATOGlossaryoTermsandDentons

ANNEXES

A ClassesoSupply

B Acronymsusednthschapter



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ANNEXAto

Chapter1

ANNEX A CLASSESOFSUPPLY

NATO classes o supply are establshed n the ve-class system o

dentcatonasollows:

ClassI

Itemsosubsstence,e.g.oodandorage,whchareconsumedbypersonnelor

anmalsatanapproxmatelyunormrate,rrespectveolocalchangesncombat

orterrancondtons.

ClassII

Supples or whch allowances are establshed by tables o organsaton and

equpment,e.g.clothng,weapons,tools,spareparts,vehcles.

ClassIII

Petroleum,olandlubrcants(POL)orallpurposes,exceptoroperatngarcrat

ororusenweaponssuchasfame-throwers,e.g.gasolne,uelol,greasescoal

andcoke.

(ClassIIIa-avatonuelandlubrcants)

ClassIV

Supplesorwhchntalssueallowancesarenotprescrbedbyapprovedssue

tables. Normally ncludes ortcaton and constructon materals, as well as

addtonalquanttesotemsdentcaltothoseauthorsedorntalssue(Class

II)suchasaddtonalvehcles.

ClassV

Ammunton,explosvesandchemcalagentsoalltypes.



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ANNEXBto

Chapter1

ANNEX B ACRONYMSUSEDINTHISCHAPTER

BDR BattleDamageRepar

CIMIC Cvl-MltaryCo-operaton

CNAD ConerenceoNatonalArmamentsDrectors

CRO CrssReponseOperatons

CSS CombatServceSupport

DI DeenceInvestmentDvson

EOD ExplosveOrdnanceDsposal

EODTIC NATOEODTechncalInormatonCentre

HNS HostNatonSupport

IEL InrastructureEngneerngorLogstcs

IMS InternatonalMltarySta

IS InternatonalStaISAF InternatonalSecurtyAssstanceForce(Aghanstan)

L&R LogstcsandResourcesDvson

M&T MovementandTransportaton

NAMSA NATOMantenanceandSupplyAgency

NAMSO NATOMantenanceandSupplyOrgansaton

NPLOs NATOProductonandLogstcsOrgansatons

NSIP NATOSecurtyInvestmentProgramme

PODs PortsoDebarkaton

POL Petroleum,OlandLubrcants

RSOM Recepton,StagngandOnwardMovement

SNLC SenorNATOLogstcans’Conerence



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CHAPTER 2NATOORGANISATIONALFRAMEWORK

FORLOGISTICS



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CHAPTER 2NATOORGANISATIONALFRAMEWORKFORLOGISTICS

“Logisticians are a sad, embittered race o men, very much in demand in war

who sink resentully into obscurity in peace.”

- Dr. J.M.A.H. Luns, Secretary General o NATO, 1978 -

INTRODUCTION

NATO’sPoliticalGoalsandBasicTasks

The North Atlantc Allance embodes the transatlantc partnershp

betweenEuropeandNorthAmerca.Itsnceptondatesback4Aprl1949wththe

sgnatureotheNorthAtlantcTreaty,whchallswthntherameworkoArtcle

51otheUntedNatonsCharter,rearmngthenherentrghtondependent

statestondvdualorcollectvedeence.

NATO’s essental purpose s to saeguard the reedom andsecurty o

ts members by poltcal and mltary means n accordance wth the North

AtlantcTreatyandtheprncples otheUntedNatonsCharter.Theobjectves

otheAllanceareprmarlypoltcal,underpnnedbyshareddeenceplannng

and mltary co-operaton and by co operaton and consultaton n economc,

scentc,envronmentalandotherrelevantelds.TheocusotheAllancesthe

promoton o stablty through co-operaton and the developmento collectve

crssmanagementandpeacekeepngmechansms.

Artcle4otheTreatyprovdesorconsultatonsamongtheAlleswheneveranyothembelevesthattherterrtoralntegrty,poltcalndependenceorsecurty

sthreatened.NATOmemberstatesarecommttedtothedeenceooneanother

by Artcle 5 o the North Atlantc Treaty. Ths stpulates that an armed attack

aganstoneormoreothemnEuropeorNorthAmercashallbeconsdered

asanattackaganstthemall.NonArtcle5CrssResponseOperatons(CRO)

that couldbeapproved bythe NorthAtlantcCouncl,suchas peacesupport

operatons,havebeenendorsednthenewStrategcConceptapprovedbythe

AlledHeadsoStateand/orGovernmentattheWashngtonSummtn1999.

DecisionMakinginNATO NATO s an nter-governmental organsaton, n whch all member

countres retan ther ull soveregnty and ndependence. NATO decsons are

thereore taken on the bass o consensus, ater dscusson and consultaton

amongthemembernatons.Asanassocatonoreeandndependentstates,

NATOhasnosupranatonalauthortyor polcymakngunctonndependento

tsmembers.DecsonstakenbyNATOarethereoredecsonstakenbyallts

membercountres.Bythesametoken,NATOcanonlymplementacourseo

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NATOPOLITICAL/MILITARYSTRUCTURE

TheNorthAtlanticCouncil(NACorCouncil)

TheNAC,establshedbyArtcle9otheTreaty,sthehghestauthorty

andthemostmportantdecson-makngbodynNATO.Allmembercountres

oNATOhaveanequalrghttoexpressthervewsandunanmousdecsons

arerequred,whchsalsovaldorallotherNATOcommtteesandconerences.Theresnovotngordecsonbymajorty.

The Councl s composed o the Permanent Representatves o all 26

member countres1. It meets weekly under the charmanshp o the Secretary

General.Othermeetngs,etheratMnsteralLevel(ForegnAarsandDeence)

orattheleveloHeadsoStateand/orGovernmentalsotakeplaceonaregular

bassatNATOHeadquartersnBrusselsornoneotheNATOmemberstates.

Toasssttntswork,theCounclhassetupanumberocommttees

thatareresponsbleormplementngtsdecsonsorcarryngoutthetasksthad

ordered.Allthesecommttees,whethercvlormltary,actundertheauthortyo

theCouncl.

TheDeencePlanningCommittee(DPC)

TheDPCscomposedoallNATOmemberstatesexceptromFranceand

meetsunderthecharmanshpotheSecretaryGeneral,etheratAmbassadoral

orMnsterallevel.Itdealswthmostdeencemattersandsubjectsrelatedto

collectve deence plannng. The DPC provdes gudance to NATO’s mltary

authortes and wthn the area o ts responsbltes, has the same unctons

and attrbutes and the same authorty as the Councl on matters wthn tscompetence.

TheMilitaryCommittee(MC)2

TheMltaryCommtteesresponsbleorrecommendngtoNATOpoltcal

authortesthose measures consdered necessary or the common deence o

theNATOareaandorprovdnggudanceonmltarymatterstotheStrategc

Commanders (SCs). The MC s the hghest mltary authorty n the Allance

underthepoltcalauthortyotheNACandDPC.ItscomposedotheChes

oDeenceStaoeachmembercountry.TheChesoDeenceStameetat

leasttwceayear.AtothertmesmembercountresarerepresentedbynatonalMltaryRepresentatvesappontedbytherChesoDeenceSta.

1) On 29 March 2004, seven new countries joined the Alliance: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania,

Slovakia and Slovenia, thus bringing the Alliance to 26 member states (other member nations are: Belgium,Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg,

the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States).

2) Iceland has no military orces but may be represented by a civilian.



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TheEuro-AtlanticPartnershipCouncil(EAPC)3

ThePartnershporPeacesamajorntatveamedatenhancngstablty

and securty throughout Europe. The Partnershp or Peace Invtaton was

addressedtoallstatespartcpatngntheNorthAtlantcCooperatonCouncl

(NACC,latertobecometheEAPC)andotherstatespartcpatngntheConerence

orSecurtyandCooperatonnEurope(laterrenamedtheOSCE,OrgansatonorSecurtyandCooperatonnEurope)ableandwllngtocontrbutetothe

programme.Thedevelopmentandenhancementodalogueandpartnershpwth

non-NATOmemberstatesormsanntegralpart oNATO’sStrategcConcept.

AlledandCo-operatonPartnerForegnMnstersnauguratedtheEuro-Atlantc

PartnershpCouncl(EAPC)atthermeetngnSntra,Portugal,on30May1997,

wth avew torasngpoltcalandmltarycooperatonamongther countres

toaqualtatvelynewlevel.TheEAPCprovdestheoverarchngrameworkor

poltcalandsecurty-relatedconsultatonsandorenhancedco-operatonunder

thePartnershporPeace(PP).Theexpandedpoltcaldmensonoconsultaton

andco-operatonwhchtheEAPCoers,allowsPartners,theywsh,todevelopadrectpoltcalrelatonshpwththeAllance.Inaddton,theEAPCprovdesthe

rameworkorgvngPartnercountresncreaseddecson-makngopportuntes

relatngtoactvtesnwhchtheypartcpate.

The EAPC meets twce a year at both Foregn and Deence Mnsters’

level and, as a general rule, at Ambassadoral level n Brussels on a monthly

bass.ItmayalsomeetattheleveloHeadsoStateand/orGovernment,when

approprate.

TheNATO-RussiaCouncil(NRC) TheNRCwasestablshedattheNATO-RussaSummton28May2002n

Rome.TheNRCbrngstogetherthe26AllesandRussatodentyandpursue

opportuntesorjontacton“at27”.The“RomeDeclaraton”buldsonthegoals

andprncplesothe1997NATO-RussaFoundngActonMutualRelatons,Co-

operatonandSecurty.ItestablshestheNRCasamechansmorconsultaton,

consensus-buldng, co-operaton, jontdecson and jontacton, n whch the

ndvdualAllesandRussawllworkasequalpartnersonawdespectrumo

Euro-Atlantcsecurtyssuesocommonnterest.

CharedbyNATO’sSecretaryGeneral,theNRCmeetsatleastmonthlyat

theleveloambassadorsandmltaryrepresentatves;regularlyeveryyearatthe

leveloForegnandDeenceMnstersandChesoSta;andoccasonallyat

theleveloHeadsoStateand/orGovernment,whenapproprate.

TheNATO-UkraineCommission(NUC)

At the Madrd Summt on 9 July 1997, NATO Heads o State and/or

Government, sgned the «Charter or a Dstnctve Partnershp between NATO

and Ukrane». In ths Charter, the NATO Alles rearm ther support or the

3) As o end 2006, the EAPC consists o the NATO member states and Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,

Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Ireland,Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, the ormer Yugoslav Republic o

Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. Note that Turkey recognizes the Republic o Macedonia

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soveregnty and ndependence o Ukrane, ts terrtoral ntegrty, democratc

development,economcprospertyandstatusasanon-nuclearweaponsstate,

aswellasthenvolabltyotsronters.Varousareasorconsultatonandco-

operatonweredeveloped.Thepoltcalmandateorthsntatvewasgvenby

ForegnMnstersat the meetngotheNUC nReykjavk, Iceland,on 15May

2002,whentheyunderlnedtherdesretotaketheNATO-Ukranerelatonshporwardtoaqualtatvelynewlevel,ncludngthroughntensedconsultatons

andco-operatononpoltcal,economcanddeencessues.

TheNUCscharedbytheSecretaryGeneralandmeetsasarulenotless

thantwceayeartoassessthemplementatonotherelatonshpandconsder

tsurtherdevelopment.ItmayalsomeetattheleveloForegnandDeence

MnstersandChesoStaandoccasonallyattheleveloHeadsoStateand/

orGovernment,whenapproprate.

TheMediterraneanDialogue(MD)andtheIstanbulCo-operationInitiative

(ICI)

RecognsngthatsecurtynEuropescloselylnkedtosecurtyandstablty

ntheMedterraneanregon,theNorthAtlantcCounclntatedtheMedterranean

Daloguen1994.ItsanntegralpartoNATO’sadaptatontothepost-coldwar

securtyenvronment,aswellasanmportantcomponentotheAllance’spolcy

o outreach and co-operaton. The Medterranean Dalogue’s overall am s to

contrbutetoregonalsecurtyandstablty,achevebettermutualunderstandng

anddspelanymsconceptonsaboutNATOamongDaloguecountres.

AttheIstanbulSummt,theHeadsoStateandGovernmentdecdedto

develop co-operaton to the broaderMddle East regon by launchng the ICI.Ths ntatve s oered to those countres rom the regon that are nterested

nosterngmutuallyrenorcngblateralrelatonshpswthNATOwthavewto

greaterregonalsecurtyandstablty.Itocusesonthoseareasopractcalco-

operatonwhereNATOcanprovdeanaddedvalue.

THENATOHEADQUARTERSSTAFFSTRUCTURE

SecretaryGeneral(SG)

The SG s a senor nternatonal statesman nomnated bythe member

natons both as Charman o the NAC, DPC and o other commttees, andas Secretary General o NATO. He also acts as prncpal spokesman or the

Organsatonbothntsexternalrelatonsandn communcatonsandcontacts

between member governments. He s supported by the Prvate Oce n all

aspectsohswork.

InternationalSta(IS)

The work o the Councl and ts commttees s supported by the IS,

consstngopersonnelrommembercountresetherrecruteddrectlybythe

Organsaton or seconded by ther governments. The members o the IS are

responsbletotheSecretaryGeneralandowetherallegancetotheOrgansaton

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Secretary General, sx operatonalDvsons, and the NATO Oce o Securty.

EachotheDvsonssheadedbyanAssstantSecretaryGeneral(ASG),whos

normallythecharmanothemancommtteedealngwthsubjectsnhseldo

responsblty.TheDvsonssupporttheworkothecommtteesnthevarous

eldsoactvty.

ThesxDvsonsare:

- PoltcalAarsandSecurtyPolcy(PASP);

- DeencePolcyandPlannng(DPP);

- Operatons(OPS);

- DeenceInvestment(DI);

- PublcDplomacy(PDD);and

- ExecutveManagement(EM).

Twoothemareodrectnteresttologstcans.DIsmanlyresponsble

orProductonLogstcs,whereasDPPwthtsLogstcsStastakngcareo

ConsumerLogstcsmatters.

The NATO HQ C3 Sta s an ntegrated cvl/mltary sta element

supportngtheISandtheInternatonalMltarySta(IMS).

InternationalMilitarySta

The IMS supports the Mltary Commttee. It s composed o mltary

personnel seconded rom natonal mltary establshments and o supportngcvlanpersonnel.MembersotheIMScomeundertheadmnstratveauthorty

otheDrectorotheIMS.TheIMSsheadedbyaDrectorothree-starrankwho

snomnatedbythemembernatonsandsselectedbytheMltaryCommttee.

TheDrectorsassstedbyveAssstantDrectorsofagorgeneralocerrank

andtheExecutveCo-ordnatorotheIMS.

TheIMSsorgansedntheollowngvedvsons:

- IntellgenceDvson(INT)

- Plans&PolcyDvson(P&P) - Co-operaton&RegonalSecurtyDvson(C&RS)

- OperatonsDvson(OPS)

- Logstcs&ResourcesDvson(L&R)

The last Dvson mentoned s o drect nterest to logstcans: t s

responsbleorbothProducton(ArmamentsBranch)andConsumer(Logstcs

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NATO’SINTEGRATEDMILITARYCOMMANDSTRUCTURE

TheNewNATOCommandStructure

At ther meetng on 12 June 2003, Alled Deence Mnsters agreed to

the desgn o a new streamlned mltary command structure, whch refects

theAllance’snewmssonsandtranstontosmaller,fexbleorcesthatcanbe

rapdlydeployedtocrssandconfctareas.Thenumberocommandswasthusreducedrom20to11,andresponsbltesredened.

ThenewNATOcommandstructurescomposedotwocommandsatthe

strategclevel.Ontheonehand,AlledCommandOperatons(ACO),replacng

ormer Alled Command Europe (ACE), contnues to embrace all the NATO

commands n Europe, and takes over the responsblty or those operatonal

elements that ormerly came under the Supreme Alled Command Atlantc

(SACLANT)4.Furthermore,ACOocusesontheplannngandexecutngoNATO

operatons.TheSupremeAlledCommanderEurope(SACEUR)retanshsttle

and assumes strategc command or the preparaton and conduct o all jontoperatons.SupremeHeadquartersoAlledPowersEurope(SHAPE)standsas

ACOheadquartersstuatednMons,Belgum.

ThelevelsbeneathSHAPEweresgncantlystreamlned,wthareducton

nthenumberoheadquarters.TheoperatonallevelconsstsotwostandngJont

ForceCommands(JFCs),onenBrunssum(Netherlands)andtheothernNaples

(Italy),andarobustbutmorelmtedstandngJontHeadquarters(JHQ)nLsbon

(Portugal),romwhchadeployablesea-basedCombnedJontTaskForce(CJTF)

HQcapabltycanbedrawn.Atthecomponent/tactcallevel,thestructureconssts

osxJontForceComponentCommands(JFCCs),whchprovdeservce-specc–land,martme,orar–expertsetotheoperatonallevel.

On theotherhand, AlledCommandTransormaton(ACT)wascreated

topromotetransormatonandnteroperabltyoAllancemltaresnorderto

ensurethatNATOorcesaretranedandstructuredtomeetthechallengeso

the new securty envronment. ACT HQare co-located wth the UntedStates

JontForcesCommandnNorolk,Vrgna(UntedStatesoAmerca),although

an ACT Sta Element has been establshed at SHAPE, prmarly to deal wth

resourceanddeenceplannngssues.NATOresearch,educatonandtranng

centresaresubordnatetoACT.

NATOLOGISTICCOMMITTEES

TheSeniorNATOLogisticians’Conerence(SNLC)

The prncpal commttee dealng wth logstcs, the SNLC, meets under

theCharmanshpotheSecretaryGeneraltwceayear,njontcvlandmltary

sessons. It has two permanent co-Charmen, namely the Assstant Secretary

GeneralorDeencePolcyandPlannng,andtheDeputyCharmanotheMltary

Commttee.TheConerencereportsjontlytoboththeCounclandtheMltary

Commttee, refectng the dependence o logstcs on both cvl and mltary

actors.

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Membershpotheconerencesdrawnromsenornatonalcvlandmltary

representatvesoMnstresoDeenceorequvalentbodeswthresponsblty

orconsumeraspectsologstcsnmembercountres.Representatvesothe

Strategc Commands, the NATO Mantenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA),

the NATO Standardsaton Agency (NSA), the Commttee o the Ches o

Mltary Medcal Servces n NATO (COMEDS) and other sectors o the NATOHeadquarters Sta also partcpate nthe work othe conerence.The overall

mandate otheSNLC sto address consumerlogstcs matterswth avewto

enhancngtheperormance,ecency,sustanablty andcombateectveness

otheAllance’sorcesandtoexercse,onbehalotheCouncl,anoverarchng

co-ordnatngauthortyacrossthewholespectrumologstcsvs-à-vstheother

logstccommtteesandbodesoNATO.

The SNLC carres out ts work though our subordnate bodes. The

prncpalsubordnatebodystheLogisticStaMeeting(LSM),whchadvses

theSNLCongeneralcvlandmltarylogstcmatters.Actngonbehalothe

SNLC,theLSMmontorsandco-ordnatesthemplementatonologstcpolces,

programmes and ntatves through consultaton and co-operaton among

natons, the SCs, and wth other NATO logstc and logstc-related bodes; t

provdesaorumoraddressnglogstcconcerns;andtco-ordnateswththe

MovementandTransportatonGroup(M&TG)andotherspecalsedsubordnate

bodesthatmaybecreatedandharmonsestherworkwththeSNLC’soverall

logstc polcesand programmeswhentherworks part oa broader logstc

eort.TheLSMalsodevelopslogstcpolces,programmesandntatvesor

theSNLC’sconsderaton.TheLSMmeetstwceayearnthesameormatas

theSNLC.LSMmembershpmrrorsthatotheSNLCandsco-charedbyacvlcoCharman,theHead,ISLogstcs,andbyamltarycoCharman,theDeputy

AssstantDrector,IMSL&RDvson.

The Movement and Transportation Group (M&TG) s the SNLC’s

subordnate body that deals wth movement and transportaton (M&T). The

M&TG advses the SNLC on M&T matters; t montors and co-ordnates the

mplementatonoM&Tpolces,programmesandntatvesthroughconsultaton

andco-operatonamongnatons,theSCsandotherNATOtransportatonand

transportaton-relatedgroupsandagences.ItscocharedbyacvlcoCharman,

theHead,ISLogstcsandamltarycoCharman,theDeputyAssstantDrector,

IMSL&RDvson,andmeetstwceayear,nMarchandSeptember,nthesame

ormatastheSNLC.M&TGmembershpmrrorsthatotheSNLC.Inaddton,

thethreeTransportPlannngBoardsandCommttees(PB&Cs)otheSenorCvl

EmergencyPlannngCommttee(SCEPC)arerepresentedontheM&TG.

TheStandingGroupoPartnerLogisticExperts(SGPLE),underthe

gudance o the LSM wth Partners and the M&TG wth Partners, dentes,

developsandpromotestheemploymentoPartnerlogstcorcesandcapabltes

thatPartnersarewllngtocontrbutetoNATO-ledoperatons.TheSGPLEalso

makesrecommendatonsconcernnglogstcspre-arrangementstotheStrategc

Commands (SCs). Furthermore, the group provdes a orum or addressnglogstctopcsconcernngPPthatanymemberotheLSMwthPartnersandthe

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CharmanshpoaPartnernaton;thecharsassumedoratwoyearterm.SG

PLEmembershpcomprsessenorstaocersromNATOandPartnernatons,

IS,IMS,theSCsandNAMSA.

TheLogistic InormationManagementGroup (LOG IMG) s NATO’s

overarchng logstcs normaton management body. Subordnate to the LSM,

the group revews, assesses and recommends NATO logstc normatonmanagementrequrementsanddevelopslogstcnormatonmanagementpolcy

andgudanceorconsderatonbytheLSM.TheLOGIMGscharedbyanaton,

tsmembershpcomprsesexpertsromNATOandPartnernatons,IS,IMS,SCs

andrelevantNATOnormatonmanagementcommtteesandbodes.Itmeetsas

otenasnecessarytocarryouttswork.

NATOPipelineCommittee(NPC)

TheNPC,whchscharedbytheHead,ISLogstcssthesenoradvsory

bodynNATOonconsumerlogstcsrelatngtopetroleum.Itactsonbehalothe

Councl,nullconsultatonwththeNATOMltaryAuthortes(NMAs)andother

bodes,onallmattersoNATOwdeconcernnconnectonwthmltaryuels,

lubrcantsandassocatedproductsand equpment,theNATOPpelneSystem

(NPS)andotherpetroleumnstallatonsnsupportoACO.Itsdutesareto:

- revew, assess and evaluate, n conjuncton wth other NATO

authortes,theoverallAllancemltarypetroleumlogstcsorgansaton,

polcy, plans, procedures and capabltes wth the am to enhance

perormance, ecency, saety, securty and eectveness o NATO

acltes or the storage, handlng, dstrbuton and uplt o mltary

uels;

- developstandardsatonouels,lubrcantsandassocatedproducts

used by all naval, land and ar assets n order to mprove the

eectvenessandnteroperabltyoNATOandNATO-ledorces;

- mprove the eectveness o NATO and NATO-led orces through

the standardsaton o the acltes, equpment and procedures or

handlnguelsandlubrcantsproducts;

- provde the ocal pont and orum or the consderaton o mltary

petroleummatters;

- exercsepolcycontrolortheoperatonandmantenanceotheNPS;

and

- develop, n close co-ordnaton wth other relevant commttees,

gudelnesorgreatercvl/mltaryco-operaton.

The NPC has three permanent Workng Groups, whch have the

ollowngresponsbltes:

- WorkingGroupNo.1-(AC/112(WG/1)SpecalTasks),whchtakeson

specaltasksasdrectedbytheNPC.

- NATOFuelsandLubricantsWorkingGroup-(AC/112(NF&LWG)),whch



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provdestheocalpontandorumtorevewanddevelopstandardsaton

ouels,ols,lubrcantsandassocatedproductsusedbyallnaval,land

andarassetsnordertomprovetheeectvenessandnteroperabltyo

NATOandNATO-ledorces.TheNF&LWGssupportedbythreeWorkng

Partes:

o NavalFuelsandLubrcantsWorkngParty- AC/112(NAVALF&LWP);

o ArmyFuelsandLubrcantsWorkngParty-

AC/112(ARMYF&LWP);and

o AvatonFuelsandLubrcantsWorkngParty-

AC/112(AVIATIONF&LWP).

- PetroleumHandlingEquipmentWorkingGroup -

AC/112(PHEWG), whch provdes the ocal pont and orum to

revew and mprove the eectveness and nteroperablty o NATOand NATO-led orces through the standardsaton o the acltes,

equpment(ncludngDeployableFuelsHandlngEqupment(DFHE))

andproceduresorhandlnguelsandlubrcantsproductssetoutn

NATOStandardsatonAgreement(STANAG)1135.

CommitteeotheChiesoMilitaryMedicalServicesinNATO(COMEDS)

TheCOMEDSadvsestheMltaryCommtteeonmltarymedcalmatters

aectngNATO.TheCOMEDSalsoactsastheco-ordnatngbodyortheMltary

Commttee regardng all mltary medcal polces, procedures and technques

wthnNATO.Itsmeetngsareconductedb-annually.TheCOMEDSscomposedo:

- theChesothemltarymedcalservcesoallnatonsasrepresented

ntheMltaryCommttee;

- theIMSmedcalstaocer;

- theACOandACTmedcaladvsors;and

- theCharmanotheJontMedcalCommttee(JMC)(observer).

COMEDSmakesrecommendatonsconsderednecessaryconcernngthedevelopmentandassessmentoNATOmltarymedcalpolcyandprocedures

or medcal support. The Commttee explores and develops ways to mprove

andexpandexstngarrangementsbetweenthemembernatonsntheeldso

co-ordnaton,standardsaton and nteroperablty. It osters and mproves the

exchangeonormatonrelatngtotheorgansaton,operatonalprncplesand

procedures othe mltary medcal servces oNATO natons and the SCs, as

wellasnormatonrelatngtothemedcaltreatment,researchanddevelopment

between the NATO natons n order to ensure that advances made by one

natonalareavalabletoall.Lastly,COMEDSundertakesstudesogeneraland

partcularnterestsuchas:prncplesandpolcesomedcaleldmanagement,

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dentalservce,oodhygeneand oodtechnology,veternarymedcne,mltary

psychatry,mltarymedcalstructures,operatonsandprocedures,co-ordnaton

andco-operatonnmltarymedcalresearch.

NATO-RussiaAdHocWorkingGrouponLogistics(NRC(LOG))

TheNRC(LOG)sajontcvl/mltarygroupwththemanamtodentyopportuntesorjontactonnallareasologstcs,ncludngartransportand

ar-to-ar reuellng and to ntate and mplement cvl and mltary logstc co-

operatonprogrammesandntatvesbetweenNRCMemberNatons.Theannual

LogstcActonPlanncorporatesallNRCntatvesnlogstcco-operatononboth

cvlanandmltarysdes.Throughamx osta-leveldscussons,exchanges,

workshopsandsemnars,tocusesnpartcularonpromotngnormatonsharng

nareassuchaslogstcpolces,doctrne,structuresandlessonslearnedwth

avewtoestablshngasoundoundatonomutualunderstandngntheeldo

logstcs.Itsactvtesaddressessuchdversetopcsashghlevelstructuresorthe

developmentologstcpolces,thelogstcsupportodeployedpeacekeepngoperatons, HNS, cvl commerce, uels nteroperablty, medcal support and

logstctranng.

OTHERNATOLOGISTICBODIES

NATOMaintenanceandSupplyOrganisation(NAMSO)

NAMSO comprses the Board o Drectors as the legslatve body and

theNATOMantenanceandSupplyAgency(NAMSA)astsexecutvebody.The

Agency,wthtsmanaclteslocatednLuxembourg,sNATO’sprncpallogstc

supportmanagementagency.NAMSO’smssons toprovdelogstcssupporttoNATOortotsmemberstatesndvduallyorcollectvely.Theobjectveothe

NAMSOmssonstomaxmse,bothnpeacetmeandwartme,theeectveness

ologstcssupporttoarmedorcesoNATOstatesandtomnmsecosts.As

theNAChasrecognsedacollectveresponsbltybetweenNATOandnatonal

authortesorlogstcsupportnthecontextomultnatonaloperatons,NAMSO

mayprovdelogstcssupporttotsmemberstatesandtogroupsosomeorall

othosestates.

TwentyvememberstatespartcpatenNAMSOactvtes5.TheNAChas

alsoauthorsedNAMSOtoconcludeMemorandaoUnderstandng(MOU)wth

PPnatonsorco-operatvelogstcsupport.

To accomplsh ts msson, NAMSA carres out unctons o logstcs

management,whchcanbeperormedmoreeectvelybytheAgencythanby

thenatonsthemselves.Thsotenmeanslogstcsunctonscommontoseveral

states. Inter ala, these nclude (common) procurement, supply, mantenance

and repar, conguraton management and techncal support or equpment/

weaponsystems.NAMSAoersawderangeologstcsservceactvteswhch

ncludecodcaton,managementocommonlnetems(NATOLogstcsStock

Exchange),contractngortransportatonopersonnelandmaterel,managng

demltarsatonactvtessuchasprojectsorthedsposaloweaponsandmnes,

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steremedaton,productonoelectroncmanualsanddataetc.NAMSAlogstc

servcesalso nclude support tothe orces deployed n-theatre.Ths last area

osupportcontnuestoexpandtothebenetoNATOandtroopcontrbutng

natons.

AsNAMSAsacustomer-undedentty,thoserequestngaservceromthe

Agencyareresponsbleortheullcostsotheservcerequested.

ThemajortyoNAMSA’sworkorceoaround950slocatednCapellen

(Luxembourg). There s also the Southern Operatonal Centre, strategcally

locatedn Taranto(Italy)andtheNATO’sHAWKLogstcsManagementstaat

Ruel-Malmason,Pars(France).

NAMSAproducestheNATOAmmuntonDataBaseonaCD-ROM,whch

consttutes an authortatve source o NATO ammunton nterchangeablty,

techncalandlogstcnormaton.ItalsoprovdesaDVDwththeNATOMaster

CatalogueoReerencesorLogstcswthNATOStockNumbers(NSNs),part

numbersandnormatonaboutmanuacturersandvendorsandmanagesthe

NATO Malbox System, whch allows transer o data among member states.

FurtherdetalsonthssubjectareprovdednChapter14.

CentralEuropeanPipelineManagementOrganisation(CEPMO)

CEPMOsthemanagementorgansatonortheCentralEuropePpelne

System(CEPS)andsoneotheNATOProductonandLogstcsOrgansatons

(NPLO). CEPS s the largest element othe NATOPpelneSystem(NPS) that

encompasses NATO assets or the movement, storage and delvery o uel

n Belgum, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. These areknownasthehostnatons,wththeUntedStatesdesgnatedasausernaton.

Collectvely,thehostandusernatonscomprsetheMemberNatons.

CEPS s desgned and managed to meet operatonal requrements n

centralEuropenpeace,crssandconfcttmes,butsalsousedcommercally

under strct saeguards. The day to day operaton o CEPS s the task o the

Central Europe Ppelne Management Agency (CEPMA) located n Versalles

(France).

TheCEPMOBoardoDrectors(BOD)sthegovernngbodyactngwth

regardtothecollectventerestsoallCEPMOMemberNatonsnaccordancewth ts Charter6. It s composed o a representatve o each Member Naton

othe CEPMO, who are the only votng members and represent thernaton’s

poltcal,mltary,economc,nancalandtechncalnterests.Representatveso

the NMAs,the General Manager othe CEPMAand the desgnated Secretary

General’sLasonOcer(SGLO)alsopartcpatenmeetngsotheBOD.

CEPMA s organsed n such a way as to cover the core unctons o

marketng and economc development, as well as techncal, nancal and

admnstratvesupport.

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Bi-SCLogisticCo-ordinationBoard(Bi-SCLCB)

TheB-SCLCBwasestablshedbytheSCsn1996asthersenororum

orcoordnatngAllancewdeconcernsorlogstcpolcyandplannngbetween

SCs,NATOCommandStructure(NCS),NATOnatonsanddesgnatedagences.

TheB-SCLCBsresponsbletotheSCsoradvceandrecommendatonson

logstcsgudanceanddoctrne,concepts,structures,plansandproceduresnsupportoNATOoperatons.ItsresponsbletotheSNLCorthedevelopment

ojontlogstcdoctrnaldocumentsandtherevewootherlogstcdocuments

wththeamoachevngconsstencyandharmonsatonologstcdoctrneand

proceduresthroughouttherangeoNATOpublcatons.Severalbodessupport

thedutesandunctonsotheB-SCLCB:

- theB-SCLCBLogstcTranngCommttee;

- theB-SCLCBDoctrneCommttee;

- theB-SCLCBStockplePlannngCommttee;and

- theB-SCLogstcPlannngCommttee.

Bi-SCMovementandTransportationForum(Bi-SCM&TForum)

TheB-SCM&TForumwasormedn1996.ItprovdesaorumorM&T

ssuesbetweentheSCs,theNCSandNATOnatonsanddesgnatedagences.

M&T matters are those ssues that derve rom the NATO Commander’s M&T

responsbltesandromNATOHQdevelopedconceptandpolces.

The B-SC M&T Forum s the senor orum or co-ordnatng Allance-

wde concerns or M&T polcy and plannng between SCs, NATO natonsand desgnated agences. The B-SC M&T Forum s responsble to the SCs

or advce and recommendatons on M&T gudance and doctrne, concepts,

structures, plans, and procedures n support o NATO operatons. The B-

SC M&T Forum meets twce a year ether n NATO/PP Plenary, NATO-only

plenaryornExceptonalPlenarysessons.Itsco-charedbythetwoSCs,the

Che o the Alled Movement Co ordnaton Centre (AMCC), ACO and Head

o the Movement and Transportaton Branch at ACT. When requred, the co-

charmaynvtepartcpatonromotherbodesandorgansaton.

TheBSCM&TForum:

- recommendsand/orgvesadvceondoctrne,concepts,structures,

plans,andproceduresnsupportoNATOoperatons;

- proposessolutonstoM&Tssuesaectngmorethanonemember

naton;

- promotes M&T standardsaton and nteroperablty n co-ordnaton

wthNATOStandardsatonProgramme;

- assesses NATO Commanders’ M&T requrements to support

operatonalplansandrecommendschanges,requred;

- orms commttees and/or workng groups to study and report on

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- submtsreportstotheSNLCandM&TGandtootherbodes,asagreed

orasdrected.

Bi-SCMedicalAdvisoryGroup(Bi-SCMEDAG)

The B-SC MEDAG provdes a orum or medcal ssues between the

SCs.MedcalmattersarethosessuesthatderveromtheNATOCommander’smedcalresponsbltesandromNATOHQdevelopedconceptandpolces.

REFERENCES

NATOHandbook

NATOFactsandFgures

MC324/1TheNATOMltaryCommandStructure

MC389/1MCPolcyonNATO’sCombnedJontTaskForce(CJTF)Capablty

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ANNEXAto

Chapter2

ANNEX A ACRONYMSUSEDINTHISCHAPTER

ACE AlledCommandEurope

ACO AlledCommandOperatons

ACT AlledCommandTransormaton

AMCC AlledMovementCoordnatonCentre

ARMYF&LWP ArmyFuelsandLubrcantsWorkngParty

ASG AssstantSecretaryGeneral

AVIATIONF&LWP AvatonFuelsandLubrcantsWorkngParty

B-SCLCB B-SCLogstcCo-ordnatonBoard

B-SCMEDAG B-SCMedcalAdvsoryGroup

B-SCM&TForum B-SCMovementandTransportatonForum

BOD BoardoDrectors

CEPMA CentralEuropeanPpelneManagementAgencyCEPMO CentralEuropeanPpelneManagementOrgansaton

CEPS CentralEuropePpelneSystem

CJTF CombnedJontTaskForce

COMEDS CommtteeotheChesoMltaryMedcalServcesn

NATO

CRO CrssResponseOperatons

C&RS Co-operaton&RegonalSecurtyDvson

CSCE ConerenceorSecurtyandCooperatonnEurope

DFHE DeployableFuelsHandlngEqupment

DI DeenceInvestment

DPC DeencePlannngCommttee

DPP DeencePolcyandPlannng

EAPC Euro-AtlantcPartnershpCounclEM ExecutveManagement



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HQ Headquarters

JFCs JontForceCommands

JFCCs JontForceComponentCommands

JHQ JontHeadquarters

JMC JontMedcalCommttee

ICI IstanbulCo-operatonIntatve


INT IntellgenceDvson

IS InternatonalSta

LOGIMG LogstcInormatonManagementGroup

L&R Logstcs&ResourcesDvson

LSM LogstcStaMeetng

MC MltaryCommttee

MD MedterraneanDalogue

MOU MemorandumoUnderstandng

M&TG MovementandTransportatonGroup

NAC NorthAtlantcCounclorCouncl

NACC NorthAtlantcCooperatonCouncl



NAVALF&LWP NavalFuelsandLubrcantsWorkngParty

NCS NATOCommandStructure

NF&LWG NATOFuelsandLubrcantsWorkngGroup

NMAs NATOMltaryAuthortes

NPC NATOPpelneCommttee

NPLO NATOProductonandLogstcsOrgansatons

NPS NATOPpelneSystem

NRC NATO-RussaCouncl

NSA NATOStandardsatonAgency

NSNs NATOStockNumbers

NUC NATO-UkraneCommsson



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OPS Operatons

OPS OperatonsDvson

PASP PoltcalAarsandSecurtyPolcy

PB&Cs TransportPlannngBoardsandCommttees

PDD PublcDplomacy

PP PartnershporPeace

PHEWG PetroleumHandlngEqupmentWorkngGroup

P&P Plans&PolcyDvson

OSCE OrgansatonorSecurtyandCooperatonnEurope

SACEUR SupremeAlledCommanderEurope

SACLANT SupremeAlledCommandAtlantc

SCs StrategcCommanders

SCEPC SenorCvlEPlannngCommttee

SHAPE SupremeHeadquartersoAlledPowersEurope

SG SecretaryGeneral

SGLO SecretaryGeneral’sLasonOcer

SGPLE StandngGroupoPartnerLogstcExperts


STANAG StandardsatonAgreement



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CHAPTER 3THEALLIANCE’SNEWSTRATEGICCONCEPT

ANDFORCESTRUCTURES

Inrastructure Engineering or Logistics –

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CHAPTER 3THEALLIANCE’SNEWSTRATEGICCONCEPT

ANDFORCESTRUCTURES

“My logisticians are a humourless lot … they know i my campaign ails they are

the frst I will slay.”

- Alexander the Great, date unknown -

THEALLIANCE’SSTRATEGICCONCEPT

At the Washngton Summt n Aprl 1999, the Alles approved a new

strategy toequp the Allanceor the securty challenges and opportuntes o

the21stcenturyandtogudetsuturepoltcalandmltarydevelopment.The

newStrategcConceptprovdesoverallgudanceorthedevelopmentodetaled

polces and mltary plans. The Concept sets out the Allance’s Approach to

Securtynthe21stCentury,rearmngthemportanceothetransatlantclnkandomantanngtheAllance’smltarycapabltes.

TheConceptconrmsthattheAllance’sessentalandendurngpurpose

stosaeguardthereedomandsecurtyotsmembersbypoltcalandmltary

means. It denes the Allance’s undamental securty tasks, both n terms o

collectvedeence,whchhasbeenatthecentreoNATO’spreoccupatonssnce

tsestablshment,andntermsonewactvtesntheeldsocrssmanagement

andpartnershpthattheAllancesundertakngnordertoenhancethesecurty

andstabltyotheEuro-Atlantcarea.ThenewStrategcConceptcomprsesthe

ollowngessentalelements: - thepreservatonothetransatlantclnk.;

- themantenanceoeectvemltarycapabltes;and

- thedevelopmentotheEuropeanSecurtyandDeenceIdenttywthn

theAllance.

The nal part o the Strategc Concept establshes gudelnes or the

Allance’s orces,translatngthe purposes andtasks othe precedngsectons

ntopractcalnstructonsorNATOorceandoperatonalplanners.Thestrategy

callsor the contnueddevelopmentothe mltary capabltes needed or theullrangeotheAllance’smssons,romcollectvedeencetopeacesupport

and other crss response operatons. Among the capabltes hghlghted as

partcularly mportant are the ablty to engage opposng orces eectvely,

deployabltyandmoblty,survvabltyoorcesandnrastructure,sustanablty,

andnteroperablty-ncludngwththeorcesoPartnercountres.

The drecton set by the Strategc Concept has been ntensed by

subsequentntatves.ThePragueCapabltesCommtment(PCC)waslaunched

to ensure that NATO would have deployable and sustanable capabltes or

expedtonaryoperatons.TheconceptoCombnedJontTaskForces(CJTF),desgnedtomakeNATO’sjontmltaryassetsavalableorwderoperatonsby

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aNATOResponseForce(NRF)wasntroducedn2002andtherstNRFwas

eldedn October 2003. NATO’s mltary command structurehas beenurther

streamlnedandtheAllance’sdeenceandoperatonalplannngarrangements

have been adapted n order to take nto account uture requrements or

expedtonaryCrssResponseOperatons(CROs).

NATOMILITARYSTRUCTURES

The Allance’s mltary structures encompass the NATO Command

StructureandtheNATOForcesStructure.

TheNATOCommandStructure(NCS)

The NCS s composed o permanentmultnatonalheadquarters atthe

strategc,jont,andcomponentlevelsocommand.ItalsoncludestheCanada-

UntedStatesRegonalPlannngGroup.Thesearecommonunded.

TheNATOForceStructure(NFS) TheNFSscomposedoAllednatonalandmultnatonalorces,aswell

astherassocatedoperatonalheadquarters,putattheAllance’sdsposalon

a permanent or temporary bass under speced readness crtera. Natonal

contrbutonsaremadeavalabletotheAllancebyagreedmechansmsorthe

TranseroAuthorty(TOA),andbycoordnatonandcooperatonagreements,

supplementednsomecasesbycommonundedassetsorspecccapabltes

andscenaros.

MC400/2stheMltaryCommtteegudanceorthemltarymplementaton

otheAllance’sstrategywhchprovdesthegudanceandprncplesthatshapethe NFS. The NFS s bult on the bass o potental NATO mssons ollowng

the prncples rulng the Allance’s mltary structures (coheson, jontness and

multnatonalty,aordablty,orcesograduatedreadnessandnteractonwth

the NCS) and ncludesGraduated Readness Forces (GRF),the CJTF and the

NATOResponseForce(NRF).

GraduatedReadinessForces(GRF)

Readness levels o NATO command and orce elements refect the

requrements o the ull msson spectrum. The GRF approach to readness

addresses the warnng tmes assocated wth crss response, deployabltyrequrements,theneedtosustanand/orrenorceorcesandheadquartersand

the longer term capablty or orce buld-up (reconsttuton, moblsaton, and

renorcement)ntheeventotheworstcaselargescaleArtcle5contngency.

WthntheGRFstructure,HghReadnessForces(HRF)aredesgnedto

reactqucklyanddeployoroperatonswthntheAllance’sullrangeomssons.

Thereadnessotheseorcessgraduatedtotakeaccountooperatonalplannng

constrants.Inaddton,ForcesoLowerReadness(FLR)arerequredtorotate

orrenorceorcestosustanArtcle5operatonsandnon-Artcle5CRO.HRFs

andFLRscanbeplacedunderNATOcommandorArtcle5operatonsandnon Artcle 5 CROs, wthn agreed TOA arrangements, ollowng a decson by the

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Buld-upForces(LTBF) nthe case o anemergenceo a largescale threat to

NATO.

CombinedJointTaskForce(CJTF)

The AllanceStrategc Concept establshed arequrementortheCJTF

asadeployableandfexbleC2capabltyatthejontlevelortheullrangeotheAllance’smssons.ACJTFsacombned,jont,ullydeployabletaskorce,

taloredtothemssonandormedortheullrangeotheAllance’smltary

mssons.ACJTFconsstsothreelayers:theCJTFHQ,subordnatedComponent

CommandHQs,andorcesassgnedortheoperaton.TheCJTFconcepttakes

nto account and can buld upon the Deployable Jont Task Force (DJTF) HQ

requredorcommandngtheNRF,andaddressesthepossbletranstonroman

NRFoperatontoalargerCJTFoperaton.Theconceptsatsestherequrementto

conducttwoconcurrentCJTFoperatons,onecommandedbyaseabasedCJTF

HQorthentalstageoaMajorJontOperaton(MJO),andonecommanded

byaland-basedCJTFHQorthentalandsustanmentstages.ThssknownastheCJTFTaloredCapablty.

TheCJTFHQsadeployable,non-permanentcombnedandjontHQo

varablesze,taloredtoamsson.ItassststheCommanderCJTF(COMCJTF)

nexercsngcommandandcontrolovertheentreCJTFandcanbeetherseaor

landbased.ThepurposeoaCJTFHQstocommandandcontroltheullrange

oAllancemltaryoperatonsuptotheszeoaMJOthatrequredeployableC2

capabltes,ncludngassumngcommandandcontrolovertheNRF.

JontForceComponentCommand(JFCC)HQsaresubordnatedtothe

CJTF HQ and used to exercse command and control over assgned orces.Dependngonthemssonandavalableresources,theollowngconsderatons

apply:aCJTFcanncludeJontForceLand,Martme,Ar,RearArea,Specal

OperatonsandPsychologcalOperatonsComponentCommands.JFCCHQs

deploywhenrequred.

MssontaloredorcesareassgnedtoCOMCJTF orCJTFComponent

Commanders.TheyareprovdedbyNATONatonsand,onacase-by-casebass

andsubjecttotheCouncl’sapproval,byPartnerandothernon-NATOcontrbutng

natons.Theactvatonanddeploymentoassgnedorcesollowproceduresas

laddownntheOperatonalPlannngProcess(OPP).TosuccessullyaccomplshtheullrangeoCJTFmssons,orcesmadeavalablemustpossessapproprate

operatonalcapabltes.Interoperablty,fexbltyanddeployabltyareessental

overarchngobjectves.

NATOResponseForce(NRF)

AtthePragueSummtn2002,AlledHeadsoStateand/orGovernment

decdedtodeveloptheNRFasatechnologcallyadvanced,fexble,deployable,

nteroperableandsustanableorce,ncludngland,seaandarelements,ready

tomovequcklytowhereverneeded.TheNRFsalsontendedtoactasacatalyst

orocusngandpromotngmprovementsntheAllance’smltarycapabltes.



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TheNRFconceptsntendedtogenerateacoherent,jontandcombned,

traned and certed orce package, held at very hgh readness, capable o

perormngassgnedmssonsontsown,aswellaspartcpatngnanoperaton

aspartoalargerorce,orservngasanntalentryorcethatpreparesthetheatre

orollow-onorces.ThemssonsotheNRFmrrorprmarlytherequrementso

rapdresponsenthentalphaseoacrssstuaton. The NRF s rotatonal by nature, relyng on perodc commtments by

natonsagansttheCombnedJontStatementoRequrement(CJSOR)andon

jonttranngoreachrotaton.TheNRFsheldat5–30daysreadnessand,when

drectedtoprepareordeployment,twllbetaloredtoaspeccoperaton.The

NRFsabletooperateasastand-aloneorceorupto30daysusngembedded

logstcscapabltes,orlongerresuppled.ForcespartcpatngntheNRFare

deployableHRFsdrawnromtheentreNCS,aswellasromotherorcesoered

byNATOnatons,onthebassthattheymeethghreadnesscrterasetbythe

strategccommanderoroperatons.

IMPLICATIONSFORDEPLOYABILITYANDSUSTAINABILITY

DeployabltyandmobltyarerequredorbothArtcle5operatonsand

nonArtcle5CROs.NATOmusthavethecapabltytoprojectorcesntoanon

permssve envronment and/or areas wthout approprate nrastructure and

wthoutanyHostNatonSupport(HNS).Deployabltythereoreamsatenablng

NATO to concentrate ts orces and engagement capablty rom permanent

locatons to a Jont Operaton Area (JOA) or the conduct o the Allance’s

mssons.Regardngmoblty,allNFSheadquarters/orces,oncedeployedwthn

aJOA,mustpossesstactcalmoblty.ManoeuvreorcesandtherC2,CombatSupportandCombatServceSupport(CS/CSS)1elementsmustbecapableo

bengmovedwthntheJOAasrequred.

Theserequrementsarenormallyaddressedaspartotheorceplannng

process. However, specal ntatves by Heads o State and/or Government

were requred to speed up consderaton o a number o logstc and other

shortcomngs.

DeenceCapabilitiesInitiative(DCI)

The DCI was launched at the Washngton Summt and was the rst

ntatve amed at mprovng the Allance’s capabltes. The DCI ocused on

mprovngnteroperabltyamongAllanceorcestoensuretheeectvenesso

multnatonaloperatonsacrosstheullspectrumoAllancemssons.Fty-eght

decsonswereendorsed,coverngtheareasoDeployabltyandMoblty(DM),

Sustanablty and Logstcs (SL), eectve engagement, survvablty o orces

andnrastructure,andNATOconsultaton,commandandcontrol(C3)systems.

TheSNLChadleadresponsbltyor10othem,allntheareasoDMandSL.

TheDCIntatvesundertheleadotheSNLCdealtwth:

1) CS is dened as re support and operational assistance provided to combat orces. CSS is dened as the

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- mprovngmltaryaccesstocommercalltassets;

- explorngoptonsormultnatonallyownedorleasedltassets;

- developngarrangementsorco-operatveorshareduseolt;

- puttng n place measures to enhance co-operaton n multnatonal

logstcs;

- mprovngco-operatvelogstcsplannngandmanagementstructures

andprocedures;

- examnng the co-operatve acquston and management o logstc

stocks,ncludngsharedndustralcontractsorsustanment;and

- developnglogstcsnormatonsystemsarchtectureandenablers.

Many o the DM and SL measures acheved modest success. Overall,

however,DCIellshortoexpectatonsbecausethevarousntatveswereled

bysenorNATOcommtteeslargelylackngtheauthortytocommttheresources

necessarytosecuretherequredcapabltes.

PragueCapabilitiesCommitment(PCC)

Based on the DCI experence, Deence Mnsters recognsed that real

progress could be made only when ntatves were taken orward by natons

rather than by NATO commttees. Thereore, n June 2002, Deence Mnsters

agreedthatnewntatvesocusngonkeyoperatonalcapabltyareasshould

bepreparedoragreementattheNovember2002PragueSummtandthatthese

shouldbebasedonnatonalcommtments.ThsntatvewasnamedthePragueCapabltesCommtment(PCC).Theollowngouractonareasweredented

aspartothePCC:

- deence aganst Chemcal, Bologcal, Radologcal and Nuclear

(CBRN)attacks;

- command,communcatonsandnormatonsuperorty;

- mproved nteroperablty o deployed orces and key aspects o

combateectveness;and

- rapddeploymentandsustanmentocombatorces.

ThePCCntatvesthatareopartcularnteresttologstcsarestrategc

arltundertheleadoGermany,strategcsealtundertheleadoNorway,arto

arreuellng(AAR)undertheleadoSpanandCombatSupport/CombatServce

Support(CS/CSS),whchhasnoleadnaton.

REFERENCE

MC317/1TheNATOForceStructure

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ANNEXAto

Chapter3


AAR Ar-to-ArReuellng

C2 CommandandControl

C3 Consultaton,CommandandControl

CBRN Chemcal,Bologcal,RadologcalandNuclear

CJTF CombnedJontTaskForces

CJSOR CombnedJontStatementoRequrement

COMCJTF CommanderCJTF

CS CombatSupport


DCI DeenceCapabltesIntatve

DJTF DeployableTaskForce

DM DeployabltyandMoblty

FLR ForcesoLowerReadnessGRF GraduatedReadnessForces


HRF HghReadnessForces

JFCC JontForceComponentCommand

JOA JontOperatonArea

MJO MajorJontOperaton



NFS NATOForceStructure

NRF NATOResponseForce

OPP OperatonalPlannngProcess

PCC PragueCapabltesCommtment

SL SustanabltyandLogstcs

TOA TranseroAuthorty



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CHAPTER 4DETERMINATIONOFLOGISTICREQUIREMENTS

ANDLOGISTICPLANNING



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CHAPTER 4DETERMINATIONOFLOGISTICREQUIREMENTS

ANDLOGISTICPLANNING

“In modern warare no success is possible unless military units

are adequately supplied with uel, ammunition and ood

and their weapons and equipment are maintained.

Modern battle is characterized by resolute and dynamic actions

and by abrupt changes in the situation which call or greater quantity

o supplies than was the case during the Second World War.

Hence the increasingly important role o logistic continuity aimed

at supplying each soldier in good time with everything he needs

or ulflling his combat mission.”

- Colonel General Golushko, Chie o Logistic Sta,

Soviet Armed Forces, 1984 -

INTRODUCTION

Ths chapter descrbes the methods by whch the Allance operatonal

objectvesaredecdedandtherachevementaremeasured.Commttngnatonal

capabltes to ensure collectvely that the Allance has sucent capacty and

thatcurrentoperatonshaverobustsupportsanoblgatonomembershpand

arms a common purpose. Every logstcan n NATO wll nd hmsel takng

partnthsprocess.ThemethodbywhchNATOgoalsareagreedthroughthe

Deence Plannng Process wth respect to logstcs, logstc plannng and the

NATOLogstcsVsonandObjectvesProcessaresetoutndetalsbelow.

DEFENCEPLANNINGPROCESS

The 1999 NATO Strategc Concept sets out the purpose and tasks o

the Allance, the organsaton’s approach to securty n the 21st Century, and

general gudelnes or NATO orces. The Comprehensve Poltcal Gudance

(CPG)andsubsequentSummtorMnsteralstatementshaveservedtoprovde

addtonalgudance,dentonandclarcatonasrequred.Takentogether,these

documentshelpto denethe types oorces, assetsand capabltesthatthe

Allancerequrestoundertaketheullrangeotsmssons.Theroleodeence

plannngstoplanorsucenttotalcapabltynnatonsotherequredorces,

assetsandcapabltes.

DeenceplannngntheAllancesaundamentalelementwhchenablets

membercountrestoenjoythecrucalpoltcal,mltaryandresourceadvantages

ocollectvedeenceandothercommonmltaryeortstoenhancesecurtyand

stablty.Itpreventstherenatonalsatonodeencepolces,whlerecognsng

natonal soveregnty. The am o deence plannng s to provde a ramework

wthnwhchnatonalandNATOdeenceplannngcanbeharmonsedsoasto

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Inaccordancewthparagraph10.d.otheWashngtonSummtCommunqué,

NATOdeenceplannngmustalsoamatncorporatngmorecomprehensvely

the avalablty o orces or European Unon (EU)-led operatons. Hence, any

reerence n ths document tothe «orces and capabltes needed toconduct

theullrangeotheAllance’smssons»,«Allancerequrements»orequvalents,

mplctlyncludestherequrementsorEU-ledoperatons.Thedocumententtled«EUandNATO:CoherentandMutuallyRenorcngCapabltyRequrements»has

beenapprovedbytheCounclandsetsoutthebascarrangementstoenablethe

EUandNATOaswellasthermemberstatestoensurethecoherent,transparent

and mutually renorcng development o the capablty requrements common

to bothorgansatons. These arrangements (ncludng, nterala,the EU/NATO

CapabltyGroup,contactsbetweenEUandNATOsecretaratsandmltarystas

atalllevels,andcross-partcpatononternatonalandmltarystasatrelevant

meetngsnbothorgansatons)wllbeemployedthroughouttheNATOdeence

plannngprocesssuchasorceplannng,whereapproprate.Thus,reerencen

thsdocumentto«takngaccountonputsromotherappropratebodesandstas»mplctlyncludesnputsromtheEU/NATOCapabltyGroupaswellas

EUnternatonalandmltarystas,asapproprate.

Deenceplannngsacomprehensveendeavourandhasseveralplannng

dscplnes,ncludngarmaments,cvlemergency,C3(consultaton,command

and control), orce, logstcs, nuclear and resource plannng. Each o these

dscplnes,however,smanagedbyaderentNATObodythatcontrbutesto

theoverallamderentlyandapplesspecalprocedures.Theyoperateunderthe

drectonotheNorthAtlantcCouncl(NAC)ortheDeencePlannngCommttee

(DPC),orboth,ortheNuclearPlannngGroup(NPG).Theres,thereore,acrtcalrequrementtocoordnateandharmonsetheactvtesbetweenthedscplnesto

themaxmumextentpossbletoensurethattheoverallamodeenceplannng

sachevedecently.In2006,theCPGwasagreednordertomprovetheco

ordnaton and harmonsaton o the plannng eort. Smlarly, there s also a

needtocoordnateandharmonseactvtes,asapplcable,oothernter-related

dscplnes such as standardsaton and ar deence, as well as strengthenng

the two-way lnkages between orce plannng and operatonal plannng. orce

plannngprovdesanessentalbassorthscoordnatonandharmonsaton,by

dentyngboththerequredandavalablecapabltesandorcesoveratenyear

plannngperod.

NATOLOGISTICSVISIONANDOBJECTIVES(V&O)

Introduction

TheNATOLogstcsV&OorgnatedromanAutumn1999SNLCdecson

tobemorenvolvedndeenceandoperatonalplannng.Inconsequence,the

SNLCdevelopedtheNATOLogstcV&OtoacltateacoherentNATOapproach

onlogstcssuesbyprovdngtheSNLCwthamechansmtocoordnateand

harmonse,onbehalotheNACandtheMltaryCommttee(MC),thedevelopment

andmplementatonologstcpolcesandntatveswthnNATO.TheV&OalsoensuresthatNATO’sbroaderlogstcconcernsaretakenntoaccountndeence

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TheNATOLogstcV&Oconsstsothreeelements:

- theoverarchngvsonorNATOlogstcsorthenexttenyears;

- broadobjectvesthatarecloselyalgnedwththeCPGandotherhgher

levelgudance;and

- detaledrequrementsthatdentytherequredactons,agents,andtmerameorcompleton.

TheNATOLogisticsV&OProcess

The NATO Logstcs V&O process conssts o three phases. Phase 1

develops and approves o the vson and objectves. Phase 2 develops and

approvesthendvdualrequrements.Fnally,Phase3montorsandmanagesthe

achevementotherequrements.

The NATO Deence Plannng perod covers ten years, whle the Force

PlannngcyclecoversouryearswthpossbleupdatestotheDeenceMnsteralGudance and orce goals takng place ater two years requred. The NATO

LogstcsV&Oalsocoversatenyearperod,andsupdatedeveryouryears,wth

arevewtakngplaceatertwoyears,requred.

DrawngtsoverarchnggudanceromthelatestCPG,theNATOLogstc

V&O s approved by the SNLC pror to the development and approval o the

DeenceMGsothattheLogstcPlannngstacantaketntoaccountnther

nputtotheDeenceMGandthedevelopmentandssueotheDeencePlannng

Questonnare(DPQ).

Logstcandlogstc-relatedcommtteesarenvtedtoco-operatewththe

SNLCnthecompletonotheNATOLogstcsV&O.

V&OReporting

ProgressonobjectvessreportedtotheSNLCthroughtsAnnualLogstc

Report, whch s also sent to Deence Mnsters or notaton. In addton wth

complyngwththeSNLC’sTermsoReerencerequrementtoreportannually

toDeenceMnsters,thepractceoocusngthereportontheaccomplshment

o the V&O elmnates the need or addtonal reports. Addtonally, Mnsteral

reactontotheAnnualLogstcReportshouldprovdevaluabledrectontothestartoeachNATOLogstcV&Ocycle.

FORCEPLANNING

Theamoorceplannngstoensuretheavalabltyonatonalorces

andcapabltesortheullrangeotheAllance’smssonsbysettngtargetsor

mplementatonandassessngthedegreetowhchthesetargetsarebengmet.

Theprocesssbasedonthreesequentalmanelements,eachowhchhasts

owndevelopmentcycle:

- PoltcalGudance;

- PlannngTargets;and



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- DeenceRevews.

Theseelementsormthebassorallmajoractvtesntheorceplannng

process.

Poltcal Gudance provdes general gudance relevant to all deence

plannngeldsaswellasspeccgudanceapplcabletothendvdualdeenceplannngdscplnes,albetwthapartcularocusonorceplannng.Takngnto

accountthecurrentandprojectedstrategcenvronment,ncludngpotentalrsks

andchallenges,t addressesthepoltcal,economc,technologcalandmltary

actorsthatcouldaectthedevelopmentoAlles’orcesandcapabltesand

sets out the prortes, tmelnes and areas o concern tobe addressed bythe

NATOMltaryAuthortes(NMAs)andbynatonsntherplannng.Itdealswth

plannngororcesandcapabltesrequredortheullrangeotheAllance’s

mssons, ncludng hgh-ntensty operatons and operatons ar rom NATO’s

terrtory.Italsoprovdesgudance,whereapproprate,oncooperatonwthand/

orsupporttootherorgansatons.

NATO plannng targets n total are allocated to natons based on ther

arshareallocaton.Eachnatonaltargetstranslatedntoaorceproposaland

subsequentlytoaorcegoal,oreachnaton.Thedetermnatonorequrements

slmtedtothedentcatonothemnmummltaryrequrement,ntermsothe

capabltesneeded tomeet NATO’s LeveloAmbton nthe predctedsecurty

envronmentout toten years. Todoso, tdrawsonextant poltcaland mltary

gudance, the latest NATO strategc ntellgence estmate, the results o past

analyses,lessonslearnedromoperatonsaswellasconceptdevelopmentand

expermentatonandanyotherrelevantactors.NATOForceGoalsormcollectvelyagreedtargetsorndvdualnatons,seekngtheorcesandcapabltesneededto

conducttheullrangeotheAllance’smssons.NATOorcegoalsareprortsed

andmayemployastepbystepapproach,asapproprate.

The NATO deence revew s the collectve scrutny and assessmento

eachnaton’sorceandnancalplansaganstthebackgroundotheassgned

NATOForceGoalsoraten-yearplannngperod.Theplansorthersttwoyears

otheplannngperodconsttutearmcommtmentto NATObyeachcountry,

wthrespecttothercontrbutontocollectvedeenceandanndcatonothe

avalablty o orces and capabltes or other NATO mssons. Not only does

thedeencerevewoanndvdualnatonprovdethemechansmtoassessthe

degreetowhchthetargetsorthatnatonarebengmet,butwhentheresultso

therevewsoallnatonsarecompled,thedeencerevewcyclealsopresents

a comprehensve assessment o the Allance’s mltary capabltes1, ncludng

any shortalls, and provdes an ndcaton o the Allance’s ablty to meet ts

requrements,ncludngtsLeveloAmbton.

Theorceplannngprocesssessentallycyclcalnnature,butncludes

somenoncyclcalelementsaswell.TheagreementoboththeCPGandthe

DeenceMGsetsthestageortheelaboratonoplannngtargetswhch,when

1) Excluding those o France which does not participate in collective orce planning. Also other reerences

in this paper to NATO or the Alliance may, or that reason, apply only to the Allies participating in orce

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complete, provde the benchmark upon whch the NATO Deence Revew s

conducted.Inturn,theresultsotheDeenceReveweedntothedevelopment

o the next poltcal gudance, thereby begnnng the next cycle. There s,

however,fexbltytoensurethattheprocessremansresponsvetochangng

crcumstancesotheAllanceoroAlles.Lookngorwardtocoveraten-year

plannngperod,NATOorceplannngsconductednaour-yearcyclenwhchbennalandquadrennalelementsconsttuteacontnuousandseamlessprocess

wthworkbengcarredoutatvarouslevelssmultaneouslynderentphaseso

process.

Whle the prevous paragraph ndcates the cyclcal nature o the orce

plannngprocessandtsmanelementsngeneralterms,anyotheconsttuent

elementscanbeconductedonanad-hocbassshouldtbedeemednecessary.

Forexample,amajor,unexpectedchangenthesecurtyenvronmentcouldresult

nanout-o-cyclerevewotheextantpoltcalgudanceornthepromulgaton

o adapted NATO Force Goals. Furthermore, the dentcaton o crtcal

operatonalrequrements/shortallscould,judgedapproprate,alsoresultnthe

promulgatonoout-o-cycleorcegoalsdevelopedbymeansoanabbrevated

stangprocedurewhchmay,butneednotnecessarly,bebasedonDeence

RequrementsRevew-typeanalyss.Tothsend,theDeenceRevewCommttee

(DRC)wllmontordevelopmentsclosely2.Fnally,whlenotnecesstatnganout-

o-cyclerevew,natonsareexpectedtoupdatetherAllesassoonaspossble

onanymajorchangestotherdeencestructuresandplans,especallythey

aectthercommtmentnthenexttwoyears.

CombatSupport/CombatServiceSupport(CS/CSS) InMay2003theRenorcedNorthAtlantcCouncl(NAC(R))endorsedthe

needoraddtonalntatvestoovercometheshortagenjontCSandCSSunts.

TheNAC(R)taskedtheInternatonalSta(IS)andtheNMAstodevelopconcrete

proposals or consderaton onpossble ways tomprove capabltes n these

areasbyexplotngrolesharngandrolespecalsaton.Thesubsequentworko

theISandtheNMAswasnfuencedbytheactthatorthersttmethemajorty

oCSandCSSrequrementsatcorpsandtheatrelevelswereaddressedtothe

natonsconcerned.Parallelworkonthedevelopmentoconcreteproposalsto

mproveCSandCSSwasthereoredelayeduntlanntalassessmentcouldbe

madeonthedegreetowhchtheseCSandCSSrequrementswerelkelytobeacceptedandmplementedbynatons.

BasedonthemltaryassessmentotheacceptancebynatonsotheCS/

CSSrequrementsconcreteproposalsweredevelopedtomprovethsstuaton.

The scope o the problem ndcates that solutons need to take a broader

approach,ncludngncreasedcommtmentbyndvdualnatons,rolesharng,role

specalsaton,theuseocontractorsandtheormatonostandngmultnatonal

logstcsunts.Thsbroadapproachmustalsoprovdetheopportuntyornatons

wllngtospecalsennchesupportcapabltes,todosowthoutnecessarly

commttngcombatorces.

2) The need or developing out-o-cycle orce goals may also be a consequence o work done by the

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MANAGEMENTOFLOGISTICINFORMATION

NATOLogstcsPolcy3statesthatNatonsandNATOauthorteshavea

collectveresponsbltyorlogstcsupportbetweenNATOandNatons.Natons

mustensurethatadequatelogstcsupportsprovdedtotherorcesallocatedto

NATOdurngpeace,crss,andconfcttmes,bothwthnNATOboundaresand

nsupportooutoareaoperatons.However,tocomplywththeagreedprncpleo collectve responsblty or logstcs, natons are expected to put n place

measuresorenablerstoenhanceco-operatonandmultnatonaltynlogstcs.

The Allance’s New Strategc Concept requres tmely and accurate logstc

normaton or ecent management and co-ordnaton o support to NATO

orces.Thshasresultedntheneedorcloseco-ordnatonandco-operaton

durngNATOmultnatonaloperatons.NATOhastakenaproactveapproachto

meetcurrentanduturenormatonrequrements.

RegulatoryFrameworkoraLogisticsInormationSystemArchitecture

(LOGIS) The Regulatory Framework4 provdes a management envronment or

normatonandcommuncatonsystemsandservcesthatgvestheprncples

or a logstc normaton system archtecture. It s the means to develop an

normaton system archtecture to gude development and harmonsaton o

exstngandutureAllancelogstcrelatedsystems.

Thsdocumentdescrbesthekeyrequrementsandgudngprncplesor

thedevelopmentandmplementatonoaNATOLOGISarchtecture.Thus,the

archtecture should provde easy access to “the rght normaton, at the rght

tme,bytherghtpeople”. The Regulatory Framework calls or partcpaton on a case-by-case

bassromanyor allNATOnatons,NATOorgansatons,NATOagences,non-

NATO-natons,organsatonsorndustry.Itsmanagement,harmonsatonandco

ordnatonshouldbepartotheresponsbltyoanInormatonTechnology(IT)

managementbody,whchhastobebultupbyuturepartcpantsnaLOGIS

envronment.

LogisticsInormationManagementGroup(LOGIMG)

The LOGIMGs NATO’ssenorlogstc normatonmanagementbody.

The group was establshed to revew, assess and then recommend NATO’s

logstcsnormatonrequrementstotheSNLC.TheLOGIMGsresponsbleto

developandmantanNATO’sLogstchghlevelbusnessprocessmodelwhch

susedtomapcurrentandemergngNATOnormatonsystemstothemodel.

Gapanalysssusedtodetermnemssngunctonalty.TheLOGIMGworkswth

natonalmltaryauthortes,NATObodes,natonsandndustrywhenapplcable,

to leverage exstng eorts. The LOG IMG mantans close lason wth NATO

agences.

3) MC 319/2

4) EAPC(SNLC)D(2002)21, 23 August 2002, SNLC Regulatory Framework or a Logistics Inormation System

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LogisticFunctionalServices(LOGFS)InormationManagementWorking

Group(LOGFSIMWG)

The LOGFS IM WG s the Strategc Commands prncple normaton

systems and techncal group. The LOGFS IM WG s led by HQ SACT and

supportedbyACOandothersNATORegonalCommanddealngwthDoctrnal/

OperatonalandTechncalaspectsotheLOGFS.Thegroupsresponsbleormanagng the LOGFS Capabltes Package (CP), co-ordnatng normaton

technologyaspectsotheScentcProgramoWork(SPOW),coordnatono

logstcs IT experments, mantanng relatons wth and provdng drecton to

NC3AandNCSA,andprovdngoversghtorLOGFSrelatedTranngat Latna

(Italy).

The group also serves as the SCs orum to dscuss and prortse all

LOGFSssuesromthevarouscomponentsotheLOGFSsutetoncludecurrent

problemsanduturedevelopments.Besdes,tadmnstratestherelatonshpo

theLOGFSusercommuntywthNC3AandNCSA.

LOGISTICREADINESSANDSUSTAINABILITY

LogisticReadiness

Readness s a key prncple o the NATO Force Structure (NFS) to

ensuretheavalabltyotheNFSHQsandorcesassgnedtotheAllanceona

permanentortemporarybassortheullrangeotheAllance’smssons.The

readnessassgnedtoanHQoruntsdenednMC317/1as“theperodotme

measuredromanntatonordertothemomentwhentheHQoruntsreadyto

perormtstaskromtspeacetmelocatonorwhentsreadyordeployment”.

NATO’sreadnessdentondoesnotncludethetmetomovetoandwthntheJontOperatonArea(JOA)andthetmetobereadytoperormtsmssononce

deployed.Regardlessotsreadnesscategory,beng“ready”means,oraunt,

thattsullymanned,traned,equppedandprovdedwththerequredsupples,

andsatorgansatonalstrengthattspeacetmepermanentlocatonororward

deployedlocaton,orreadyordeployment.

NatonalandNATOlogstcplansmustensurethatsucentquanttyand

qualtyologstcresourcesareavalableatthesamereadnessanddeployablty

levelstosupportorcesuntlsuchtmeasastable,robustre-supplysystemhas

been establshed. Logstc plannng must also take nto account the actvtesundertakenbyaorceuptothepontwhenTranseroAuthorty(TOA)occurs.

Natons and NATO should apply the same logstc crtera to n-place orces.

Logstcuntsmaybedeployedearlyasenablngorcestoactvatethelneso

communcatonandthereoremayneedtobelongtoahgherreadnesscategory

thantheuntstheysupport.Thequanttyandqualtyologstcresourcesrequred

toprovdesupporttoaorcemustcovertheentremssonspectrumthatthese

orces could be expected to perorm. The readness o logstc resources s

acheved through establshng the capablty to provde the requred support,

ncludngtheullprovsonostocksandassets,wthnthespecedreadness

tme,etherbystockplngorbyotherarrangements.NatonsmustpaypartcularattentontoLongLeadTmeItems(LLTI)whchcannototherwsebeobtaned



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wthnthereadnesspreparatontmetoensurethatsucentstockplesothese

tems are held to meet the logstc avalablty and subsequent sustanablty

requrementsotherorces.

LogisticSustainability

LogstcsustanabltymustmeetNATO’sleveloambtondenedntheDeencePlannngCommtteeMnsteralGudance.Inlnewththeparameters

o the new NFS, the logstc systems, structures and resources must provde

thecapabltytoprojectandtosustancombatpowerortheoreseenduraton

ooperatons,wthncreasedemphassonCrssResponseOperatons(CRO)s.

Logstc sustanablty requres sucent deployable and n-place logstc

supportorallelementsotheorcestructure.Thswllncludemedcalsupport,

equpmentmantenance,stocks,andlogstcnrastructure.Logstcsustanment

startswhenorcegeneratonactvtesarentatedandamsatmantanngthe

combat power o the orces throughout the duraton o the operaton. A key

aspectssustanngtherequredstockplelevelstatednthespeccOperatonPlan (OPLAN) or by natonal authortes. The overall sustanablty requrement

wll bederved romthe most logstcally demandng combnatono scaleso

eort,concurrency,enduranceandreadness,temperedbyanagreedlevelo

operatonalrskandtherequredreadnessandpreparatontme.Overalllogstc

sustanablty requrements wll take nto account the avalablty o readness

stocks.

As stated n MC 55/4, natons should mantan approprate sucent

supples, avalable wthn the readness categores, to sustan ther orces

commtted to NATO or the ull range o potental mssons, as dented nthe Deence Requrement Revew (DRR). Natons must ensure that, wthnthe

preparaton tme o ndvdual readness categores, the readness stockple

requrementsororcesnthosecategores,andthesustanabltyrequrements

aremetbyamxo:

- mantanngadequatestocks;

- assured access to ndustral capabltes wth adequate surge

capacty;

- b-/multlateralagreements;

- contngencycontracts;and

- othermeans,ncludngcontractorsupporttooperatons.

Natonsrelyngonndustralsurgetoaddressrequrementsmustensure

thatndustryhasthecapactytorespondnthetmescalesrequredandoverthe

duratonnecessary,partcularlywheresupplersmaybeaskedtorespondtothe

needsomorethanonenatonand/ortothecvlsector.

NATOSTOCKPILEPLANNING

StockpileRequirements

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requrements or readness durng the warnng and preparaton tme or unts.

Thesencluderoutnestockplngomaterelthatcannotbeobtaneddurngthe

preparaton tme ondvdual readnesscategores, acquston n total orpart

by assured access to ndustral capabltes wth adequate surge capacty, b-

ormultlateralarrangementsandcontngencycontracts.Themethodsselected

wllneedtotakentoaccountndustralandcommercalmarketconsderatons,procurementleadtmes,strategctransportatonavalabltyandwdersecurty

consderatons n respect o access to strategc materel. To determne the

necessarystockstoacheveorcereadness,thekeyactorsthetmerequred

toestablshrobustre-supplyarrangements,ncludngtheavalabltyostrategc

ltorlogstcsustanablty,andtheabltyondustryandcommercetorespond

wthnthepreparatonperodondvdualreadnesscategores.Throughanalyss

o demandng DRR plannng stuatons, a unt basc load, the re-supply cycle

tme and pre TOA requrements, the SCs have calculated the requrement

tobenprncple 30Standard Days oSupply (SDOS). Thereore,or deence

plannng purposes, unts requre 30 SDOS avalable to be operatonally readyordeploymentwthntheuntreadnesstme.Whereanatonsunabletomeet

the ull 30SDOSreadnessrequrement,the naton should consult the SCs to

determnetheoptons.

To support natonal generc and long term stockple plannng wthn

theoverallDeencePlannngProcess,theSCsareresponsbleordevelopng

stockplerequrementsnconsultatonwthnatonsandpublshngthemnthe

Stockple Plannng Gudance (SPG) to natons. The SPG s harmonsed wth

the NATOForce Plannng Process and should provde adequate gudance or

allclassesosupply.However,wherenosuchgudancecanbegven,natonalplannngactorsshouldapply.Inthesecases,requrementsshouldbeestablshed

atlevelsconsstentwththesetemscoveredbygudance.

NATOStockpilePlanningGuidance

Although MnsteralGudance and the Force Plannng process can be

consdered as the prmary process or NATO capabltes plannng, addtonal

detalsotenrequredtopermtlogstcsplannngacrosstsunctonaldscplnes.

Statementslke“natonsshouldholdamnmumstockleveloammunton”or

“natonsshouldprovdesucentlogstcuntstosupportthercombatorces”

meanlttlebythemselves.Somestandardomeasurementsnecessarytoclarywhatthestatementmeans.Thssachevedby:

- MC 55/4, Readness and Sustanablty Polcy, whch addresses

readnesscrteraandsustanabltyparameterstobeusednorce,

operatonal and logstc plannng. All Classes o Supply (COS),

ncludngmedcalsupples,arecoveredbyMC55/4;and

- theNATOStockplePlannngGudance(SPG)usescomputermodelng

tocomputebattledecsvemuntonsorLand,Ar,ArDeence,and

MartmeForces.Theserequrementsarebasedonatargetorented

approachandmodeledntheAlledCommandResourceOptmsatonSotware System (ACROSS). The requrements or all other classes



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o supply are calculated usng the Sustanment Plannng Module II

(SPMII),whchsbasedontheleveloeortmethodology(30SDOS)

andsbengrenedtoestmatedalyconsumptonacrossavaretyo

operatonalcondtons.TheSPGsssuedtonatonseverytwoyears

andtheresultsarereportedntheDPQ.

The SPG s the expresson o the NATOrequrement or all classes osupply. It s produced byACT, wth the nput romACO, bynatons attendng

theStockplePlannngCommttee.Oncereceved,natonscomputetheoptmal

muntonseectvenessbasedoncurrentnventoresandplannedprocurement,

andthenreporttheresultsntheDPQ.Shortallsnmeetngtheagreedmuntons

or other stockple levels are dscussed at the SPC and durng orce plannng

consultatonswthnatons.

NATOMILITARYCOMMONFUNDEDRESOURCES

Introduction Mltary common-unded programmes have always been and must

remananmportantaspectothecooperatonamongstAlles 5.NATO’smltary

commonresourcesconsstotheNATOSecurtyInvestmentProgramme(NSIP),

theMltaryBudgetandInternatonalManpower.TheNSIP,ormerlyknownasthe

NATOInrastructureProgramme,undscommonnvestmentprojectsnsupport

otheAllance’scapabltes.TheMltaryBudgetundsessentallythecommon

operaton and mantenance costs o NATO’s ntegrated mltary structure.

InternatonalManpowerprovdesthenecessarymannngothatstructure.

SeniorResourceBoard(SRB) The SRB s a subsdarybody o the Counclwth overall responsblty

or common-unded mltary resource management. It s chared by a natonal

charman and composed o senor natonal representatves rom member

countres,representatvesromtheMltaryCommttee(MC),ACO,ACT,Mltary

BudgetCommttee(MBC),InrastructureCommttee(IC)andtheNATODeence

ManpowerCommttee(NDMC).ThemanobjectvesotheSRBare:

- to provde coordnated advce to the Councl/Deence Plannng

Commttee (DPC) on the avalablty, management and allocaton o

resources;

- toprovdeaorumorconsderngtheresourcemplcatonsonew

ntatvesocommonconcern;

- tooptmzemd-andlongertermmltarycommon-undedresource

management and to provde maxmum fexblty n the resource

allocatonprocess;and

- to consder and endorse capablty packages or Councl/DPC

approval,prmarlyromaresourceallocatonpontovew.

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InrastructureCommittee

The IC s chared by the Assstant Secretary General or Deence

Investment, (ASG/DI), wth the Drector o the Securty Investment Drectorate

servng as the Permanent Charman.It s responsble, wthn the broad polcy

gudanceprovdedbytheSRB,orthemplementatonotheNSIP,asapproved

bytheCouncl/DPC.Inthsrespect,theIC: - screens projects ncluded n the NSIP, prmarly rom the techncal

andnancalpontovew,alsotakngntoaccounteconomcaland

poltcalaspects,agreengtherdetaledelgbltyorcommonundng

naccordancewthapprovedgudelnes;

- grants authorzatons to Host Natons to commt unds or such

projects;

- decdesonprocurementssues,ncludngdsputes;

- ormallyacceptsmplementedprojects;

- manages the programme rom a nancal pont o vew wthn the

overalllmtssetbytheSRBandapprovedbytheCouncl;and

- callsorwardpaymentsromcontrbutngnatonsnaccordancewth

approvedexpendtureorecasts.

MilitaryBudgetCommittee(MBC)

TheMBCsresponsbleormanagngtheInternatonalMltaryBudget.To

thsend,theMBC:

- ssuespolcyandgudancetotheNATOMltaryAuthortes(NMAs)

or the preparatonand submsson omedum term nancalplans;

revews these plans and ormulates recommendatons to the SRB

concernngresourceallocatonandutureplannngparameters;

- ssues polcy and gudance to the NMAs or the preparaton and

submsson,wthn approvedresource allocatons, o annual budget

estmates;revewstheseestmatesandormulatesrecommendatons

totheCounclortherapproval;

- montors the executon o the approved budgets and authorsesadjustmentstotheauthorsedbudgetswhchexceedthepowerso

theFnancalControllers;and

- provdes advce to the Councl on a range o nternatonal mltary

budgetmatters,suchasthegrantngonternatonalstatustomltary

bodes,modcatonstonternatonalcvlanpersonnelestablshments

andreportsbytheInternatonalBoardoAudtors.

NATODeenceManpowerCommittee(NDMC)

TheNDMCsanMCsub-commtteewthoverallnternatonalmanpowermanagementresponsblty,takngntoaccountbroadresourcepolcygudance

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- to advse the MC on manpower polces and celngs, current and

orecast;

- toscreentheNATODeenceManpowerPlanwthavewtonvtngthe

approvalotheMCtotheproposalsortherstyear,andtsapproval

nprncpletothoseorsubsequentyearsormanpowerandnancal

plannngpurposes;

- to consder proposals or varatons n mltary establshments

submttedbytheNMAs;

- to conduct revews as necessary o nternatonal manpower posts;

and

- toadvsetheMConNATOpersonnelpolcy.

TheMedium-TermResourcePlan(MTRP)

The MTRP covers resource plannng orthe ollowng budget year andtheoursubsequentplannngyears.ItsorwardedbytheSRBtotheCouncl

ordecsonatthebegnnngoeachyear.Itsessentallyaresourceplannng

document, expressng resource requrements n broad quanttatve terms. By

expressng budgetary requrements wthn the Capablty Package ramework,

theMTRPestablshesthelnkbetweenNATO’smltarycommonresourcesand

theAllance’sstrategcobjectves.

The MTRP provdes an overvew o the medum term easblty and

aordabltyoprevouslyendorsedandutureprogrammes,ncludngmanpower.

The MTRP addresses ssues whch are o partcular relevance to each o themltarycommonresourcesoNSIP,mltarybudgetandnternatonalmanpower.

Speccally, the MTRP sets resource allocaton celngs or the NSIP and the

mltarybudgetorthenextbudgetyearandprovdesplannngcelngsorthe

ollowngourplannngyears.

CapabilityPackages(CPs)

TheCapabltyPackageprocesslnksmltarycommonundngwththe

broaderAllancedeenceplannngprocess.Itdentestheassetsneeded,both

common-undedandnatonal,ortheAllancetohavethecapabltestoperorm

tsmssons.Itspeccallyntegratesthenvestment,operatonandmantenanceandnternatonalmanpoweraspects.ThereareourdstnctphasesntheCP

process:CPdenton,CPdevelopmentandsubmsson,CPapprovalandCP

mplementaton.

CPDenition

MC Gudance or Deence Plannng amples the Prncpal Mltary

Requrements(PMR)anddentestherequredmltaryunctons.Thsormsthe

bassorthedevelopmentbytheNMAsotherrequredcapabltes.TheSCs,n

consultatonwthHostNatons,Agencesandusernatons,developtheCPsthat

supporttherequredcapablteswthntherareaoresponsblty.Thereareno

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thataCPmustbemanageablentermsoscope,costandmplementablty.

Thecostandcomplextymustbesuchastoallowpackageexecutonwthna

reasonabletmerame,normallyvetosevenyearsromthetmeoapproval.

CPDevelopmentandSubmission

At ths stage, the SCs denty addtonal requrements by comparngrequredassetstoavalableassets.Theollowngstepscanbedented:

- the dentcaton o those mnmum resources (orces, armaments,

logstcs,andnrastructureassets)thatmustbeavalabletoaccomplsh

therequredcapablty;

- thedetermnatonothosenstallatonswhchcurrentlyexsttosatsy

therequredcapabltydentednthestepdescrbedabove;and

- the selecton othose nstallatons avalabletosupport the requred

capablty together wth the related common-unded Operaton

and Mantenance costs and NATO Manpower. I exstng NATO

or natonal nrastructure assets are not adequate to support the

requredcapablty,thsstepmustdentyethercommonundedor

natonallyundedaddtonalnvestmentrequrements,etherornew

nstallaton(s)ortosatsyshortallsnexstngnstallatons,ncludng

therelatontocommon-undedOperatonandMantenancecostsand

NATOManpower.

CPApproval

CPs are submtted to NATO HQ or approval. The IS, together wththe Internatonal Mltary Sta (IMS), prepares a jont screenng report to be

consderedbyboththeSRBandtheMC.Thsreportwlladdresstheeasblty,

mplementablty, elgblty or common-undng and aordablty wthn the

agreedMTRPplannngramework.TheSRB’sprmaryocuss onaordablty.

TheMCconsdersCPsromamltaryrequrementpontovew,assgnngthe

mltaryprortyonwhchbassCPswllcompeteorundng.

Councl/DPC approval o the CP consttutes a commtment that the

necessaryresources,ncludngnternatonalmanpower,wllbemadeavalable.

CPImplementation

Implementaton o CPs s the responsblty o the mplementaton

commtteesandthehostnatons.ForthoseCPsorwhchaddtonalnvestment

s necessary, the Inrastructure Commttee s responsble or managng the

mplementaton o the common-unded nvestments. Both the MBC and

the NDMC are nvolved n managng the provson o sucent operaton and

mantenancesupportandnternatonalmanpower.

NATOSecurityInvestmentProgramme

The IC has overall management responsblty over the NSIP. Newnvestment requrements wll be agreed on the bass o the securty needs o

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anyenttlement.Partcularemphasswllbeplacedupontheacltesneededto

meetcrssmanagementrequrements:communcatons,commandandcontrol,

normatongatherng,moblty,fexbltyoemployment,renorcementactvtes

and re supply. The basc prncpleoelgblty or common-undngunder the

NSIPsthatrequrementsshouldbeoverandabovethosethatcouldreasonably

beexpectedtobemadeavalableromnatonalresources. The current NSIP s based upon NATO’s overall requrements. Prorty

objectvesnclude:

- supporttoongongandplannedCROs;

- fexbleanddeployablecommandandcontrololand,arandmartme

orces;

- ardeence,survellance,reconnassanceandntellgence;

- logstcsupportandre-supply;

- contrololnesocommuncaton;

- tranngsupportandexercseacltes;

- nuclearcapabltes;and

- consultaton.

TheMilitaryBudget

TheMBChasoverallmanagementresponsbltyoverthemltarybudget.

The Internatonal Mltary Budget provdes or the operatng and mantenancecosts(ncludngpersonnelandoperatngcosts,mssonoperatngexpensesand

captalexpendtures)othenetworkoNATOnternatonalmltaryheadquarters,

programmesandagences.Sxmajorbudgetarygroupscanbedetermned:

- CrssResponseOperatons,provdngortheoperatonothetheatre

headquartersoNATO’sdeployedmssons;

- NATO Arborne Early Warnng (NAEW) System, provdng or the

operatonandcontrolotheNAEWfeetoarcrat;

- Alled Command Operatons, ncludng ts network o subsdaryCommands,ProgrammesandAgences;

- Alled Command Transormaton, ncludng ts network o subsdary

Commands,ProgrammesandAgences;

- theIMSGroups,whchalsoncludesthebudgetssuchasthoseorthe

NATODeenceCollege,theAdvsoryGrouporAerospaceResearch

andDevelopment(AGARD)andtheNATOAr,CommandandControl

SystemManagementAgency(NACMA);and

- theNATOConsultaton,CommandandControlAgency(NC3A).



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STANDARDISATIONANDINTEROPERABILITY

Introduction

ThroughNATOStandardsaton,theAlleswllenhancethercapabltyto

perormthewholerangeoNATOtasksandmssons.NATOstandardsatonalso

addsapoltcalvalueasanoutwarddemonstratonocooperatonandsoldarty.

Thereore,NATOpolcystoencouragenatonsandNATOauthortestodevelop,agree and mplement common concepts, doctrnes, procedures, crtera and

desgns to enhance the Allance’s operatonal eectveness and mprove the

ecencynuseoavalablemltaryresources.

The ncreasng needor Allance co operaton n the development and

mantenanceomultnatonalorcesorallmssonsdemandsmorefexbltyto

meetbroaderandlesspredctablersks,andtoensureavaretyomltarycrss

measures.GventhecurrentemphassplacedoncooperatonnPeaceSupport

Operatons(PSOs),combnedeorts,ncludngwthPartners,shouldbemade

n the eld o standardsaton.For multnatonal ormatons, the overall mutualcooperatonbetweenallorcesanduntssessental.Thsrequresasgncant

levelostandardsaton.

MajorchangesntheAllance,nvolvngnewandmoredelcatemssons,

PartnershporPeace(PP)andNATO’senlargementwllnecesstateclearlydened

standardsatonparametersandwllrequreanappropratelevelostandardsaton

toallowcollaboratveoperatons,tranngandexercsesnNATOlednon-Artcle

5 operatons (ncludng PSOs, search and rescue, humantaran operatons

andcrssmanagement).Inpartcular,thedentcatonandmplementatono

nteroperabltyobjectvesorPPnatonswllbecomencreasnglymportant,aswllthernvolvementandntegratonnthestandardsatonprocess.

Theproductonandmantenance o NATOStandardsatonAgreements

(STANAGs)andAlledPublcatons(APs)slargelytheresponsbltyotheNATO

StandardsatonAgency(NSA)supportedbytheTaskngAuthortes(TAs).The

TAsconsstotheMC,theConerenceoNatonalArmamentDrectors(CNAD),

the NATO Ar Deence Commttee (NADC), the NATO Consultaton Command

andControlBoard(NC3B),theNATOPpelneCommttee(NPC),theSenorCvl

Emergency Plannng Commttee (SCEPC), the SNLC and others as requred.

The NSA mantans the NATO Standardsaton Programme (NSP), whch s an

automated tool contanng key Allance Standardzaton R(ASRs)requrements

andselectedobjectvesorAllancestandardsatonobjectves.

Denition

Wthn NATO, standardsaton s the process o developng and

mplementng concepts, doctrnes, procedures and desgns to acheve and

mantanthecompatblty,nterchangeabltyorcommonaltywhcharenecessary

toattantherequredlevelonteroperabltyortooptmsetheuseoresources,n

theeldsooperatons,materelandadmnstraton.Thelevelsostandardsaton

are, n ascendng order, compatblty, nteroperablty, nterchangeablty andcommonalty.



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Aim

TheamoNATOstandardsatonstoenhancetheAllance’soperatonal

eectveness through the attanment o nteroperablty among NATO orces,

andaddtonallybetweenNATOorcesandorcesoPartnersandothernatons,

mprovngtherebyecencyntheuseoavalableresources.

Industry’s capablty to satsy mltary requrements belongs entrely tothe economc system o the member natons; consequently, the achevement

oNATOstandardsatonshghlydependentonthepoltcalwllotheAllesto

commtthemselvestothenecessaryeorts.

PrinciplesoNATOStandardisation

TheollowngprncplesgudetheapplcatonoNATOStandardsaton:

- GeneralAllianceObjectives.Standardsatonsnotanendntsel.

The need or standardsaton s derved rom the overall poltcal

objectvesotheNorthAtlantcTreaty,andspeccallyromtheAllanceStrategcConceptandtheMnsteralGudanceordeenceplannng

actvtesnNATO.

- Harmonisationo standardisationwithNATOdeenceplanning.

CoordnatonamongNATOdeenceplannngdscplnessessental

or harmonsaton and achevement o nteroperablty. For natons

concerned,orceplannngsakeyocusorthestandardsatonprocess

throughtheorcegoalsanddeencerevewcycles.PartnershpGoals

addressstandardsatonrequrementstoNatonspartcpatngnthe

PP Plannng and Revew Process (PARP). Implementaton s thenrevewednPARPAssessment.

- Unityoeort.Untyoeortsenhancedbyharmonsatonandco

ordnatonostandardsatonactvteswthNatons,SCsandSenor

NATOCommtteesthroughtheNATOStandardsatonOrgansaton.

- Useocivilstandards.TheAllancewllusesutablecvlstandards

to the maxmum practcable extent. Only when no applcable cvl

standardsavalable,wllaNATOstandardbedeveloped.

- Attainmento standardisation level. Natons should acheve thelevelsostandardsatonndcatedntheStandardsatonRequrement.

The levels o standardsaton are, n ascendng order, compatblty,

nteroperablty,nterchangeabltyandcommonalty.

- Feedback.FeedbackonulflmentoStandardsatonRequrementsand

mplementatonoStandardsatonAgreementssanessentalpartothe

standardsatonprocess.

- National commitment. In prncple standardsaton s voluntary

ornatonsthatshallmplementstandardsasapplcableandtothe

maxmumpossbleextent.Insomenstances,natonsmayagreetothemandatorymplementatonospeccstandards.Fullcomplance

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aspectonatonalcommtmenttomprovestandardsaton.

- Terminology.NATOdocumentsmustuseNATOagreedtermnology.

TheNATOStandardisationProcess

The NATO Standardsaton Process nvolves proposng, developng,

agreeng,ratyng,promulgatng, mplementngandupdatngNATOstandards.Itcomprsestwocomplementaryelements:thesocalled«bottom-up»and«top-

down»standardsaton.

Bottom-upstandardsatonsntatedbyreportngstandardsatonneeds

and/ordecences.ThssollowedbyStandardsatonProposals,ormulatedby

NATOWorkngGroups,whcharevaldatedbytheapproprateTaskngAuthorty

toconrmtherequrementbeorethedevelopmentoaSTANAGstarts.

Top-down standardsaton s ntated when the SCs denty mltary

standardsatonrequrementsaspartoorceproposalsornatonspartcpatng

ntheorceplannngprocess.Itrequresaclearormulatonotheserequrements

andtheallocatonoprortyscoresbasedontheB-SCsagreedbascprortylst.

These mltary standardsaton requrements, together wth other requrements

orstandardsatonrom NATO natons and rom TAs, consttute the Allance’s

StandardsatonRequrements.Top-downstandardsatoncomprses4phases:

Phase1: Identcaton, ormulaton and approval o Standardsaton

Requrements;

Phase2: Identfcaton, ormulaton and agreement o Standardsaton

Objectvesbasedontheserequrements;

Phase3: Executon o tasks by the TAs, resultng rom the approved

StandardsatonObjectves;

Phase4: Implementaton o top-down Standardsaton and eedback.

Top-down Allance Standardsaton Requrements, complemented by

appropratebottom-upStandardsatonProposals,leadtothedevelopmentand

mplementatonotheNATOStandardsatonProgramme(NSP).TheNSPsthe

Allance’smanagementtoolorstandardsatonactvtes.

Steps within the process. The general steps n the standardsatonprocesswhchallunderthedrectresponsbltyotheTAsaredenednAAP-3,

ProceduresortheDevelopment,Preparaton,ProductonandtheUpdatngo

NATOStandardsatonAgreementsandAlled Publcatons. Such responsblty

ncludesthemanagementandupdatngoallexstngSTANAGSandAPs,the

dentcaton, valdaton and agreement on new standardsaton requrements,

the achevement o natons’ ratcaton and the promulgaton o the agreed

documents.

- Identiying standardisation requirements/deciencies.

Standardsaton requrements are derved rom ether the top-down

orthebottom-upapproachesasdescrbedearler.Theydentythe

capablty to be acheved and the requred level o standardsaton.



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Those that orm part o the NATO Standardsaton Programme are

reerredtoasAllanceStandardsatonRequrements.

- Formulatingand agreeing priority standardisation objectives.

Basedontheagreedrequrement,prortystandardsatonneedsare

dented and the standardsatonobjectves (reerred to SOs wthn

theNSP)areormulated.

- Formulatingor updatingo NATO standards. The ormulatng or

updatngoNATOstandardssnherentlynternatonalncharacterand

hencemustbecoordnatednternatonallyntheapproprateNATO

bodes.InvewothewderangeotheAllance’sactvtesorwhch

standardsaredesrable,theormulatonoproposedNATOstandards

wll normally be decentralsed. Formulaton o NATO standards can

bestbeaccomplshedbymultnatonalbodesonatonalexperts.

- Ratiying NATO standards by Nations individually. Specc

proposed standards may not be relevant to all Allance natons. A

proposedstandardmayberatedanddesgnatedaNATOStandard

several(not necessarly all) Alles agree that t s acceptable as a

goalormplementaton.Lkewse,PartnernatonscanadoptNATO

standardsasagoalormplementaton.

- PromulgatingNATOstandards.Atersucentnatonshaverated

the proposedstandardt wll bepromulgated bythe Drectoro the

NSA.

- Implementingagreed NATO standards as a matter o nationalpolicy. Implementaton o agreed NATO standards s a natonal

responsblty. NATO strongly encourages mplementaton o rated

STANAGs,byobservng,montorngandreportngresultsonanaton-

by-natonandcasebycasebass.

- Veriyingand validating the implementation o agreed NATO

standards.VercatonostandardsatonmaybecarredoutnPSOs,

exercsesandotheroperatons.Thevercatonshouldbecarredout

onthebassoavercatonplan.Valdatonovercatonnormaton

mayresultntheadaptatonand/ordeletonocertanSTANAGs.

NATOStandards

NATO Standardsaton s a broad process that may be appled to any

NATO actvty. NATO standards are normally classed nto one o three man

areasasollows,althoughsomestandardsmayapplytomorethanonearea:

- Operationalstandardsarethosestandardswhchaectutureand/

orcurrent mltary practce, procedures orormats. They may apply

tosuchmattersas concepts,doctrne,tactcs,technques,logstcs,

tranng,organsatons,reports,orms,mapsandcharts,amongother

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- Materielstandardsarethosestandardsthataectthecharacterstcs

outureand/orcurrentmatereltoncludetelecommuncatons,data

processng and dstrbuton. They may cover producton codes o

practceaswellasmaterelspeccatons.Materelncludescomplete

systems,ncludngcommand,controlandcommuncatonssystems,

weaponssystems,subsystems,assembles,components,sparepartsandmateralsandconsumables(ncludngammunton,uel,supples,

storesandconsumablespares).

- Administrativestandardsprmarlyconcerntermnology-whchapply

toboththe«operatonal»andthe«materel»elds-butthscategory

also ncludes standards whch acltate Allance admnstraton n

elds wthout drect mltary applcaton (e.g. reportng o economc

statstcs).

Ingeneral,operatonalstandardsatonallsntotheareaoresponsblty

o the NSA whle materel standardsaton alls nto the area o responsbltyotheCNAD.OtherNATObodessuchastheNATOC3Board,theSNLC,the

NPC, the Research& Technology Board and the IMS Dvsonsalso deal wth

standardsaton.

Standardsatonotermnologysessentaloracollectveunderstandng

oalldocumentatonrelatedtostandardsatonactvtes.TheNATOGlossaryo

TermsandDentons(AAP-6)sthekeyNATOreerencedocumentthatprovdes

ocaltermsanddentonstobeused.Addtonally,NATOspecalstGlossary

o Terms and Dentons provde NATO approved termnology or specalsed

elds. Standardsaton must not hnder research and development or new

armamentsand/orcommuncatonsequpmentnorthepursutomoreecent/

approprate processes and procedures. On the contrary, by consderng

standardsatonmplcatonsntheveryearlystateodevelopment,collaboraton

nequpmentprogrammeswllbeconsderablyenhanced.

Operatonal and materel standardsaton are nterdependent.

Standardsatonnkeyoperatonalareassuchasconcepts,doctrne,procedures

andmssonneeds,wllgreatlyenhanceprospectsorstandardsatonomaterel.

Inturn,newtechnologywllotenrequrethereormulatonodoctrneandwllalmostalwaysresultnchangestooperatonalprocedures.Theullbenetso

ncreasedmaterelstandardsatonmaynotbeachevedunlesstheresextensve

harmonsatonooperatonalaspects.

Operatonal standardsaton strves or the use o common concepts,

doctrnes,procedures,practcesorormatstoenhanceoperatonalnteroperablty

oNATO and PP orces. Objectves or materel standardsaton strveor the

developmentandprocurementocompatble,nteroperable,nterchangeableor

commonmaterelorNATOandPPorces,asrequred.



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TheNATOStandardisationOrganisation(NSO)

NATO Committee or Standardisation – Senor NATO Commttee,

reportng to the Councl, wthull authorty and managementresponsblty or

AllanceStandardsatoncoordnatononpolcyanddecsontakng.TheNCSs

assstedbytheGroupoNCSrepresentatveswthdelegatedauthorty(NCSREPs)

toachevetsmsson.TheNCSREPswlladdresstheNSOobjectves,promotethe nteracton between natonal organsatons and NATO and prepare NCS

decsonsoractontsbehal.TheNCSstheBoardoDrectorsortheNATO

StandardsatonAgency.

NATOStandardisationStaGroup(NSSG) –Stagroupsubordnateto

theNCS,responsbleorstalason,orthestangoprojectsassgnedtothe

NSAbytheNCSandorpreparatonodocumentatoncontrbutng,nterala,to

theormulatonoMltaryStandardsatonRequrementsbytheSCsanddratng

oStandardsatonObjectves.TheNSSGwllbesupportedbyNSSGWorkng

Groupstoundertakespeccstandardsatontasks.

TaskingAuthoritiesWorkingGroups –WorkngGroupsresponsbleor

producngandmantanngthestandardsasdrectedbytherparentTA.

NATO Standardisation Agency (NSA) - A sngle, ntegrated body,

composedomltaryandcvlansta,subordnatetotheCounclthroughthe

NCS,wththeauthortytocoordnatessuesbetweenalleldsostandardsaton.

TheJontandSngleServceBoards,supportedbytheNSA,wlleachactas

aTA,delegatedbytheMC,oroperatonalstandardsaton,ncludngdoctrne.

The NSA wll setout procedures, plannng and executon unctons related to

standardsatonorapplcatonthroughouttheAllance.Itsresponsbleorthepreparaton othe work or the NCS, NCSREPs and NSSG meetngs and wll

ensure,wthtsexpertsnthederentelds,centralsedcoordnaton,lason

wthand,requred,supporttoTAs’WorkngGroupsthatdevelopstandards.

The Drector o the NSA s responsble or the day to day work o the

Polcy and Requrements, Jont, Naval, Army, and Ar and Admn & Support

Branches. The Servce Branches provde sta support to ther related Boards

andareresponsbleormontorngandharmonsngstandardsatonactvtesn

therareaoresponsblty.

TheNSAsupportstheJontandtheSngleServceBoards,eachowhchactsasaTaskngAuthortyorOperatonalStandardsaton,ncludngdoctrne,

asdelegatedbytheMltaryCommttee.TheServceBoardsareresponsbleor

developngoperatonalandproceduralstandardsatonamongmembernatons.

LkeotherTaskngAuthortes,theydothsbydevelopngapplcableSTANAGs

andAlledPublcatonswththemembernatonsandNATOMltaryCommands.

TheBoards,wthonememberpernaton,arenpermanentsessonand

meet ormally once a month. Decsons are normally reached on the bass o

unanmty.However,asstandardsatonsavoluntaryprocess,agreementsmay

alsobebasedonmajortydecsonsothenatonsthatarepartcpatngnanypartcular Standardsaton Agreement. The SCs have a sta representatve on

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ServiceBoards

ThethreeSngleServceBoardsconsstomembersotheapproprate

Servces o the NATO natons and the NATO Strategc Commands; Belgum

representsLuxembourg.WhlemostBoardMembersareonthestaotherMltary

Representatve at NATO HQ, those rom Belgum, Denmark, the Netherlands

and the Unted Kngdom are based at ther respectve Mnstres o Deence.TheUntedStateshaveaseparateNSAdelegatonatNATOHQ.Decsonsare

normally reached on the bass o unanmty. However, as standardsaton s a

voluntaryprocess,agreementsmayalsobebasedonmajortydecsons.

The Joint Service Board (JSB) deals wth jont and overarchng

operatonal standardsaton polcy matters, aectng two or more Servces. It

managesworknggroupsdealngwthalledjontoperatonsdoctrne,normaton

exchange requrement/message text ormat harmonzaton, jont ntellgence

ssuesandenvronmentalprotecton.

The Naval Board manages workng groups dealng wth martmeoperatons, amphbous operatons, helcopter operatons rom shps other

than arcrat carrers, mne warare, naval ammunton nterchangeablty,

martmelogstcs,navalcontroloshppng,radoandradarradatonhazards,

replenshmentatsea,submarneescapeandrescue,underwaterdvngandvery

shallowwatermnecountermeasureoperatons.

The Army Board manages workng groups dealng wth land

operatons,artllery,combatengneerng,explosveordnancedsposal,medcal

standardsaton, helcopter operatons, ammunton nterchangeablty, logstcs

doctrne, asset trackng, materals handlng/dstrbuton, movements andtransport,rangesaety,nbcdeenceoperatonsandnbcmedcaloperatons.

The AirBoardmanagesworknggroupsdealngwtharoperatonsand

allaspectsooperatonaldoctrne,artransport,ararmaments,arcrat/arcrew

ntegraton, aeromedcal, ar reconnassance, arcrat servcng and standard

equpment, areld servces, avoncs systems, fght saety, arcrat gaseous

systems, nterservce geographc, search and rescue, crash re-ghtng and

rescueand,arelectrcalandelectromagnetcconsderatons.

REFERENCES.

C-M(2000)54 NATOPolcyorStandardsaton

AAP-3 ProceduresortheDevelopment,Preparaton,Productonandthe

UpgradngoNATOStandardsatonAgreements(STANAGs)and

AlledPublcatons(APs)

AAP-4 NATOStandardsatonAgreementsandAlledPublcatons

ANNEX




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ANNEXAto

Chapter4


ACCS Ar,CommandandControlSystem


ACROSS AlledCommandResourceOptmsatonSotware

System


AGARD AdvsoryGrouporAerospaceResearchandDevelopment

APs AlledPublcatons

C3 Consultaton,commandandcontrol

CNAD ConerenceoNatonalArmamentDrectors

CP CapabltesPackage

CPs CapabltyPackages

CPG ComprehensvePoltcalGudance

CRO CrssResponseOperaton

CS CombatSupport



DPQ DeencePlannngQuestonnare

DRC DeenceRevewCommtteeDRR DeenceRequrementRevew

EU EuropeanUnon

HQs Headquarters

IC InrastructureCommttee


IS InternatonalSta

IT InormatonTechnology




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JSB JontServceBoard

LLTI LongLeadTmeItems

LOGFS LogstcFunctonalServces

LOGFSIMWG LogstcFunctonalServcesInormatonManagement

WorkngGroup

LOGIMG LogstcsInormatonManagementGroup

LOGIS LogstcsInormatonSystem

MBC MltaryBudgetCommttee

MC MltaryCommttee

MG MnsteralGudance

MTRP TheMedum-TermResourcePlanNAC NorthAtlantcCouncl(orCouncl)

NACMA NATOACCSManagementAgency

NAC(R) RenorcedNorthAtlantcCouncl

NADC NATOArDeenceCommttee

NAEW NATOArborneEarlyWarnngSystem

NAMs NATOMltaryAuthortes

NC3A NATOC3Agency

NC3B NATOConsultatonCommandandControlBoard

NCS NATOCommtteeorStandardsaton

NCSA NATOCommuncatonandInormatonSystems

ServcesAgency

NDMC NATODeenceManpowerCommttee



NPG NuclearPlannngGroup



NSO NATOStandardsatonOrgansaton

NSP NATOStandardsatonProgramme

NSSG NATOStandardsatonStaGroup

OPLAN OperatonPlan



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PARP PPPlannngandRevewProcess


PMR PrncpalMltaryRequrements

PSOs PeaceSupportOperatons

SCEPC SenorCvlEmergencyPlannngCommttee

SDOS StandardDaysoSupply


SPG StockplePlannngGudance

SPMII SustanmentPlannngModuleII

SPOW ScentcProgramoWork

SRB SenorResourceBoard

STANAGs NATOStandardsatonAgreements

TAs TaskngAuthortes


V&O NATOLogstcsVsonandObjectves



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CHAPTER 5OPERATIONALLOGISTICPLANNING

Maintenance Afoat – A rigate and an oiler taking advantage

o a tender’s maintenance capabilities



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CHAPTER 5OPERATIONALLOGISTICPLANNING

“Every unit that is not supported is a deeated unit.”

- Maurice de Saxe: Mes Rèveries XIII, 1732 -

INTRODUCTION

Thelogstcoperatonalplannngorpotentalorspeccoperatonsspart

otheoverallNATOoperatonalplannngprocess.ThsprocesssoutlnednMC

133/3,explanedngeneralnAJP-1anddescrbedndetaledB-SCGudelnes

orOperatonalPlannng(GOP).TheGOPsavalableonCRONOSat“http://cww.

shape.nato.nt/ops-global/Documents/GOP/GOPTOC.html”. The Operatonal

LogstcsPlannngCourseattheNATOSchool(Oberammergau)provdesuseul

tranngontheplannngprocess.Fgure5-1outlnesthsplannngprocess.

KEYPLANNINGDOCUMENTS

ThekeydocumentsproduceddurngoperatonalplannngaretheConcept

oOperatons(CONOPS),theOperatonPlan(OPLAN)andtheContngencyPlan

(COP).TheJ41stamustworkcloselywththeotherJStathroughouttheentre

operatonalplannngprocesstoensurethatthemanplanandtheJ4portonsare

realstcandproperlycoordnated.The partcpatng natons must be nvolvedntheplannngprocessassoonaspermssonsgven.AnOPLANwllcontan

1) J4 is the Joint Sta dealing with Logistics. The list o Joint Stas is attached at Annex B.



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aLogstcAnnexRwthMedcalAppendx,MovementsAnnexS,andEngneer

AnnexEE.

LOGISTICSUPPORTGUIDELINES

Atallplannnglevels,tsnecessarytostudythestuaton,especallythe

poltcalandmltarystuatonandthegeographyothetheatre,andthencombnethswthoperatonsgudancenordertodenethelogstcsupportconcept.Ths

generalconcept,usuallycontanednparagraph4otheCONOPSandOPLAN,

sdevelopedbytheJ4andpromulgatestheCommander’sntentothewayn

whchtoprovdelogstcsupport.Thsconceptmaynclude:

- the major peculartes o the theatre and how they can aect

logstcs;

- theapproxmatelogstcorcesandcapabltesrequred;

- thelkelhoodoHostNatonSupport(HNS);

- the lkely natons to partcpate and possblty o multnatonal and

jontlogstcs;and

- thegeneralrequrementorLLN,LRSN,MILUs/MIMUs,orcontractor

support.

LOGISTICPLANNINGCONSIDERATIONS

MultinationalLogistics

Early use o multnatonallogstcs can save the cost o deployng and

mantanngpersonnelandequpment.

MultinationalJointLogisticCentre(MJLC)

IaMJLCsestablshed,thsenttywllbetheocalpontordentcaton,

deconfcton,andco-ordnatonomajorlogstcsrequrementsor bothNATO

JontForceHeadquarters(HQs)andpartcpatngnatons.

MovementPlanning

The deployment nto theatre wll place a heavy ntal workload on

MovementandTransportaton(M&T)stathatmustbekeptullynormeddurngtheoperatonalplannngprocess.

MedicalPlanning

Medcal support s crtcal to all natons and must be co ordnated to

avod duplcaton o expensve equpment and hghly traned personnel. The

preservatonocombatstrengthbyemergencymedcalandsurgcalservcess

crucal.

SupplyandMaintenancePlanning

TheSustanabltyStatementncludestheDaysoSupply(DOS)tobeheldntheatre.



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RoleoHostNationSupport(HNS)inLogisticSupportPlanning

GudanceonHNSplannngscontanednMC334/2andAJP-4.5(A).The

avalabltyoHNSsakeyactornLogstcSupportPlannng.Itwlldetermne

theszeandscopeosupportrequredandwllcontrbutesgncantlytothe

overallplannngprocess.HNSplannngshouldbeconductedconcurrentlywth

thepreparatonooperatonalplans.TheavalabltyoexstngHNSarrangement,MemorandumoUnderstandng(MOU)andblateralagreementswllneedtobe

consderednthedevelopmentoplans.NACorMCtaskngtoSCsmaynclude

ullauthorsatonorACOtonegotateHNSarrangements.Allnegotatonsshould

be conducted by an experenced team o personnel coverng all dscplnes

ncludngCIMIC,nrastructure,nance,purchasngandcontractng,engneerng,

medcal,transportatonandrealestate,asrequred.

InrastructurePlanning

Partotheengneers’taskwllbetoestablshbasecampsandtoacltate

Recepton,StagngandOnwardMovement(RSOM).

ContractingandFunding

J4 wll need to work closely wth J8 to arrange contracts or requred

servcesnotprovdedbymltarymeans.

ParticipationoNon-NATONations

Thepartcpatononon-NATOnatonsnNATOledoperatonsslkelyto

contnue.Ahghleveloco-operatonandco-ordnatonsrequredtoensurethat

thosenatonsunamlarwthNATOproceduresarentegratedasqucklyandas

ullyasprevalngcrcumstancespermt.Thsmuststartwththeplannngprocess.The certcatononon-NATO partcpants n any operaton wll be completed

asearly aspossbleand non-NATOnatons may requre specal assstance to

arrangelogstcsupport.

ConcludingtheOperation/Exercise

Re-deploymentmaynvolveenvronmentalssues,realestatemanagement,

repackagngoammunton,stocksandequpment,accountngoranddsposal

oNATOownedequpment.

Co-ordinationwithNationalSupportElements(NSEs)

MostnatonswllhaveaNSEsand/oraNatonalCommandElement(NCE)

provdngspeccnatonallogstcssupport.ItwllbenecessaryortheNATO

logstc commander to have oversght o these organsatons, partly through

LOGREPandmaynvolvelogstcevaluatonandassessmentprortodeployment.

NATOmustencouragenatonstomnmsetheszeothelogstcootprntcaused

by large NSEs through sharng logstc capabltes and multnatonal logstc

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Co-ordinationwithInternationalOrganisations(IOs)andNon-

GovernmentalOrganisations(NGOs)

WththehelpoJ9,tmaybenecessarytoworkwthIOssuchastheUN,

OSCEortheRedCrossandvarousNGOssuchasMédecnssansFrontères.

PhasesotheOperation Therearederentlogstcrequrementsdurngeachphaseoanoperaton,

whchmusteachbecareullyplanned.

Reception,StagingandOnwardMovement

RSOM s the phase o the deployment process that transtons unts,


to ther nal destnaton. Although RSOM s an operatonal matter, t requres

the provson o a sgncant degree o logstc support. RSOM plannng and

executonrequresthereoreconsderablentegratonwthlogstcsupport,M&T,

andHNSplannng.TheNATOCommanderwllconsdertheavalabltyoHostNatonSupport(HNS),whchcanprovdenrastructureandservcestoacltate

RSOM.WhereaHNdoesnotexstorcannotprovdetherequredRSOMsupport,

the NATO Commander, n order to ensure that requrements are met, should

seek logstc support unts or RSOM support through the orce plannngand

generatonprocesses,orrequestoneorseveralnatonstoassumeresponsblty

asLogstcLeadNatononbehalodeployngNATOorces.

FORCEGENERATIONPROCESS

CombinedJointStatementoRequirements(CJSOR) WhletheOPLANsbengdeveloped,theresaparallelorcegeneraton

process to provde the requred orces rom NATO and non-NATO countres.

TheCJSORprovdesalstothetroopsandkeyequpment/capabltyrequred

andthenaton(s)oerngtolleachseral.Contrbutngnatonsareresponsble

or undng and arrangng logstc support or therCJSOR unts.J4 sta may

becomenvolvednhelpngtoarrangemultnatonallogstcsupport,partcularly

orsmallornon-NATOorcecontrbutons.

CrisisEstablishment(CE)

TheCEprovdestheorgansatonandthelstopostonsrequrednthedeployedHQ.PartotheCEcostsssupportedbytheNATOcommonundng

system.TheAllanceprovdeslogstcsupportortheCE.

LOGISTICREPORTING(LOGREP)

TherequrementorSCstocallorlogstcsreportssoutlnednMC53/2.

Tothatend,theSCshaventroducedalogstcreportngsystemtoprovdeand

ensurelogstcnormatonandaccuratedatantme,ncludngreportsprorto

TranseroAuthorty(TOA).

TheB-SCReportngDrectveVolumeV,LogstcsReports(BI-SCD80-3 VolV),gvesthenecessarygudanceatthelevelotheSCs.Itsproceduresand

ormatsareapplcabletoallservces-Ar,ArmyandMartme-npeace,crss,



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warandoperatonsotherthanwar,andalsoalloweasyadoptonbynon-NATO

natons,whenrequred.Themajortyothelogstcreportsnthsdrectvehalps

aNATOCommanderprovdeanassessmentologstccapabltesandconcerns

or exchange normaton wth natons or logstc management purposes.

Subordnate headquarters are authorsed to supplement the BI-SCD 80-3 Vol

V or ther operatonal needs. For current operatons, the logstc reportngrequrementswllusuallybestatedntheANNEXCC(Documentaton,Records

andReports)totheOPLANornasupplementtotheOPLANusngtheB-SCD

80-3VolVasthebass.

TheLOGUPDATEsakeylogstcreportnB-SCD80-3VolVwhch,n

general,replacesallormerstatstcalreports.ThepurposeotheLOGUPDATE

s to provde NATO Commanders wth a dynamc update o changes to core

database normaton on stockples o specc equpment and consumable

materelheldbynatonalorcesdeclaredtoNATO,aswellasspecedequpment

andmaterelheldbynatonsnsupportosuchorces.

CIVILSUPPORTTOTHEMILITARY

LessonslearnedromoperatonsntheBalkansandAghanstanrevealthat

NATOCommandershavetobepreparedtoutlsecvlancapabltestosupport

themsson.HNS,contractorsupportandthecvlsupportcapabltesprovded

byNATOAgencessuchasNAMSA,ormthebassothecvllogstcsupport

capabltes rom whch the NATO Commander can draw. Addtonally, useul

expertsecanbedrawnromtheSenorCvlEmergencyPlannngCommttee’s

(SCEPC)PlannngBoardsandCommttees(PB&Cs).AttsAutumn2003Plenary

sesson,the SCEPCexamnedthe possblty ocvlsupport or non-Artcle5CROsand,nconsequence,developedaCvlCapabltesCataloguen2004to

normtheNMAsothecvlexpertsethatcanbemadeavalabletoCommanders

throughtheSCEPC.

ExamplesoPotentialPB&CSupporttoMilitary

TheCivil Aviation Planning Committee (CAPC) provdes normaton

oncommercalartransportcapabltesthatcouldbeusednthedeployment

o NATO orces, and suggests optons oerng an ecent and cost eectve

approach. The CAPC can also evaluate complex avaton ssues aganst the

backdroponatonalandnternatonallawsandregulatons.

ThePlanningBoard or InlandSuraceTransport(PBIST)can make

avalable normaton on ral transport capabltes that could be used n the

deployment o NATO orces. The PBIST can also ntate studes to examne

potental surace transport Lnes o Communcaton (LOCs) to support NATO

operatngorces.

ThePlanningBoardorOceanShipping(PBOS)servesastheNATO

ocalpontoradvceandassstanceontheprotectonocvlanmartmeassets

aganstactsoterrorsm.PBOSalsosupportstheNATOShppngCentre,whch

wasactvatednOctober2001tosupporttheNATONavalorcesdeployedn

the Eastern Medterranean bymontorngthe marne tracn the Suez Canal.



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Moreover, PBOS ntatedthe developmentoa study nsupport oOperaton

ACTIVEENDEAVOUR,settngoutarrangementsandsourcestoobtannormaton

onshpmovementsntheMedterraneanandStratsoGbraltar.

REFERENCES

MC133/3NATO’sOperatonsPlannngSystemMC327/2NATOMltaryPolcyornonArtcle5CrssResponseOperatons

AJP4 AlledJontLogstcsDoctrne

FPG(Log) FunctonalPlannngGudeLogstcs

RPG(Log) RegonalPlannngGudeLogstcs

ANNEXES


B JontStaStructure



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ANNEXAto

Chapter5


CAPC CvlAvatonPlannngCommttee

CE CrssEstablshment

CIMIC Cvl-MltaryCooperaton

CJSOR CombnedJontStatementORequrements

CONOPS ConceptoOperatons

COP ContngencyPlan


DOS DaysoSupply

GOP GudelnesorOperatonalPlannng


HQs Headquarters

IOs InternatonalOrgansatonsLLN LogstcsLeadNaton

LOGREP LogstcReportng

LRSN LogstcsRoleSpecalstNaton

MCE MultnatonalCommandElement

MILUs MultnatonalIntegratedLogstcsUnts

MIMUs MultnatonalIntegratedMedcalUnts

MJLC MultnatonalJontLogstcCentre



NGOs Non-GovernmentalOrgansatons


NSE NatonalSupportElement

OPLAN OperatonPlan

PB&Cs PlannngBoardsandCommttees



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PBIST PlannngBoardorInlandSuraceTransport

PBOS PlannngBoardorOceanShppng



SCEPC SenorCvlEmergencyPlannngCommttee’s



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ANNEXBto

Chapter5

ANNEX BJOINTSTAFFSTRUCTURE

J1 Personnel

J2 Intellgence

J3 Operatons

J4 Logstcs

J5 Plans&Polcy

J6 CIS

J7 Exercses

J8 BUDFIN

J9 CIMIC



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CHAPTER 6NATOLOGISTICPOLICIESANDCONCEPTS



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CHAPTER 6NATOLOGISTICPOLICIESANDCONCEPTS

“The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind

is to get an old one out.”

- B.H. Liddell Hart, date unknown -

INTRODUCTION

TheAllance’snewStrategcConceptandemergngconceptssuchasthe

CombnedJontTaskForce(CJTF),NATO’snvolvementnCROsandanever-

expandngrangeoactvtesbrngngAlledandPartnernatonsntocloserco

operaton,demandresponsve,fexbleandnteroperablelogstcsupport.The

SenorNATOLogstcans’Conerence(SNLC)hasdevelopedavsonorNATO

logstcsdesgnedtomeetthechallenge:theprncpleocollectveresponsblty

nlogstcsbetweenNATOandthenatons.NATO’sPolcyorCooperatonnLogstcs(CM(2001)44)establshesacommonvsonacrossthewholespectrum

ologstcstoenhanceco-operatonandtheoveralllogstcpostureotheAllance.

NATO Prncples and Polces or Logstcs (C M(2003)101)1 s the keystone

polcy document that establshes the prncple o collectve responsblty or

logstc support between natons and NATOand gvesthe NATO Commander

thenecessaryauthortyortheexecutonohsnewresponsbltesnlogstcs.

Based upon these overarchng polcy documents, specc polces have been

developedbytheSNLCntheareasoreadnessandsustanablty 2,HostNaton

Support (HNS)3, nrastructure engneerng or logstcs4 and Movement and

Transportaton(M&T)5,whletheCommtteeotheChesotheMltaryMedcalServces(COMEDS)hasdevelopedpolcesormedcalsupport6.

OnthebassopolcesormultnatonaltynAllancelogstcs,theSCs

turnedtherattentontothermplementatonbydevelopngjontlogstcdoctrne.

TheB-SCDoctrneCommtteehasdevelopedAJP-4(A)asthekeystonelogstc

doctrnal publcaton and, together wth the B-SC M&T Forum and the B-SC

MedcalAdvsoryGroup,thaselaboratedaseresosubordnateleveldocuments

coverng specc areas o logstcs. The MC servce boards have developed

sngleservcelogstcdoctrneandabroadrangeologstctactcs,technques

and procedures. The SCs then develop mplementng drectves and plannnggudance.Thegurepresentedhereaterllustratesthestructureologstcpolcy

andgudancewthnNATO.

Ths chapter descrbes the herarchy o logstc polces, doctrne,

technquesandprocedures.Italsosummarsesthemportantpontstobedrawn

romoverarchnglogstcpolcyanddoctrne.

1) Within the NATO military structure, designated as MC 319/2

2) DPC-D(2002)2 [MC 0055/4]

3) C-M(2000)56-REV1 [MC 0334/2]

4) C-M(2005)0100 [MC 534]

5) C-M(2002)10 [MC 0336/2]

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HIERARCHYOFLOGISTICPOLICIESANDDOCTRINE

Thestructureologstcspolcesanddoctrnessdsplayedbelow:

NATOLogisticPolicy documents are developed at the hghest NATO

levels. NATO Commttees, such as the SNLC, submt recommendatons or

approval to the Mltary Commttee (MC) ollowed by notaton or approval bytheNorthAtlantcCouncl(NAC),asapproprate.Generally,logstcpolcesare

approvedbyboththeMCandtheNAC.

StrategclevellogstcpolcesarethenpublshedasCounclMemoranda

(CM)andMCdocuments,andnclude:

- C-M(2001)44 NATOPolcyorCooperatonnLogstcs

- MC055/4 NATOLogstcReadnessandSustanabltyPolcy7;

- MC319/2 NATOPrncplesandPolcesorLogstcs8;

- MC326/2 MedcalSupportPreceptsandGudanceorNATO;

- MC334/2 NATOPrncplesandPolcesorHostNatonSupport

(HNS)9;

- MC336/2 NATO Prncples and Polces or Movement and

Transportaton10;

7) DPC-D(2002)2

8) C-M(2003)101

9) C-M(2000)56-REV1

10) C-M(2002)10



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- MC343/111 NATOMltaryAssstancetoInternatonalDsasterRele

Operatons

- MC52612 Logstcs Support concept or NATO Response Force

Operatons

- MC533

13

NATO Prncples and Polces or the Mantenance oEqupment

NATODoctrinesdevelopedundertheauthortyotheTaskngAuthortes

(TAs).TheSNLCstheTAorJontLogstcsDoctrne.TheStandardsatonServce

BoardsaretheTAsonbehalotheMCorsngle-servcelogstcsdoctrne.The

TaskngAuthortestasktheLCB(LogstcsCoordnatonBoard),theMovement

and Transportaton Forum (M&TF), the Medcal Advsory Group (MEDAG) and

approprate Standarsaton Servce Board Workng Groups to develop ther

respectve doctrne. HQ SACT s the lead SC or developng and mantanng

jontlogstcsdoctrneandSHAPEwllsupportthedevelopment.Supportsalso

requredromNATOHQ,RegonalCommandsHQs,therComponentCommands

HQsandthenatonstoproperlyperormthsuncton.Thesupportrequredo

NATOHQsandNatonsspeccallyncludestherpartcpatonnworknggroups,

doctrneco-ordnatonmeetngsandthedratngoassgneddoctrnes.

AlliedJointLogisticDoctrinedocumentsaredstrbutedas AlliedJoint

Publications (AJPs). The AJPs provde oundatonal logstc doctrne, under

whch more detaled logstc technques and procedures are establshed. The

ollowngAJPsarepresentlydevelopedandpromulgated:

- AJP-4(A) AlledJontLogstcsDoctrne - AJP-4.4 AlledJontMovement&TransportatonDoctrne

- AJP-4.5 AlledJontHostNatonSupportDoctrne&Procedures

- AJP-4.6 MultnatonalJontLogstcCentre

- AJP-4.7 POLDoctrne

- AJP-4.9 ModesoMultnatonalLogstcSupport

- AJP-4.10 AlledJontMedcalSupportDoctrne

Allied Logistic Publications (ALP) are supportng component/servce

to Multnatonal Logstcs Doctrne. Wthn the AJP-4 herarchy o documents

theollowngseresoLogstcDoctrnalpublcatonshavebeendevelopedor

ntatedordevelopmentaslstedbelow:

- ALP-4.1 MultnatonalMartmeLogstcDoctrne

- ALP-4.2 LandForcesLogstcDoctrne

- ALP-4.3 ArForcesDoctrne&Procedures,ArLogstcs

11) C-M(2002)35

12) SG(2005)0478

13) C-M(2005)100



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LogisticTactics,TechniquesandProcedures(TTPs) consttutedetaled

procedural documents that are publshed prmarly as Strategc Command

Drectves and NATO StandardsatonAgreements (STANAGs). Logstc related

STANAGscanbeoundontheNATOStandardsatonAgencywebste.

NATOLogisticPlanningGuidancesgenerallydevelopedatSC’slevel

andbelowandncludethelogstcelementsoGeneralOperatonalPlans(GOP)andotherlogstcunctonalplannng.

NATOPOLICYFORCO-OPERATIONINLOGISTICS

The2001NATOPolcyorCo-operatonnLogstcsprovdesthebassor

enhancedmultnatonalco-operatonnlogstcsnNATO.Therameworkorthe

mplementatonothspolcy,whlerespectngtheresponsbltesothederent

NATO logstc and logstc related bodes, s the Concept or Co-operaton n

Logstcs.Themechansmsusedtomplementco-operatonwthotherbodes

havebeenntegratedntheNATOLogstcsVsonandObjectvesprocessthats

descrbedndetalsnChapter4.

NATOConceptorCo-OperationinLogistics

TheNATOConceptorCo-operatonnLogstcsprovdestheramework

or managng co-operaton n logstcs and establshes the lnk between: the

natons,thederentNATOlogstcsandlogstcrelatedbodes;andtheplannng

processesusedbythederentNATOlogstcsandlogstcrelatedbodes.

Thethreebascelementsotheconceptaretsconsoldatedconceptual

bass14,whchconsstso:

- theAllance’spolcyandgudancedocumentsthatdrectandnfuence

NATOlogstcsntherowndomans;

- the Co-operaton Enablers whch are the tools (polcy, doctrne,

actvtes, systems, standards, procedures and capabltes) that

acltateandpromotecooperatonnlogstcs;and

- Harmonsaton,Co-ordnatonandControlMechansm(HCCM)whch

stheormalmechansmthroughwhchco-operatonobjectvesand

enablersarecontnuouslydentedandmanaged,enablersareputn

placeandobjectvesareacheved.

NATOPRINCIPLESANDPOLICIESFORLOGISTICS

Allothelogstcpolcydocumentslstedabovepromulgateprncplesand

polcesorlogstcs.Whlemostocusonaunctonalareaologstcs,suchas

medcalsupportormovementandtransportaton,onlyMC0319/2promulgates

broadprncplesandpolcesapplcabletoallologstcs.Inconsequence,the

remanderothschapterwllocusonthese.

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LOGISTICPRINCIPLES

CollectiveResponsibility.NatonsandNATOauthorteshaveacollectve

responsbltyorthelogstcsupportotheAllance’smultnatonaloperatons.

Ths collectve responsblty encourages natons and NATO to co-operatvely

sharetheprovsonanduseologstccapabltesandresourcestosupportthe

orceeectvelyandecently.Standardsaton,co-operatonandmultnatonaltynlogstcsbuldtogetherthebassorfexbleandecentuseologstcsupport,

therebycontrbutngtotheoperatonalsuccess.

Authority.Theresan essentalnterdependencebetweenresponsblty

and authorty. The responsblty assgned to any NATO Commander must be

matched wth the delegaton o authorty by natons and NATO to allow the

adequatedschargeoresponsbltes.TheNATOCommanderattheapproprate

levelmustbegvensucentauthortyoverthelogstcresourcesnecessaryto

enable hm to receve, employ, sustan and re-deploy orces assgned to hm

bynatonsnthemosteectvemanner.Thesameshouldapplyornon-NATO

CommandersomultnatonalorcespartcpatngnaNATOledoperaton.

Primacy o Operational Requirements. All logstc support eorts,

rombothmltaryandcvlsectors,shouldbeocusedtosatsytheoperatonal

requrementsnecessarytoguaranteethesuccessothemsson.

Cooperation.Co-operatonamongstthenatonsandNATOsessental.

Co-operatonacrosstheullspectrumologstcs,ncludngbetweenthecvlan

andmltarysectorwthnandamongnatons,wllcontrbutetothebestuseo

lmtedresources.Fornon-Artcle5CRO,thsco-operatonmustbeextendedto

non-NATOnatons,andotherrelevantorgansatons,asrequred. Coordination.Logstcssupportmustbeco-ordnatedamongstnatons

and between NATO and natons at all levels. It must also be carred out wth

non-NATO natons and other relevant organsatons, as requred. Generc and

standngpre-arrangedagreementsarethetoolstoacltatelogstcco-ordnaton

andco-operaton.Theoverallresponsbltyorco-ordnatonleswthNATOand

shouldbeconductedasamatteroroutne.

Assured Provision. Natons and NATO must ensure, ndvdually or

collectvely, the provson o logstc resources to support orces allocated to

NATOdurngpeace,crssandconfct.

Sufciency.Logstcsupportmustbeavalablentheappropratequantty

andqualty,attheappropratenotce,whenandwheretsrequredthroughoutthe

ullspectrumotheAllance’spossblemssons.ItmustbeensuredoranyNATO-

ledoperatoncontnuouslyandortheduratonrequredtoaccomplshthemsson.

Eciency.Logstcresourcesmustbeusedasecentlyandeconomcally

aspossble.Needsmustbedentednatmelymannertooptmsetheecent

provsonandeectveuseosuchresources.

Flexibility.Logstcsupportmustbeproactve,adaptableandresponsvetoachevetheobjectve.Adequateplannng,whchconsderspotentallychangng

crcumstances,enhancesfexblty.



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Visibility and Transparency. Vsblty and transparency15 o logstc

resourcesareessentaloreectvelogstcsupport.NATOCommandersrequre

a tmely and accurate exchangeo normaton16amongnatonsandNATOto

prortseconsgnmentmovementntoandwthntheJOAtoalloworredrecton

naccordancewthagreementsbetweentheCommanderandNatonalSupport

Elements (NSEs), and to eectvely employ logstc assets wthn the JontOperatonsArea(JOA).

LOGISTICSPOLICIES

General

Logstcsupportshouldbeprovdedbybalancngthepeacetmeprovson

andlocatonsologstcassetsandconfctconsumableswththeabltytore

supplyandrenorcetoensuretmelyandcontnuoussupport.Thsmustnclude

appropratearrangementsornon-Artcle5CRO.

Responsibility

NATOandnatonshaveacollectveresponsbltyorlogstcs.Wthnths

context,natonshavetheultmateresponsbltyorequppngtherorcesandor

ensurng,ndvduallyorbyco-operatvearrangements,theprovsonorequred

logstcresourcestosupporttheorcesassgnedtoNATOdurngpeace,crss

andconfct.Natonsareresponsbleorensurngthatthoseuntsandormatons

assgnedtoNATOareproperlysupportedbyaneectveandecentmsson

taloredlogstcstructure.Lastly,natonsretancontrolovertherownresources,

untl such tme as they are released to NATO by agreed mechansms or the

TranseroAuthorty(TOA).TheNATOCommanderassumescontrolocommonlyprovdedresourcesasdrectedandsresponsbleortherlogstcsupport.

The NATO Commander s responsble or establshng the logstc

requrementsorallphasesoanoperaton,andortheco-ordnatonologstc

plannng and support wthn hs area o responsblty. The NATO Commander

sresponsbleorthedevelopmentandpromulgatonoalogstcsupportplan

that sustans the operatonal plan. Ths plan must denty the structures and

proceduresrequredtoreducecompettonorscarceresourcesbynatonsand

NATOHQsandnclude,ncloseco-operatonwthnatons,themplementaton

othederentmodesologstcsupport.TheNATOCommandermustensure

thatthelogstcorcestructureandtheapproprateCommandandControl(C2)

arrangementshavebeenestablshedandarecapableosupportngtheoperaton.

TheNATO Commander alsoco-ordnates support among contrbutng natons

andwththehostnatonandretanstheresponsbltyorcoordnatngtheoverall

logstceort,evenwhenpartcpatngnatonsrelysolelyonnatonallogstcs.

15) Regarding preliminary inspection and control (“certication”), French ormations retained as part o the

NRF or High Readiness Forces are submitted to the normal process o certication. Specic “technical

agreements” are normally established between ACO and CHOD FR on the hand-over conditions o these

units to NATO. Broader authority is not accepted unless special arrangements are in-place.16) With respect to logistic or resources reporting, FR will report on the situation o units within the

multinational chain o command or perorming multinational general support (e.g. LLN/LRSN). NSEs will

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Approprate responsbltes should also be granted to a non-NATO

CommanderoamultnatonalorcewthnaNATO-ledoperaton.Vceversa,the

NATOCommanders’responsblteswllalsoapplyornon-NATOnatons’troop

contngentswthnNATO-ledoperatons.

Authority MC 319/2 grants the NATO Commander the key authorty enablng

hm toensure that hs orces properlysupported, and toestablsha support

organsatontomeettheoperatonalrequrement.Logstccommandstructures

mustprovdetheNATOCommanderattheappropratelevelwththeauthortyto

supporttheorcebyusngn-JOAlogstcresources,wththeprorconcurrence

onatons.Hskeyauthortesallowhmto:

- commandcommonundedlogstcresourcesandassumeoperatonal

control o Multnatonal Integrated Logstc Unts (MILUs) and other

assgnedlogstcassets,asdrected;

- redstrbutethelogstcassetsonatonsorthesupportotheorces

naccordancewthpre-agreedtermsandcondtons;and

- nspect17andrequrereportsonthequanttyandqualtyospeced

logstcassetsdesgnatedtosupporttheorcesthatwllbeunderhs

command.Fornon-NATOnatons,thswllncludethecertcatono

logstc unts pror to the deployment and nspecton as requred o

specedlogstcassets.

These key authortes also apply to non-NATO Commanders o a

multnatonalorcepartcpatngnaNATOledoperaton.

LogisticPlanninginDeencePlanning

Logstcplannngsanntegralpartodeenceplannng18throughtheorce

plannng process and Partnershp Plannng and Revew Process (PARP). It s

the level atwhchthe cvl and mltary logstc capabltes requredtodeploy,

sustanandredeployAllanceorcessdentedbytheSCsnconsultatonwth

natons.Theresultnglogstcsupportconcepts,structureandproceduresmust

betaloredtotherespectveorcesandtherrelatedemploymentoptons.

The SCs must ensure tmely and proper ncluson o requrements orlogstc orces and capabltes n the orce plannng process so that natons,

ncludngPARPnatons,canagreetoacqureandprovdethemtotheAllanceor

tsusedurngNATO-ledoperatons.Theauthorty,responsbltyandundngor

multnatonallogstcarrangementsaretobeestablsheddurngtheoperatonal

plannngprocess.

To support natons’ generc and long term stockple plannng wthn

theoverallDeencePlannngProcess,theSCsareresponsbleordevelopng

stockplerequrementsnconsultatonwthnatonsandpublshngthemnthe

17) See ootnote 2.

18) France is not part o NATO deence planning.



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B-SCStockplePlannngGudance(SPG).TheB-SCSPGsharmonsedwth

the NATO orce plannng process and should provde adequate gudance or

allclassesosupply.However,wherenosuchgudancecanbe gven,natonal

plannngactorsshouldapply.

LogisticPlanninginOperationalPlanning LogstcoperatonalplannngsembeddednMC133/3,NATO’sOperatonal

PlannngSystem.Thelevelodetalsrelatedtotheplannngcategoryandthe

leveloresponsblty.Logstcsupportconceptsandstructuresmustbetalored

totherespectveorcesandthermssons.Alllogstcunctons,descrbedlater

nthsdocument,arevtalandndspensablepartsotheplannngprocess.To

achevethedesredlevelomultnatonalty,natonalandNATOlogstcplannng

must be harmonsed rom the start o the operatonal plannng process. The

orce generaton process must take nto consderaton the derent levels o

standardsaton.Logstcoperatonalplannngshouldconsderthecontrbutons

onon-NATOnatonsandotherorgansatons.

LogisticCommandandControl(C2)

Logstc support to NATO orces must be as eectve andecentas

possble.Thereore,natons mustprovdeNATOCommanderswththe logstc

C2 authorty and capabltes they requre assumng ther responsbltes

throughoutallthephasesoanoperaton.Itncludesco-ordnaton,prortsaton

anddeconfctonologstcsandOperatonalControl(OPCON)overlogstcunts

thatareallocatedntheJOA,suchasMILUsandspecclogstcsupportunts

dentedandprovdedbynatonsthroughtheorcegeneratonprocess.Thswll

ensurethateectvelogstcstosupporttheoperatoncanbeplannedorandexecuted. The assets belongng tothe natonalsupport chan, whchncludes

the unts perormng Logstc Lead Naton (LLN) and Logstc Role Specalst

Naton(LRSN)mssons,normallyremanundernatonalcommandunlessthere

saspeccdspostonntheTOAmessageorspecalarrangementrelatedto

undng.

LogisticReadinessandSustainability

LogstcsustanabltymustsupportNATO’sLeveloAmbtonasdened

ntheDeencePlannngMnsteralGudance.NatonalandNATOlogstcplans

mustensurethatsucentquanttyandqualtyologstcresourcesareavalable

atorabovethereadnessanddeployabltylevelotheorcestheysupport.These

logstcresourcesmustcovertheentremssonspectrum.

CooperationinLogistics

Co operaton n logstcs should be consdered as the most ecent

meanstomeetlogstcresourcerequrements.Measuresthatenhancetheoverall

ecency o logstc support nclude the whole rangeo multnatonal support

optons, ndustral contracts, leasng, common or multnatonal procurement,

pre-postonng,poolngandsharngwthothernatons,aswellasarrangementsor the co-operatveacquston and management ocertan logstc stocks. A

rameworkandurthergudelnesormngthebassorcooperatonnlogstcs



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areladdownnReerenceI,whchseekstoenhanceco-operatonbyestablshng

acommonvsonacrosstheullspectrumologstcstoprovdethebestsupport

totheAllance.

RedistributionoLogisticResources

Natons have rstcall on the logstc resources ntegral to ther orces.However,underexceptonalcrcumstances,theNATOCommandermaydrect

the redstrbuton o natonal logstc resources to overcome unantcpated

decences.Redstrbutonsnotntendedtoredressnatonalstockpleshortages.

NatonsarerequredtosustanorcesasprescrbednMC55seres.

Logstcresourcesarecapabltesthatcouldbemadeupoequpment,

personnel, supples, and servces. Logstc assets are subsumed nto logstc

resources and vewed as materel, spares, stocks and consumable tems.

Personnelarelmtedtothosenexstnglogstcorgansatonsandshouldbe

redstrbutedasaservce.Allthesemaybeconsderedorredstrbutonbythe

NATOCommanderdeemedessentaloroperatonalmssonaccomplshment.

LogstcresourcesheldbyuntsundermultnatonalOPCONaresubjectto

redstrbutonwthnthelmtatonsstatedntheTOAmessage.Resourceswthn

theNSEoranyotherlogstcresourcesdeclaredunavalablebynatons,arenot

subjecttoredstrbuton.However,thsdoesnotprecludetheNATOCommander

romrequestngassstanceromanatonalcontngent(orNSE)commander,

deemednecessary.

WhleallNATOCommandershavelogstcresponsbltesandauthortes,

redstrbuton authorty s lmted to Jont Force Commanders, Ar, Land andMartmeComponentCommanders,andtothoseCommandersncludngthos

commandngassgnedmultnatonaluntswhohavedelegatonsnlnewththe

TOAarrangements.TheredstrbutonauthortygrantedtoaNATOCommander

generallycomesntoeectuponTOA.

Pror to eectng redstrbuton tme allows or as soon as practcal

aterwards,theNATOCommandershalladvsetheaectednatonalauthortes

and approprate NATO Commanders o the redstrbuton acton(s). Upon

determnatonthatredstrbutonsrequred,theNATOCommandershalldrect

applcablesubordnatecommandersonatonalelementstoeectthetransero

thelogstcresources.Assoonastheoperatonalstuatonpermts,thelogstc

resourcestranserredunderthsauthortywllbereplacedbyrecevngnatonsor,

agreedbythenatonsnvolved,rembursed.

MultinationalLogistics

MultnatonallogstcssdescrbedndetalsnChapter7.

Funding/ResourcesProvision

Natonsareresponsbleorthedeployment,sustanmentandredeployment

otherorces.Natonallogstcresourcesareprocuredandmantanedorthatpurposeatnatonalexpense,althoughco-operatvemultnatonalarrangements

shouldbetakenntoconsderatonbynatonsandtheNATOCommander.



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TheNATOCommandershouldestablshresourcerequrements,ncludng

anyoreseenexceptonstonormalprocedures,andobtantherequsteundng

authorsatonsnthecontextotheplannngdocuments.Inpartcular,requrements

tosupportreconnassance,ntaldeploymentandHQset-upshouldbedened

andncludednapackageoenablngundng,whchshould,nprncple,be

avalableatSCActvatonoPre-deployment. StrategcnrastructuremaybeundedvatheNATOSecurtyInvestment

Programme(NSIP)dependentonthecontextondvdualprojects,whleundng

o Operatons and Mantenance (O&M) costs va the Mltary Budget (MB)

shouldbe takenntoconsderatonthroughcategorcalbudgetallocatons.The

SCs must determne the Mnmum Mltary Requrements (MMRs). Those that

areconsderedasstrategcnrastructuremaybeelgbleorcommonundng

provson.AscommonundngoO&MsrestrctedtotheNATOHQsntheAOR,

anycommonundedcontnungactvtesaretheresponsbltyotheNATOHQ.

CivilResources

Cvlcapabltesmaycomplementthoseothemltary.Cvlequpment,

goodsandservcescanbeutlsedtoprovdetmelyandeectvelogstcsupport

toanyNATOorNATO-ledoperaton.Supportcanbebasedoncvlresources

only when they securely meet the operatonal requrements o the assgned

orces.Centralsedprocurementandcontrolocvlresourcesshouldbepursued

toachevebetterecency.

Natons should have approprate natonal legslaton and other

arrangementstoacltatethetmelyuseocvlresourcesnpeace,crssand

confct.Thssespecallymportanttoacltatetherapddeploymentoorces.

LieCycleSupport

A NATO Le Cycle Support (LCS) strategy should be used to provde

equpment and materel support that meets NATO and natons’ operatonal

requrements n the most ecent manner. Ths provdes NATO wth a orce

multpler when appled multnatonally. Such a strategy ntegrates acquston

andconsumerlogstcprocessesntooneseamlessprocess.Itmuststartearlyn

therequrementphasetoensurethegreatestmpactondesgnanddevelopment

tomaxmseweaponsystemavalabltyatthemosteconomcaltotalcost.

REFERENCES

MC319/2 NATOPrncplesandPolcesorLogstcs

AJP4(A) AlledJontLogstcDoctrne

ANNEX




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ANNEXAto

Chapter6


AJP AlledJontPublcatons

AOR AreaoREsponsblty

CJTF CombnedJontTaskForce


NATO

CROs CrssResponseOperatons


GOP GeneralOperatonalPlans

HCCM Harmonsaton,Co-ordnatonandControlMechansm



LCB LogstcsCoordnatonBoard

LCS LeCycleSupport

LLN LogstcLeadNaton

LRSN LogstcRoleSpecalstNaton

MC MltaryCommttee

MEDAG MedcalAdvsoryGroup

MILUs MultnatonalIntegratedLogstcUnts

MMRs MnmumMltaryRequrements

M&TF MovementandTransportatonForum


NSEs NatonalSupportElements

NSIP NATOSecurtyInvestmentProgram

O&M OperatonsandMantenance

OPCON OperatonalControl

PARP PartnershpPlannngandRevewProcessSACT SupremeAlledCommanderTransormaton



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SCs StrategcCommands

SHAPE SupremeHeadquartersoAlledPowersnEurope



STANAGs StandardsatonAgreements

TA TaskngAuthortes


TTPs Tactcs,TechnquesandProcedures



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CHAPTER 7MULTINATIONALLOGISTICS

Strategic Air Transport – An Antonov 124-100,

the strategic airlit workhouse o ongoing NATO operations



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CHAPTER 7MULTINATIONALLOGISTICS

“The more I see o war, the more I realize how it all depends

on administration and transportation. It takes little skill or imagination

to see where you would like your army to be and when;

it takes much more knowledge and hard work to know where you can place

your orces and whether you can maintain them there.”

- General Sir A. C. P. Wavell, 1977 -

NATO’SLOGISTICSUPPORTCONCEPT

Multnatonal logstcs s a tool, whch, dependng on the operatonal

requrementsandthespeccstuaton,canenhanceecencyandeectveness.

Morespeccally,thebenetsomultnatonallogstcscanbethereductonothe

overallcostsandothelogstcootprnt,theabltyonatonstocontrbutetherarshareosupport,themprovementotheorce’sfexblty,theconservaton

oscarcelocalresourcesandabetteruseospeccnatonalexpertse.

Multnatonal logstcss not an am n tsel. Durng the orce plannng

and the orce generaton process, the applcablty, necessty and benets o

multnatonallogstcsmustbeconsdered.Unlateralnatonallogstcdecsons

couldadverselympactontheeectvenessotheNATOCommander’smsson.

NATOoperatonal experencedemonstratesthatoncenatonallogstcsupport

structures have been establshed, t s lkely to prove more dcult to move

towardsmultnatonallogstcsolutons.Thereore,multnatonallogstcsolutonsshouldbepursuedattheoutsetothelogstcplannngprocess.

Besdes natonal logstc arrangements to support own orces, where

ad hoc mutual support may be provded between natons and/or NATO

Commanders,therearethreetypesomultnatonallogstcs,lstednordero

ncreasedmultnatonalty:

- pre-plannedmutualsupport,HNS,andcontractorsupporttooperatons

thatarearrangedb-ormultlaterallybyNATOand/ornatons;

- anatonormallyundertakestoprovdesupportorservcestoallor

partothemultnatonalorce,butundernatonalcommand.Taskng

authortywllbetheNATOCommander;and

- one or more natons ormally undertake to serve all or part o the

multnatonal orce, under control o the multnatonal Commander

(e.g.MILU).

Multnatonallogstcscanbeetherpre-plannedorntroduceddurngan

operatonasthestuatonevolves.Basedonthetypesabove,NATOandnatons

can decde to apply multnatonal logstcs where t replaces less eectve or

ecentnatonalsolutons.Retanngtheoveralloperatonalresponsbltyorthespeccmssons,theNATOCommanderswellsutedtoactasbrokerbetween

natonstoacltatesuchmultnatonalarrangements.Thssusuallyaccomplshed



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through development o approprate Memorandum o Understandng (MOU)

orTechncalAgreementsdetalngthe unctonal, admnstratve,andresource-

relatedmplcatonsosuchrelatonshps.

SUPPORTFORTHENATORESPONSEFORCE(NRF)

“The NRF will (…) give us a highly capable quick-reaction orcethat is ready or operational deployment wherever required.”

- (Jaap de Hoop Scheer, Secretary General o NATO) -

General

TheNRFsoneothemostambtousundertakngsthattheAllancehas

evercommttedto.TheNRFsNATO‘sprmaryorceorconductngexpedtonary

wararewthntheAllance’sterrtoryandbeyond.Further,theNRFstheengne

or NATO’s ongong transormaton, gvng mpetus to the development o

transormatonalconceptsandcapabltes.

WhleArtcle5mssonswthnNATOterrtoryremanstheoundatono

Allance collectve deence, expedtonary operatons beyond NATO’s terrtory

have taken on added mportance wth NATO’s ongong engagement n Crss

ResponseOperatons(CROs)nArca,AsaandEurope.TheNRFstherststep

enablngNATOtobetteraddressthsssue.

TheNRFcouldpotentallybeemployednanumberoderentmssons,

suchas:

- ntal entry orce nto a hostle envronment, wth or wthout Host

NatonSupport;

- supporttocounterterrorsmoperatons;

- CROs,ncludngpeacekeepng;

- embargooperatons;

- non-combatantevacuaton;

- supporttoconsequencemanagementoperatons,ncludngChemcal,

Bologcal,RadologcalandNuclear(CBRN)eventsandhumantarancrssstuatons;and

- demonstratve orce package or dplomatc and/or deterrence

purposes.

TheNRFsundamentallybrgadeszedwthapproprateland,martme,

arandspecaloperatonsorcesatgraduatedreadness.TheC2elementand

theorceareat5to30daysNotcetoMove(NTM)and,oncedeployed,capable

o standng alone or up to 30 days, and longer re suppled. The orce wll

bemultnatonal,whchwllnotmparmltaryeectveness.TheNRFmustberobustenoughtobeemployedasntalentryorcenahostleareaandcapable

opreparngatheatreorollow-onorces.



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AgenercNRFCombnedJontStatementoRequrements(CJSOR)has

beendevelopedandrenedthroughnatonalconsensus,wthavewtoprovdng

natonswth anndcatononthe type and scaleo orces and the capabltes

requred:tsthedrverortransormaton.TheresonlyoneCJSORtomeetall

sevenNRFmssonsasprescrbednMC477.TheCJSORsthebassorthe

producton o a credble, deployable orce wth sucent operatonal fexbltyandreslence.ItsmportanttounderstandthattheJontForceCommand(JFC)

selectsthe orces requredandtalors them tothespeccmsson athand. It

sthereoreveryunlkelythattheentreNRFwouldbeemployedoranygven

msson. For example, the orce package or a humantaran msson wll be

derentromahostleIntalEntryOperaton.However,thekeyelementmustbe

abletogettherequckly.

CapabltesareassgnedtotheNRFthrougharotatoncycle,etherby

ndvdualnatonsorcollectvelybyagroupotwoormorenatons.Eachrotaton

splannedor12months,wthassgnedorcesgenerallyservng6monthson

dutyorlandandarorces,12monthsormartmeorces.Theresa6month

work-upandtranngperodbeoretakngupthemsson.ThethreeJontHQs

atBrunssum,NaplesandLsbontaketnturntoruna12monthrotatonand

provdethecoreotheDeployableJontTaskForce(DJTF)HQthatdeploys.

The pulse o the NRF beats around the NRF rotaton plan. A rat o

enablngntatvesunderpnstheNRF’searlyrotatons.Thesentatvesbroke

new groundand movedawayrom NATO’s statcregonaldeence posture to

developNATO’sexpedtonarycapabltyandtsabltytomeetthemodernglobal

threats.MC526,LogstcsSupportConceptorNRFOperatons,wasdeveloped

to complete a sute o concept documents addressng readness reportng,new command relatonshps, a certcaton programme ted to the necessary

qualyngcrteraandarevewothecapabltypackagesneededtoprovdethe

NRF’srequrements.

MC526–LogisticSupportConceptorNRFOperations

TheLogstcSupportConceptorNRFOperatons,MC526,complements

MC477,NATO‘soverarchngNRFConcept,anddstllsabroadrangeoNATO

LogstcPolcesandPrncplesntoaorward-lookngconceptordenngthe

specc modaltes requred to most eectvely support NATO expedtonary

operatons.

Logstcs s a key enabler or the NRF. In order to acheve the key

tenetsodeployabltywthnthe30daytmelne,thelogstcssupportconcept

underscores the need tomnmse the logstc ootprnt. To ths end, jontness

andmultnatonaltyareessental,buttheycanonlyrealsebenetsromuntyo

commandandpropernormatonmanagement.Inaddton,usngmultnatonal

solutons supports natonal requrements, shares burdens and reduces

duplcaton.MC526setstheprecondtonsortheprovsonologstcsupport

ortheNRFandbuldsonaC2structure,wthaJontLogstcSupportGroup

(JLSG)toprovdetheatrelevellogstccapabltyorthevarouscomponents.



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AkeyeatureoMC526sntegratedlogstcswththemanpllarsdened

asuntyologstccommand,jontnessandtheoptmumadoptonomultnatonal

logstc solutons. Integrated logstcs ams at generatng, supportng and

maxmzngthemssoneectvenessothejontorcebyenablngoperatonal

reach, acltatng the scheme o maneuver and mantanng desred levels o

combatpower.

MC526ncreasestherelanceonamorecentralzedlogstcorgansaton

wth expanded C2 and drect responsblty or the provson o theatre level

sustanment.OneothekeytenetsstheNATOCommanderbengabletocontrol

the logstcassets,so thathesable toredrectlogstcresources tobestsut

hsoperatonalmsson.Anaturalconsequencestheutlzatonomultnatonal

logstcs solutons thereby reducng Natonal Support Elements (NSEs). Tollustrateths,nKosovo,thelogstcootprntrepresentsjustover50%othe

troopsontheground.

Otherrelatedbenetsncludeecencesnthesustanmentothejont

orce,enhancedjontnessandmprovedvsbltyovertheatrelevellogstcassets.

Mostmltaryoperatonstodaywllbejont,orarepotentallyjontnnature.Ths

hassgncantlogstcmplcatonsandallsustanmentsolutonsmustthereore

apprecatethecomplextesothejontdmenson.‘Thnkngjont’snecessary,

eventhemssonbegnsasasnglecomponentoperaton.Thekeychallenge

stoestablshthecapabltyortheapplcatonotherequsteuntyocommandoverNRFlogstcsattheatrelevel,.e.theJLSGHQ.Establshngthscapablty

basedontheMJLCasacorenucleusbecomesavtalstepnthemplementaton

oMC526.

The mplementaton o MC 526 s the man eort n the ongong

transormatonoNATOlogstcwthnAlledCommandOperatons(ACO)and

ts success s consdered as a prerequste to multnatonal logstcs n NATO

operatons.AlthoughnatonsullysupportMC526andacknowledgethelogstc

operatonaladvantagesandthesgncantncreasedecencythattmaybrng,

tsmplementatonsncrementalratherthan‘BgBang’.



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TheullmplementatonoMC526hastwoundamentalphases:

- Phase1:theestablshmentandtranngoacertedJLSGHQ;and

- Phase2:theprovson,tranngandcertcatonoassetsortheJLSG

CJSOR.

Phase2requrestheeortsobothJFCsandnatons.ACOsresponsbleorachevngPhase1andmakngtheJLSGHQarealty.Phase1sacrucalstep

toconvncenatonstocontrbutelogstcelementstotheCJSOR.Thesuccessul

mplementatonoMC526restssquarelyontheabltyoACOtoestablsha

JLSGHQromwthntheNCSandshouldACOalmeetngthschallenge,the

expansonomultnatonallogstcsolutonswouldbemoredcult.

MC551–MedicalSupportConceptorNRFOperations

NRF operatonalemployment prncplesalso demandedchangesn the

waynwhchNATOprovdesmedcalsupporttodeployedunts.Inthscontext,

pre generaton, tranng and certcaton o NRF unts and hgh readness

tmelnesarekey.Thsrequreshghtransparencyandco operatonromTroop

Contrbutng Natons, n partcular Multnatonal Medcal Unts are to be

acheved.AnNRFMedcalSupportConcept(MC551)hasbeendevelopedn

lnewththerequrementssetbyMC477andMC526.MC551concentrateson

thecompostonandpreparatonotheMedcalTaskForceoraspeccNRF

rotaton. Overall, the changes n plannng and conductng medcal support to

NRFandNATOoperatonsarerefectednthecompleterewrteoAJP4.10(A),

OperatonalMedcalSupport.ThespeccdemandsothetransormedNATO

on the capabltes, capactes and fexblty o NATO medcal unts are bengncorporatedntheNATOorceplannngcycle.

MC526andMC551arelandmarkachevementsortheAllancents

drvetomakemultnatonallogstcsolutonsthenormratherthantheexcepton.

TheNRFLogstcConceptoersthenatonsarealpotentalorresourcesavngs.

However,thekeyoperatonaldrvermustbetomaketheNRFatrulyagle,lean

and deployable orce. Ths s the operatonaldrveror a more ntegrated and

multnatonal logstc construct. The JLSG HQ then becomes the most crtcal

enablernpromotngthsntatve.

THEMULTINATIONALJOINTLOGISTICCENTRECONCEPT:

AJP-4.6

NATO’sneworcestructuresprovdeamuchhgherdegreeomultnatonalty

thandurngthecoldwarperod.Thsapplesnotonlytothenumberoexstng

oremergngmultnatonaluntsbutalsotothedeepermultnatonalntegraton

at lower levels o command. Consequently, the logstc support system and

structuresalsoneededtobeadaptedtothatprocess.TheSCshavedeveloped

the MJLC Doctrne n order to assume the enhanced logstc authortes and

responsbltesoNATOCommandersandtoenableNATOheadquartersatthe

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TheMJLCstheogstcpllarotheCJTF(MC389)whchprovdesthe

structures and procedures that the NATO Commander needs to exercse hs

logstc authortes and responsbltes n an eectve and well co-ordnated

ashon.

Whlst MC 389 provdes a sold oundaton or the establshment o a

MJLC,theollowngpontsrelatedtotsormatonaresalentandkey:

- Flexibility.ThegudngprncpleortheormatonoaCJTFHQand

a MJLC s fexblty. Flexblty ncreases the organsaton’s ablty

torespondtochangngneedsandreducestheresponsetme.Its

mprovedbymodulartyandtranedandreadystas.

- Modularity.AmodularapproachtostructurngtheMJLCsessental,

especally or non-Artcle 5 operatons. Ths ncludes organsatonal

templates and modular buldng blocks o MJLC unctons, whch

may bequcklyadded, shtedordeletedas the requrementso an

operatonchange.

- Training.Nosubsttuteexstsortranedandreadystas.Thesemust

beavalableuponactvatonoanMJLCthecentrestobentally

eectve.Thereore,parentHQswllbedentedtoaccommodatethe

MJLCnucleussta.

MODESOFMULTINATIONALLOGISTICS:AJP-4.9

LogstcsupportoptonsortheNATOCommanderrangeromatotally

ntegratedmultnatonal logstc orce to purely natonal support. Normally, the

NATO orce wll be supported through a combnaton o the varous avalableoptons. Regardless, however, o the optons used, natonal and NATO

Commandersremanresponsbleorthesustanmentotheorcesnvolved.Inall

cases,thelogstcsupportoptonsusedshouldbetaloredtomeetthemsson

requrementsandadheretothelogstcprncplessetorthnMC319/2.

To supplement purely natonal logstc support, ease the ndvdual

natonalburdenandachevencreasedeconomesoscale,theollowngmodes

omultnatonallogstcsupportmaybemplemented:

- leadnatonlogstcsupport; - rolespecalstnatonlogstcsupport;

- mutualsupportarrangements;

- commonlyundedlogstcresources;

- multnatonalntegratedlogstcsupport,arcratcrossservcng;and

- contractngsupport.

These modes o support can be mplemented at derent levels o

commandandtoderentdegrees.Thepartesnvolvedwllmakeacasebycasedecsonastowhch,whereandwhenoneothesemodesstobemplemented.

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assumeacoordnatngrolerequred.Allotheabovementonedmodescanbe

usedorArtcle5andnonArtcle5operatonsandorpreplannedcontngency

operatons,aswellasoradhocoperatonsandbothwthnandbeyondNATO’s

areaoresponsblty.

LeadNationLogisticSupport One naton, based on capabltes, agrees to assume the responsblty

orprocurngandprovdngabroadspectrumologstcsupportorallorapart

othemultnatonalorceand/orheadquarters.Inoneoperatonmorethanone

lead naton can be desgnated to provde a specal rangeosupport wthn a

clearlydenedunctonaland regonalareaoresponsblty.A leadnatonmay

alsoassumetheresponsbltytocoordnatelogstcsoothernatonswthnts

unctonalandregonalareaoresponsblty.Compensatonand/orrembursement

wllthenbesubjecttoagreementsbetweenthepartesnvolved.

RoleSpecialistNationLogisticSupport Onenatonassumestheresponsbltyorprocurngapartcularclasso

supplyorservceorallorapartothemultnatonalorce.Ionepartcpatng

naton has a partcular and unque logstc strength, capablty or common

supples and servces should always be consdered. Compensaton and/or

rembursementwllbesubjecttoagreementsbetweenthepartesnvolved.

MultinationalSupportArrangements

These agreements may be concluded blaterally and/or multlaterally

amongnatonsand/orbetweennatonsandNATOauthortes.Theyshouldease

the ndvdual logstc burden and enhance the overall logstc ecency andeconomy.Theycanbemplementedoreachtypeologstcsupportorservce

andwllhelpavodduplcatonsoeortandredundances.NATOCommanders

maybetaskedtomedateandcoordnatesucharrangements.

CommonlyFundedLogisticResources

Thesencludetheassetsthathavebeendentedaselgbleorcommon

undngandorwhchundshavebeenmadeavalable.Theundngprocedures

must be developed and agreed well beore the operaton starts and should

provde sucent fexblty and responsveness. These resources may ncludebutarenotlmtedtotheollowngassetsandservces:

- nrastructureandrealestate,suchasdepots,arelds,headquarters,

camps,portsandlnesocommuncatons(LOC);

- operatngco-ordnatngtheusenrastructureandrealestate;

- communcatonandnormatonsystem(CIS)assets;and

- logstcengneerng.

MultinationalIntegratedLogisticSupport Two ormore natons agreeto provde logstcassets to amultnatonal

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supportoamultnatonalorce.Thssanespecallyattractvesupportopton

whenonesnglenatonscapableoprovdngthenucleusotheuntand/orthe

commandstructure,aroundwhchthewholeuntcanthenbeormedbyother

augmentatons andcontngents. Such multnatonal untscaneectvely avod

duplcatonsoeortandredundanceswthnthelogstcsystemoanoperaton.

Compensaton and/or rembursement are subject to agreements between thepartesnvolved.

AircratCross-Servicing

Thssdenedas servces perormedonanarcratbyanorgansaton

other than that to whch the arcrat s assgned, accordng to an establshed

operatonal arcrat cross-servcng requrement and or whch theremay be a

charge.Arcratcrossservcngsdvdedntotwocategores:

- Stage ACross-Servicing.Theservcngoanarcratonanaerodrome/

shpwhchenablesthearcrattobefownonanothermsson,wthout

change to the weapon conguraton. The servcng ncludes the

nstallatonandremovaloweaponsystemsaetydevces,reuellng,

replenshmentofudsandgases,dragchutesstartngacltesand

groundhandlng.

- StageBCross-Servicing.Theservcngoarcratonaerodrome/shp

whchenablesthearcrattobefownonanoperatonalmsson.The

servcng ncludes all Stage A servce plus the loadng o weapons

and/or lm/vdeotape and the replenshment o cha and fares.

Thsncludestheprocessngandnterpretatonoanyexposedlm/

vdeotaperomtheprevousmsson.

The Arcrat Cross-Servcng Programme (ACSP) ncludes operatonal

taskssuchasdebreng,re-taskngandmssonplannng.TheamotheACSP

stoprovdeoperatonalcommanderswthafexblemeansoachevngrapd

regeneratonocombatreadyarcratthroughnteroperablty.

LocalContracting

The NATO Commander and natons wll use commercal contracts to

supporttheNATOorceswhentseconomcandkeepsmltaryassetsavalable

or hgher prorty tasks. The NATO Commander and natons wll adjust theextentorelanceoncontractngbasedonthestuaton.TheuseotheNATO

MantenanceandSupplyAgency(NAMSA)orcontractngassstanceshouldbe

consderedorNATOoperatons.SnceNATOcommonandcentralsedundngs

lmtedtospecccategoresogoodsandservces,mostcontractactonwllbe

undednatonally.NATOwll,however,co-ordnatenatonalcontractngeortsto

ensureenhancementothecontractprocess,reductonocompettonbetween

natonsandrealsatonoeconomesscale.Theprudentuseocontractngco-

ordnatngactvtesandtheco-operatononatonsareessental.EectveNATO

co-ordnatonothecontractngeortwll enhance,not hnder,thecontractng

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CONTRACTORSUPPORTTOOPERATIONS

Contractorsupporttooperatonsenablescompetentcommercalenttes

toprovdeaportonodeployedsupportsothatsuchsupportensuresthemost

ecentandeectveuseoresources.Contractorsupporttooperatonsoersa

useulorce-multplertooltoNATO,tsmembernatonsandPartners.

AdvantagesoContractorSupporttoOperations

Contractorsupportsaorcemultplerthatcanbepartcularlyvaluable

when:

- themltarymanpowerstrengthnanatonalcontngentornaJont

OperatonsArea(JOA)slmtedbyapoltcaldecson;

- therequredcapabltysnotavalablerommltarlysources;

- therequredcapabltyhasnotbeenmadeavalableoranoperaton;

- themltarycapabltysnotavalablensucentnumberstosustananoperaton;

- themltarycapabltysrequredorothermssons;and/or

- the use o local contractors supports an agreed Cvl-Mltary Co-

operaton(CIMIC)plan;

- theuseocontractors(cvlansorlocallabour)orcertanunctons,

andatcertantmesmaybemorecost-eectve;and

- theresanoperatonalneedorcontnutyandexperencethatcannot

beprovdedbyusngmltarymanpoweronarotatonalbass.

PlanningorContractorSupport

Plannedcontractorsupporttooperatonsentalsadelberateapproachto

determnngwhchsupportrequrementsoranoperatoncanbeeectvelyand

ecentlymetbycontractngwthacommercalprovder.Adhoccontractngcan

alsorespondtounoreseenrequrementsthatmayarsedurngthecourseoan

operaton.

Bothplannedandadhoccontractngcanreleasemltarymanpoweror

othertasks.However,theplannedapproachhasthegreaterpotentaltomakethebestuseobothmltaryandcvlansupportcapabltes,romthestandpont

ooperatonaleectvenessandcostecency.

FormsoPlannedContracting

Plannedcontractngcantakeanumberoorms,themostcommono

whchare:

- techncalsupportcontracts,whchprovdeorndustryspecalststo

accompanytheorceorthepurposeoprovdngtechncaladvceor

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- systemsupportcontracts,whchprovdeContractorLogstcSupport

(CLS)aspartoacontracttodelver,mplementandmantanweapons

systemsandequpmentorpartorallotherlecycle;

- lease contracts, whch provde real property or the exclusve use

o the customer, or pre-dened purposes, typcally at xed cost

arrangementsoverthecontractduraton,otenprovdngtheoptontobuy;

- partnerngarrangementswthprmecontractors,onalong-termbass,

whowllsub-contractndvdualelementsosupportasrequred;

- dormantcontracts,whchareawardedtoarmorspecedgoods

and/orservces,butwhchexecutonspostponeduntltherequrement

actuallymateralses;

- assuredaccesscontracts,whchlegallybndacontractortoprovdea

requredcapabltywhenneeded;

- preerred use contracts, whch declare, by Letter o Intent, the

wllngness othe contractor toprovde the requredcapablty ater

tenderwhenneeded;

- ReadyInvtatonsorBd(RIFB),whcharepreparedandkeptcurrent,

but whch wll be ssued to potental contractors and when the

requrementoccurs;

- BascOrderngArrangements(BOA),alreadynusebyNATOAgences,

provde a ‘call-o’ capablty nwhch multple userscan draw onasnglecontractualarrangementwthapartcularsuppler;and

- spotmarketacqustonwhengoodsandservcesarereadlyavalable

onthemarketanddonotrequrethatarrangementsbeputnplacen

advance.

Techncal support and system support contractors normally augment,

ratherthansubsttuteor,mltaryunctons.

Lease, partnerng, dormant and assured access contracts have the

advantages o tmelness, as they requre no last-mnute solctaton, andavalablty, snce there are legal assurances o perormance when they are

actvated.Therdsadvantagesncludethecarryngcostsassocatedwthbndng

acontractortoperormatanndentetmeandplace.Capabltesthatrequre

asgncantcaptalnvestmentcouldbeconsderedsutableorlease,dormant

andassuredaccesscontracts,becausethecaptalnvestmentwouldbemade

bytheprovderratherthanby thecustomer.Capabltesthatarerequredrom

theonsetoanoperatonmaybeconsderedsutableoranynumberoormso

contractngthatcanbearrangednadvance.

RIFBsaremorecost-eectvebecausetheyncurnosuchcarryngcosts.

However,thecostadvantageoRIFBsmustbeweghedagansttheaddtonal

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thsmghtental.Capabltesthatarenormallyoutsourceddurngthecourseo

anoperatoncouldbeconsderedsutableorRIFBs.

BOAsaresutablewhentheresregularsustaneddemandorlowvalue

tems such as consumables. They may also be approprate n the context o

contractorsupporttooperatons.

In cases where requred goods and servces are readly avalable rom

themarket,purchasesmaybearrangedon-the-spotthroughadhoccontractng

wthoutprorpreparaton.

All contractor support optons are avalable or use by natons and

should be consdered where approprate. I aggregate natonal requrements

are o a sucently large scale, natons mght consder developng partnerng

arrangements wth a commercal provder, who could play a part n support

plannng,aswellasnlongtermdelveryosupportservces.

FundingContractorSupport

Contractorsupportentalsmeetngthreegroupsocosts:

- set-upandmanagementcostsorNATOandthenatons;

- costsassocatedwththeemploymentocontractors,suchastranng

anddeployment;and

- paymentorcontractors’servces.Thesewouldhavetobemetroma

numberosources,.e.NATOcommonundng,multnatonalundng

ncludngjontandtrustundngandnatonalundng.

ResponsibilityorPlanningContractorSupport

NatonsandNATOauthorteshaveacollectveresponsbltyorplannng

and mplementng contractor support to NATO’s multnatonal operatons.

Ths collectve responsblty encourages natons and NATO to co operatvely

dentysupportrequrementsthatcouldbemetbycvlancontractors,putnto

placecontractualarrangementsandsharetheprovsonanduseocontractor

capabltesandresources,throughproragreedarrangements,tosupportthe

orceeectvelyandecently.

AuthorityoverContractedCapabilities

TheNATOCommander,attheappropratelevel,mustbegvensucent

authortyovercontractedresourcesnordertoenablehmtoreceve,employ,

sustan and redeploy orces assgned to hm by natons n the most eectve

manner.WhereNATOsthecontractngauthorty,theNATOCommanderhasull

controloverthecontractors’actvtesnaccordancewthapplcableregulatons,

termsandcondtonsladdownnthecontract.However,whereanatonsthe

contractngauthorty,andthecontractedsupportsornatonalpurposesonly,the

NATOCommander’sauthortyoverthecontractedsupportwllbenaccordance

wththeTOAorotherarrangementsagreedbetweentheNATOCommanderandthenaton.



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FunctionsthatcouldbePerormedbyContractors

Properlyprepared and unded, contractor support has the potental to

enhancesupporttooperatons,releasedeployedCS/CSSresourcesorhgher

prorty tasks elsewhere, overcome dented CS/CSS shortalls and provde

endurance where needed, wth less mpact on mltary assets than would be

the case wthout t. Contractor support snot applcable tocombat unctons.ItsapplcabletoalmtednumberoCSunctonsandawderangeoCSS

unctons,whchmaynclude:

- techncalservces,whchareperormedbyqualedexpertstosupport

techncal systems or processes. These could nclude: CLS, set up

and mantenance o weapons systems, operaton and mantenance

o communcatons, certan aspects o support to health servces,

techncalcommuncatonsandnormatonsystems(CIS)servcesand

automateddataprocessng(ADP)support,n-theatretechncaltranng

andexpertadvce,suchasthatprovdedbynatonalunctonalexperts

andtechncalstaoNATOagences;and

- supportservces,whchprovdedeploymentandsustanmentsupport

suchasstrategctransport,strategcaero-medcalevacuaton,ar—

to arreuellng, operaton o sea/ar ports o debarkaton, ar trac

control, re ghtng, base camp constructon and mantenance,

nstallatonsecurtyservces,uelstorageanddstrbuton,nrastructure

engneerng servces, elements o deployed prmary and secondary

health care, medcal ancllary servces; ground transportaton;

mantenanceandrepar,recovery,envronmentalservces(santaton,

reuse, salvage), provson o ood and water, caterng and locallabour.

StatusandUseoContractors

The orce conssts o combatants and non-combatants. Contractor

personnel, whether cvlans accompanyng the orce or local hres, are non-

combatants.Localhres,regardlessonatonalty,aresubjecttothelawsothe

natonwheretheyareoperatngandmaynotenjoythelegalstatusaccordedto

cvlansaccompanyngtheorce.

NATO and natons engaged n NATO operatons whch nvolve theemploymentocontractorsshouldclearlydenethestatusocontractorpersonnel

andequpmentnallagreements,understandngs,arrangementsandotherlegal

documents wth host natons. These documents, such as a Status o Forces

Agreement(SOFA)or TranstAgreement,should establshlegaljursdcton,the

rghtstotaxandcustomsexemptons,vsarequrements,movementlmtatons

andanyothermatterswhchhostnatonsarewllngtoagree.

MultinationalCo-operation

Inordertoobtanthebestpossbletermsandcondtons,natonsshould

consoldate ther requrements nto common Requests or Proposals (RFPs).

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bepreparedtoactndependentlyntheatre,thereareconsderableadvantages

tobeganedromutlsngacollectveapproach.Natonsshouldthereoretake

advantageotheTheatreAlledContractngOce(TACO)andoNATOAgences

such as the NATO Mantenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) and the NATO

Consultaton,CommandandControlAgency(NC3A),whocanprovdetheatre

contractngservcesonarembursablebass.

OperationalPlanningConsiderationsorContractorSupport

From an operatonal plannng pont o vew, there s a number o

consderatonsthatnfuencedecsonswhethertoemploycontractorsupport.

Addtonally,plannngandpreparatons necessaryto ensurethat requrements

orcontractorsupportaredentedearlyandthatthercontrbutonstooperatons

areullyoptmsed.Theseconsderatonsaretheollowng:

- Type o Operaton. Operatons that ental a hgher rsk o combat,

such as to ntal entry operatons, are less sutable or outsourcng

than lower rsk operatons, such as peacekeepng and stablzaton

operatons.

- Phase o the Operaton. In the early stages o an operaton, most

supportunctonsareperormedbymltaryuntsorreasonsohghrsk,

ecency,operatonaleectvenessandsecurty.Astheenvronment

stablzesandthersksreduced,selectedsupportunctonscanbe

graduallytranserredtocontractorsandlocalauthortes.

- ForceProtecton.Althoughcontractorscanbemostlysel-sucent,

theyarenon-combatantsandtheorcemustthereoreprovdesecurtyorthemanddentytherequrementorequppngandtranngthem

or deence aganst chemcal, bologcal, radologcal and nuclear

threats.Inareaswherelocalmedcalcaresnotavalable,theorce

mayneedtoprovdetaswell.Thusthebenetsousngcontractors

mustbeweghedagansttheresourcesrequredtoensuretherhealth

andsaety.

- Operatonal Securty. Ths rsk apples at two levels - operatonal

(knowledge o mltary plans and ntentons) and tactcal (local

survellanceomltarycapabltesandactvtes).Theormersarsk

thatNATOnatonshaveacceptedprevously,notleastnthecaseo

strategc deployment,where commercal provdershavelonghad a

sgncantrole.Thelatterrsksconsderedlownnstanceswhenthe

contractorstaconsstsoexpatratenatonalsothesameTCNas

theorcesupported;butshghernthecaseohost-countryorthrd-

country natonals. It demands management by securty vettng and

montorngothesepersonnel.

IntegrationoContractorCapabilities

Wherecontractorshavealreadybeenselectednadvanceoanoperatonto provde support and when operatonal securty requrements have been

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ensurethatthercapabltesareproperlyntegratedntotherelevantannexeso

theOperatonPlan(OPLAN).Thedeploymentocontractors,whetherusngther

ownresourcesornot,mustbencludedntheoverallNATOdeploymentplan.

Durngexecuton,theorceC2structuremustprovdetherequrednterace

between the contractors and the echelons supported so that the contractor

snormedotheoperatonalpctureasrequred,andtoallowfexbltyntheemploymentocontractorstomeetoperatonalrequrements.

ContractManagement

Commanders wll requre unctonal sta expertse to admnster the

contract,dentychangestorequrements,negotatechangestothecontract,

evaluatetheperormanceothecontractor,assesspenaltesornon-perormance

andcertypaymentordelveryoservces.

Contractualnstrumentsshall,undertheresponsbltyotheContractng

Ocer, be admnstered n such a manner as to ensure that the contractualoblgatonsothecontractorandNATOarecorrectlyandpromptlyullledand

thatNATO’srghtsunderthetermsothecontractualnstrumentsareexercsed

lawullyandnthebestnterestsotheAllanceandtscustomers.

COMPONENTSUPPORTCONCEPTS–(ALP-4.1,4.2,4.3)

WhleNATO’slogstcconceptembracesjontness,eachcomponent,due

tothenatureotsmsson,hasaslghtlyderentapproachtomplementng

themultnatonallogstcconcept.Althoughthespeccmethodsosupportng

deployed multnatonal unts do vary, ther support requrements are very

smlar. That s, support elements must be fexble, moble and responsve tothe requrements o the component commander. Where ecences can be

ganed, jontness should be mantaned down to the lowest level practcable.

Ingeneralterms,thsmeansthatoperatonallevelsupportelementsmayhave

ageographcalareaoresponsbltytoprovdesupporttoajontorce.Atthe

tactcal level, however, support elements wll lkely be ocused at supportng,

on a unctonal bass, specc component elements. A broad synopss o the

componentsupportconceptssprovdedbelow.

MaritimeSupportConcept:ALP-4.1 Support to a deployed Multnatonal Martme Force (MNMF) has two

acets:ashoreandafoatsupports.Inajontcontext,afoatsupportsthesole

responsbltyothetactcallevel(MNMF)commander,whereasresponsbltyor

ashoresupportssharedbetweentheoperatonalandthetactcalcommanders

becausetheoperatonalcommanderstheonlycommanderwththecapablty

to co-ordnate the fow o personnel, mal and cargo rom ashore to the task

orce.Toensuretheapproprateocusotheashoreelementcommander,the

ashore element must be responsve to the afoat commander (MNMF), but

responsbletotheCJTFcommander.Inalargeoperaton,thechanocommand

romtheashoresupportorgansatonmaybethroughaMultnatonalLogstcsCommand(Martme)(MNLC(M))whlenasmalleroperaton,theashoresupport

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The undamentalpreceptothe martme logstcsupport concept sto

provde ashore centralsed dstrbuton and support stes or the MNMF. The

concept calls or multnatonal Advanced Logstc Support Stes (ALSSs) that

provdeavaretyolesupport,supply,dstrbuton,medcal,damagerepar,etc.,

nsupportotheentreorce.Smaller,moremoble,ForwardLogstcStes(FLSs),

locatedclosertothesupportedorce,areemployedasnaldstrbutonpontsorpersonnel,malandcargofowngromthelarger,morecapableALSS.These

supportstesmaybejontnnatureormaybecollocatedwthothercomponent

supportelements.

LandForcesSupportConcept:ALP-4.2

ALP-4.2provdesacommonNATOLandForcesLogstcDoctrne,whch

gudes NATO and natonal commanders and sta o the land component n

optmsng the use o avalable logstc resources n multnatonal operatons.

Mltary operatons are conducted at three levels: strategc, operatonal and

tactcal.Logstcs,asoneothecombatunctonsthathelpscommandersbuldandsustancombatpower,sa majoroperatngsystematthesethreelevelso

warare.Strategcandoperatonallevellogstcsareocusedonthesupporto

wars,campagnsandmajoroperatons,whereastactcallogstcss concerned

morewththesupportobattlesandoperatonsatthelandcomponentleveland

below.

- Strategclevellogstcsdealswthmoblsaton,natonalacquston,

orceprojecton,strategcmobltyandthestrategcconcentratono

logstcassetsnaJontOperatonsArea(JOA).Strategclevellogstcs

nterconnectswthoperatonallevellogstcsatjontorcelevel.Thsconnectonsamajorareaonterestorlogstccommandandcontrol

nordertoensuretheeectvelogstcsupportodeployedorces.

- Operatonal level logstcs ocuses on establshng and mantanng

LOCandsustanngaorcenaJOA,consstentwththecommander’s

prortes.Italsocreatesthecondtonsorconvertngstrategclevel

gudancentosuccessatthetactcallevelandthereoreprovdesthe

lnkagebetweenstrategcandtactcallevellogstcs.Operatonallevel

logstcs encompasses the support o orce recepton, stagng and

onwardmovementountsandpersonnel,nrastructuredevelopment,

dstrbuton and the management o JOA reserves, contractng,

provsonosupplesandservcesandmovementcontrol.

- Tactcal level logstcs sustans the tactcal commander’s ablty to

executethemssonbyprovdngthetactcalsupport.Atthslevel,the

essental unctons o supply, transportaton, mantenance, medcal

and health servce support and personnel, admnstratve and eld

servces are provded to solders to allow them to accomplsh ther

speccmsson.Successultactcallevellogstcsprovdesuntswth

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Thelandcomponentsupportconceptsdesgnedtoensurethesupport

o ether natonal or multnatonal orces, takng ther derent structures and

multnatonal composton nto account. The Combned Jont Force Land

ComponentCommander(CJFLCC)establshesrequrementsandsetsprortes

orsupportoorcesnaccordancewththeoveralldrectongvenbytheJFC.

Heco-ordnateslogstcoperatonswthallpartcpatngnatons,andjont/JOAlevellogstcstructures.Forths,orNRFoperatonsaJLSG,orCJTFoperatons

aMJLCmaybeestablshed.TheCJFLCCwllexercsecoordnatngauthorty

onmovementandsecurtymattersoverthoseNatonalSupportElements(NSEs)

operatngnhsAreaoOperatons(AOO).Whlemovementcontrolsprmarly

the responsblty o the Host Naton, ths mghtbedelegated tothe CJFLCC,

especallyntheorwardpartoCJFLCCAOR,nthecaseoanactualull-scale

mltaryoperaton.

AirForcesSupportConcept:ALP-4.3

ALP-4.3 detals the concept o ar component logstc support, whchncludes all partcpatng, land-based fyng and Ground Based Ar Deence

(GBAD)untsandthersupportelements,aswellasdedcatedcommuncatons

untsanddeployableArCommandandControlSystems(ACCS).Theprncples

otheconceptorarcomponentlogstcsupportarealsoapplcabletoNATO

ArborneEarlyWarnng(NAEW),Ar-to-Arreuellng(AAR)andArTransport(AT)

orces,aswellasarassetsoothercomponents.

Theconceptorarcomponentlogstcsupportsbasedontheprecept

that sendng natons wll deploy ther ar orces wth sucent ndgenous

supporttontateoperatonsandestablshresupplyarrangementstosustanthem. The level o deployed support takes account o avalable HNS, mutual

supportprovdedbyLeadNatons(LN)andRoleSpecalstNatons(RSN),and

co-operatvelogstcarrangements,e.g.MultnatonalIntegratedLogstcsUnts

(MILU),whereapproprate.

LOGISTICSUPPORTTOCRISISRESPONSEOPERATIONS

For all multnatonal operatons, there s a requrement to co-ordnate

thedeploymentonatonalorcesnvolvedntoanAreaoOperaton.Thsco-

ordnaton s carred out by the AMCC, n close contact wth all partcpatng

natons. Natons are responsble or plannng and executng the deploymento ther natonal contrbutons to NATO operatons. Besdes co-ordnatng the

multnatonal fow o orces, the AMCC s responsbleor the preparaton and

plannngorthedeploymentoallNATOownedequpmentandNATOHQ.These

transport mssons are ether handled by natonal contrbutons usng natonal

transportaton assets or cvlan arcrat are chartered rom the commercal

market.



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REFERENCES

CM(2007)0004

MC526 LogstcSupportorNATOResponseForce(NRF)Operatons

AJP4(A) AlledJontLogstcDoctrne

AJP-4.6 MultnatonalJontLogstcCentre

AJP-4.9 ModesoMultnatonalLogstcSupport

ALP-4.1 MultnatonalMartmeLogstcDoctrne

ALP-4.2 LandForcesLogstcDoctrne

ALP-4.3 ArForcesDoctrne&Procedures,ArLogstcs

ANNEX




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ANNEXAto

Chapter7


AAR Ar-to-Arreuellng

ACCS ArCommandandControlSystems


ACSP ArcratCross-ServcngProgramme

ADP AutomatedDataProcessng

ALSSs AdvancedLogstcSupportStes

AMCC AlledMovementCoordnatonCentre

AOO AreaoOperatons

AOR AreaoResponsblty

AT ArTransport

BOA BascOrderngArrangements

CBRN Chemcal,Bologal,RadologcalandNuclearCIMIC Cvl-MltaryCo-operaton

CIS CommuncatonandInormatonSystem

CJFLCC CombnedJontForceLandComponentCommander

CJSOR JontStatementoRequrements

CLS ContractorLogstcSupport


CS/CSS CombatSupport/CombatServceSupport


DJTF DeployableJontTaskForce

FLSs ForwardLogstcStes

GBAD GroundBasedArDeence

HQ Headquarters

JFC JontForceCommand

JLSG JontLogstcSupportGroup



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JOA JontOperatonsArea

LN LeadNatons

LOC LnesoCommuncaton

MILU MultnatonalIntegratedLogstcsUnts,


MNLC(M) MultnatonalLogstcsCommand(Martme)

MNMF MultnatonalMartmeForce


NAEW NATOArborneEarlyWarnng



NC3A CommandandControlAgency


NSEs NatonalSupportElements

NTM NotcetoMove

RFPs RequestsorProposals

RIFB ReadyInvtatonsorBd

RSN RoleSpecalstNatons

SOFA StatusoForcesAgreement

TACO TheatreAlledContractngOce

TCN TroopContrbutngNaton



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CHAPTER 8HOSTNATIONSUPPORT(HNS)



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CHAPTER 8HOSTNATIONSUPPORT(HNS)

“There is nothing so common as to fnd consideration o supply

aecting the strategic lines o a campaign and a war.”

- Karl von Clausewitz, On War, 1832 -

INTRODUCTION

NatonsandNATOauthorteshaveacollectveresponsbltytosupport

NATOoperatonsandmustco-operatvelyarrangeadequateHostNatonSupport

(HNS)tothecompleterangeoNATOoperatonsandexercsesdurngpeace,

crssand confct and nclude Artcle 5,Collectve Deence,and non Artcle 5

CrssResponseOperatons(CROs).ThsstrategysworkableonlyHostNatons

makethesupportavalable.TheStrategcCommands(SCs)areresponsbleto

ensure that the HNSagreements ullNATO operatonalrequrements wthoutreducngthecombatpotentalotheHN.

The possblty o deployments o a rapd mltary response beyond

NATO terrtory has sgncantmplcatons orNATO HNS polcy and plannng

procedures.Inpartcular,tsnecessarytoadoptmorerapdandfexbleHNS

plannngmechansmstoensurethatHNSarrangementscanbeputntoplaceas

earlyaspossblesothattherequredsupportcanbeassuredtothemaxmum

extentpossble,consstentwthmantanngorenhancngmltaryeectveness.

Toacheveths,NATOCommandersmustbenvolvednsupportplannng

andbegventheauthortytoco-ordnateplannngwherenecessary.TheSNLCproduced MC 319/2that coners upon the NATO Commander key authortes

orlogstcs,ncludngHNS.TheNATOCommander’sauthorteswthrespectto

HNSareurtherdenednMC334/2.

DEFINITION

HNSscvlandmltaryassstancerenderednpeace,crssandconfctby

aHostNatontoalledorcesandorgansatonswhcharelocatedon,operatng

nortranstngthroughtheHN’sterrtory.

NATOCONCEPTFORHNS

HNS seeks to provde the NATO Commander and the Sendng Naton

(SN)wthsupportntheormomaterel,acltesandservces,ncludngarea

securtyandadmnstratvesupportnaccordancewthnegotatedarrangements

betweentheSNand/orNATOandtheHNgovernment.Assuch,HNSacltates

the ntroducton o orces nto an area o operatons by provdng essental

recepton, stagng and onward movement support. HNS may also reduce the

amountologstcorcesandmaterelotherwserequredbySNto sustanand

redeployorces.



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ThegoalstouseNATOHNSarrangementstothegreatestextentpossble

to acltate the negotaton and admnstraton tasks o the HN by creatng a

standardprocessandstandarddocumentsthatcanbeusedbyallpartes.To

thsend,theSCshavemplementedaprogrammetonegotatestandngHNS

MemorandumoUnderstandng(MOU)wthNATOandPPNatons,aswellas

nonNATONatons,nregonswhereNATOdeploymentsmayoccur.Thsdoesnotprecludeblateralarrangementsbetweenpartes.

LEGALASPECTSOFHNSARRANGEMENTS

Arrangements and agreements concluded between the approprate

natonalauthortesandNATOormthebassosupportorHNSarrangements.A

StatusoForcesAgreement(SOFA),negotatedatthehghestlevelbetweenSN

and/orNATOandtheHNauthortes,governsthestatusoorcesanddetermnes

therrelatonshpwththeHN.Itmaycontangeneralprovsonsregardngsupport

romtheHN.Thereore,wheretexsts,theSOFAmayhaveanmpactonHNS

andshouldbetakenntoaccountnthedevelopmentoHNSarrangements.

Where aSOFA wth aHN does not exst, one must beconcludedwth

theutmostprorty.Thsmaynotbepossblenregardtomanynatons.Inthese

cases, a TranstAgreementwll beconcluded between NATOHQ and the HN

to authorse the transt o alled orces and goods through the HN’s terrtory.

TheTranstAgreementwllncludesomeprovsonsthatmakereerencetothe

supportneededromtheHNandnsomecasesmaypermtthedevelopmento

HNSTechncalArrangementswthoutdevelopmentoanMOU.

An MOU s an nstrument to record n a less ormal manner specc

understandngsandoblgatonsandsanexpressonotheconcurrngwllngnessothepartespartcpatngnandsubscrbngtot.WthnthecontextoHNS,

theMOUsawrttenoverarchngblateralormultlateralagreeddocument,whch

mplesanntentorresponsbltytosupportalledorcesandorgansatons.It

provdesthemutuallyagreedmltary-poltcal-legalbassorthedevelopmento

urthermplementngdocumentswthntheagreedprovsonsembodednthe

MOU.

HNSPRINCIPLES1

Therequredmoblty,fexbltyandmultnatonaltyoNATOorceshghlght

theneedorcommonlyagreedprncplesoHNSandortheNATOCommanderto

provdethestructurenecessarytoacltatethedevelopmentoHNSarrangements.

Moreover,thencreasngrequrementtotakeadvantageoeconomesoscaleand

tomorerapdlyandeectvelymplementresponsvesupportconceptsdctates

thatHNSbeconsderedasanntegralpartothelogstcplannngprocessand

shouldthereorebeaddressednallsupportplans.

InordertorealseconsstentandeectveHNSplannngandexecuton,

theollowngprncpleswllapply:

- Responsibility. Natons and NATO authortes have a collectveresponsbltyorHNSacrossthespectrumoNATO-ledoperatons.

1) C-M(2000)56-REV1 (also MC 334/2)



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Ths responsblty encourages natons and NATO to co-operatvely

planorandsharetheprovsonoHNStosupporttheorceeectvely

andecentlywtheachnatonbearngtheultmateresponsbltyor

ensurngtheprovsonosupportortsorces.

- Provision. Natons ndvdually, by co-operatve arrangements or

collectvelywthNATOmustensuretheprovsonoadequateresourcestosupporttherorcesdurngpeace,crssandconfct.Whenavalable,

HNSsaundamentalsupplementtosupportordeployedorcesand

oncetheMOUsconcluded,wllbeprovdedbytheHNtothegreatest

extentpossbleonthebassonatonallegslaton,natonalprortes

andtheactualcapabltesotheHN.

- Authority. The NATO Commander has the authorty to establsh

requrementsorHNS,toprortsetheprovsonoHNStoassgned

orcesandtontatetheHNSplannngprocess,ncludngnegotatons.

WhendelegatedbytheSC,theCommanderalsohastheauthortytoconcludeHNSarrangementsorNATOmultnatonalheadquartersand

othercommon-undedenttes.Theseauthortesalsoapplytonon-

NATOCommandersoamultnatonalorcepartcpatngnaNATO

ledoperaton.

- Co-ordinationandCo-operation.ForHNSplannngandexecuton,

the co ordnaton and co operaton between NATO and natonal

authortes s essental or reasons o operatonal eectveness,

ecencyandtheavodanceocompettonorresources.Itmustbe

carredoutatappropratelevelsandmayncludenonNATOnatonsandotherrelevantorgansatons,asrequred.

- Economy. Plannng and executon o HNS must refect the most

eectve and economc use o resources avalable to ull the

requrement.

- Visibility. Inormaton concernng HNS arrangements n support o

alledorcesandorgansatonsshouldbeavalabletotheapproprate

NATOCommanderandtotheSendngNaton.

- Reimbursement.TheHostNatonshouldnotderveprotromthe

ocalactvtesoNATOHQororcesconductngorpartcpatngn

operatons,exercsesconerencesorsmlareventsontherterrtory.

RembursementorHNSwllbeagreedbetweentheHostNatonand

theSendngNatonand/ortheNATOCommander,asapproprate.

HNSPLANNING

HNS plannng s an ntegral part o logstc plannng, but as a key

component o operatonal plannng, t requres multdscplnary partcpaton

o all the plannng sta. The Host Naton, the Sendng Naton and the NATO

Commander are responsble or HNS plannng and development, whle theconclusonotheHNSMOUstheresponsbltyotheHostNatonandtheNATO

Commander.TheNATOCommandershouldalsobemadeawareoothernon-



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NATOHNSarrangementsthatarensupportoormaympactontheconducto

NATO-ledoperatons.

HNSplannngwllbeasdetaledaspossbletoenabletheHNtoevaluate

and adequately respond to requrements. However, the varety o deployment

optons mayalsorequre that a contngencyapproach betakentowardsHNS

plannng.Intermsoecency,NATOcoordnatedHNSarrangementsshouldbepursuedwhereapproprate.Asaraspossble,StandngHNSMOUsupportng

abroadrangeopotentaloperatonsshouldbeconcluded.Inethercase,HNS

arrangements shouldbe concluded at the earlest opportunty n the plannng

process.

TheNATOCommander’slogstcstasresponsbleorthedevelopment

o HNS arrangements. Because o the nter-relatonshps between HNS, Cvl

MltaryCooperaton(CIMIC),contractngandotherunctons,andbecauseo

thelegalandnancalmplcatonsoHNSarrangements,closeco-ordnatonwll

havetobemantanedwthallrelevantstaromtheoutset.

DurngHNSplannng,NATOCommandermustensureclosecoordnaton

betweentheSN,oncetheyaredented,andtheHN.Thscoordnatonwllben

accordancewthestablsheddoctrneandprocedures.Theproceduresshouldbe

standardsedtotheextentpossbletoensureaneectveandfexbleresponseto

anyoperatonalneed.Theseshouldbekeptunderrevewtoncorporatelessons

dentedromutureexercsesandoperatons.

The NATO Commander should be nvted to partcpate n ollow-on

blateralHNSnegotatonsbetweentheSendngNatonandtheHostNatonn

ordertopromotecooperatonandassstwherenecessary.NatonsandtheNATOCommander should ensure that adequate gudance s provded to non-NATO

natonswhendevelopngHNSarrangements.

Theactvtesnvolvedn

astagedplannngprocessare

oundnAJP-4.5,whchdetals

ths plannng ramework. An

overvew o the key aspects

oeachstageandwherethey

t n the logstc/operatonalplannng process s outlned

below. NATO Commanders

and natons dented as

potentalHN(s)areencouraged

toembarkonStages1,2and

3attheearlestopportuntyn

ordertodevelopuseulgenerc

HNSarrangementsnreadness

orutureoperatons/exercses

and/or common operatonalpcture(s).

HNSRequestandMemorandum

oUnderstanding(MOU)

ConceptoRequirements

(COR)

TechnicalArrangements

(TA)

StatementoRequirements

(SOR)

JointImplementationArrangement

(JIA)

Figure8-1.5StageHNSPlanningProcess

Political

level

Operational

level

Operational

level

Tactical

level

Tactical

level



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- Stage1. As a product o msson analyss, the NATO Commander

rstdentestherequrementorHNSnverybroadtermstosupport

plansbengdrated,takngntoconsderatontheHNSrequrements

otheSendngNaton(s)wherethesecanbedented.Generally,an

HNS MOU s developed wth each Host Naton. I a Standng HNS

MOUexsts,tsapplcabletoallNATOoperatonsorexercsesanddoesnotrequreanymodcatons.

- Stage2.AConceptoRequrements(COR)scalledorandsubmtted

totheHNbytheNATOCommanderandSN(s),respectvely,whomay

undertakeprelmnaryreconnassanceaheadosubmttngtherCOR(s).

- Stage3. The Techncal Arrangement (TA) s nalsed wthn the Jont

HNS SteerngCommttee(JHNSSC), whch s convenedby the NATO

CommanderandtheHostNatonwththepartcpatonoSN(s),toaddress

commonrequrementsandproceduresortheprovsonoHNS.

- Stage4.TheStatementsoRequrementsSOR(s)aredevelopedon

thebassotheresultsostesurveyscoordnatedbytheJHNSSC,

n conjuncton wth the Host Naton. Followng consderaton o the

SOR(s),theHostNatonconrmstsabltytoprovdetherequested

HNSanddentesanyshortalls.Oncesgned,theyareexecutable

documents, whch oblgate the sgnatores and satsy the specc

requrementsotheSendngNaton(s).

- Stage5.TheJontImplementatonArrangements(JIA(s))representthe

nalstagewhenmoredetalsrequredtoeectvelymplementthe

HNSplanaterconrmatonbytheHostNaton.

HNSPOLICIES

ThepolcessetoutnthsdocumentdenetheresponsbltesoNATO

Commanders,theSendngNatonsandtheHostNaton.

PoliciesSpecictotheNATOCommander

TheNATOCommandershallnegotateandconcludeHNSarrangements

or NATO multnatonal headquarters and, when authorsed, or desgnated

multnatonaluntsandselectedtheatre-levelsupport.TheSendngNatonsareencouragedtotakeadvantageothesearrangementsbyaccedngtotheHNS

MOU.

ForeachoperatonalplanorwhchHNSsrequred,theNATOCommander

shallestablshaprocesstoacltatenegotatonsbetweentheHostNatonand

theSendngNatonand/orsubordnateNATOCommandersnaccordancewth

NATO’sHNSdoctrneandprocedures.

TheNATOCommandershalldentyHNSrequrementsandhastoco-

ordnateandprortseHNSrequrementsandtheprovsonoHNSnconsultaton

wthnatons.



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The NATOCommander shall provde the HostNaton andthe Sendng

Naton(s)wththenecessarydetals,ncludngpontsocontact,orproperHNS

plannngandexecuton.

TheNATOCommandersauthorsedtorequestreportsonHNSassets

desgnated and agreed by the Host Naton to support the orces under ther

command.Conversely,theNATOCommandersrequredtonormtheSendngNatonontheavalabltyoHNSassets.

INATOcommonundngorapproprateexercseundngsapproved,the

NATOCommandernconjunctonwththeHostNatonandprortotherecepto

HNS,wlldetaltheundngarrangementstobeappledorthepaymentoHNS

orthemultnatonalheadquarters,desgnatedmultnatonaluntsandselected

theatre-levelsupport.

PoliciesSpecictotheSendingNation

The Sendng Naton(s) s encouraged to accede to the HNS MOUconcludedby the SCs and the Host Naton. Any outstandng concerns could

thenbeaddressedaspartotheaccessonprocess.TheSendngNatonmay

choosetonegotatetherownblateralMOUwththeHostNaton.

The Sendng Naton shall partcpate n the plannng and executon

processesnordertoconducteectveHNS.

TheSendngNatonshallnotytsHNSrequrementsandanysgncant

changesastheyoccurtotheHostNatonandtheNATOCommanderasearlyas

possble.

The Sendng Naton shall report the statuso HNS negotatons to the

approprateNATOCommander.

UltmatelyandprortothereceptoHNS,theSendngNatonsresponsble

tomakethenecessaryarrangementsorrembursement.

PoliciesSpecictotheHostNation

TheHostNatonshalladvseSNandapproprateNATOCommandero

ts capablty to provde HNS aganst specc requrements and o sgncant

changesncapabltyastheyoccur.Furthermore,theHostNatonsencouragedto denty other HNS capabltes n order to assess ther potental to provde

addtonalsupport.TheNATOCapabltyCatalogueorHNSmayacltateths.

TheHostNatonretanscontrolovertsownHNSresources,unlesscontrol

osuchresourcessreleased.

TheHostNatonshallpartcpatentheplannngandexecutonprocesses

nordertoconducteectveHNS.

The Host Naton shall report the status o HNS negotatons to the

approprateNATOCommander.

TheHostNatonshalldetermnethecoststandardstobeappledorcost

calculatonsorHNS.



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TheHostNatonshouldensurethat,asaraspossble,tsblateralHNS

arrangements and assocated plans are harmonsed wth the requrements o

NATOoperatonalplannng.

The Host Naton should ensure the requred co-operaton and co-

ordnatonbetweentscvlanandmltarysectorsnordertomakethebestuse

olmtedHNSresources.

CAPABILITYDATABASE

In order to acltate NATO Commanders’ ablty to assess a Host

Naton’spotentaltoprovdesupport,theyareencouragedtodentyotherHNS

capabltes. The NATO Capablty Catalogue or HNS provdes a template or

normatonrelatedtoacltes,nrastructureandresourcesthatmaybemade

avalable to the NATO Commander n support o hs orces. The normaton

wllserveorplannngpurposesonly.Itskeptnanelectroncdatabasewthn

LogstcFunctonalAreaServce.

LOCALCONTRACTING

TheresadstnctonbetweenHNSandcontractngasthelattersnot

basedonormalsedagreementsthatconsttutethebassoHNS.Contractngs

thecommercalacqustonomaterelandcvlservcesbytheSendngNaton

and/ortheNATOCommanderortherorcesnsupportoNATO-ledoperatons.

ContractngromlocalresourcesshouldnotntererewthHNSandshouldalways

takentoaccounttheessentalneedsothelocalpopulaton.Contractngshall,

thereore,becoordnatedwthorthroughtheHostNaton,wherepossble.

In caseswhere there s no legtmate HN government wth whomto co-ordnate HNS, a Sendng Naton and/or the NATO Commander, may contract

drectlywthprvatesourceswthntheHostNaton.Insuchcases,tsessentalthat

theNATOCommanderestablshasystemtomontororcoordnatecontractsto

lmtcompettonorscarceresourcesandestablshHNSprorteswhenrequred.

CIVIL-MILITARYCO-OPERATION(CIMIC)

HNS must not be conused wth CIMIC. The purpose o CIMIC s to

establshandmantanullco-operatonbetweenNATOorcesandthecvlan

populaton and nsttutons wthn a commander’s area o operatons n orderto create the most advantageous cvl-mltary condtons. Co-operaton wth

cvlanorgansatonsntherameworkoHNSshouldalwaysbemanagednull

consultatonwthappropratemltaryandcvlanauthortesotheHostNaton.



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REFERENCES

MC319/2NATOPrncplesandPolcesorLogstcs

MC334/2NATOPrncplesandPolcesorHostNatonSupport

MC411/1NATOMltaryPolcyonCvl-MltaryCo-operaton

AJP-4.5(A) AlledJontHostNatonSupportDoctrneandProcedures

ANNEX




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ANNEXAto

Chapter8


CIMIC Cvl-MltaryCooperaton

COR ConceptoRequrements


HN HostNaton

JHNSSC JontHNSSteerngCommttee

JIAs JontImplementatonArrangements



SN SendngNaton


SOR(s) StatementsoRequrements

TA TechncalArrangement



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CHAPTER 9MOVEMENTANDTRANSPORTATIONSUPPORT



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CHAPTER 9MOVEMENTANDTRANSPORTATIONSUPPORT

“Logistics is the art o moving armies. It comprises the order

and details o marches and camps, and o quartering

and supplying troops; in a word it is the execution o strategic

and tactical enterprises.”

- Antoine Henri Jomini, Summary o the Art o War, 1838 -

INTRODUCTION

MovementandTransportaton(M&T)encompassesthewholespectrum

o nrastructure, acltes, arlt, surace transport, and sealt, command and

control,andequpment,whchdrectlysupportthedeploymentandRecepton,

StagngandOnwardMovement(RSOM)oorces.M&Tsthecornerstoneothe

Allance’s operatonal concept, requrngnvestment n resources,acltes andequpment.Theneedorco-ordnatonoNATOM&Tplannngsa resultothe

Allance’snewstrategytosupportexpedtonaryorces.Speccally:

- the multnatonal character o NATO orces requres co ordnaton

andcooperaton,notcompetton,ormovementandtransportaton

resources;

- the fexblty nherent to the selecton o NATO orces and the

uncertantesthatsurrounduturedeploymentsplaceagreaterrelance

onmovementandtransportatonplannngbasedongenercandad

hoc operatonal plannng requrements. The greater relance placeduponNATOorces’abltytodeployquckly,thecloserco-ordnatons

requredthroughouttheAllance;and

- the lmted avalablty o transportaton resources underlnes the

contnung need or close co-ordnaton between the NATO Mltary

Authortes (NMAs), NATO M&T-related commttees and NATO cvl

agencesorprovdngsupporttoNATOmltaryoperatons.

MOVEMENTANDTRANSPORTATIONPRINCIPLES

MC336/2,NATOPrncplesandPolcesorMovementandTransportaton,establshes the prncples and polces or M&T. They are reprnted n the

paragraphstoollow.

Collective Responsibility. NATO and natons take collectve responsblty

or movement and transportaton support to NATO operatons. Specc

responsbltesaredescrbedhereater.

- NATOResponsblty.NATOCommandersareresponsbleorntatng,

prortsng,coordnatnganddeconfctngthedeployment(ncludng

RSOM),transportatonorsustanment(resupply),andtherrespectve

orcesredeployment.Thsmustbedonenco-operatonwthnatons.



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- Natons’ Responsblty. Natons exercse prmary responsblty or

obtanng transportaton resources to deploy, sustan and redeploy

therorces.Thsresponsbltymayncludeplannngandcontrollng

themovementonatonalorces,natonalcomponentsomultnatonal

orces,and,whereanatonacceptedleadnatonresponsblty,oa

multnatonal headquarters group. Ths prncple must be temperedbytheneedorcooperaton,coordnaton,andeconomy,andmay

ncludeblateraland/ormultlateralcooperatvearrangements.

Co-operation. Co-operaton between NATO and natonal authortes, both

mltaryandcvlan,sessental.Suchco-operatoncanbeoab-ormultlateral

nature.Thsncorporatesbothcooperatveandshareduseolt.

Co-ordination.Movementandtransportatonco-ordnatonbetweenNATOand

natonal and cvlan authortes s essental and conducted at all approprate

levels.

Eciency.Optmsesmltaryandcvlanresources’use.Takentoconsderaton

the complementary and ntermodal nature o arlt, sealt, and nland surace

transportresources.

Flexibility.M&Tplannngandexecutonmustbecapableoreactngnatmely

mannertodynamcchangesntheoperatonalstuatonandrequrement.

Eectiveness.M&Tplannngandexecutonmustbetaloredtosatsyoverall

NATOoperatonalrequrements.

Simplicity.Smplyplansandproceduresasmuchaspossble.

Standardisation. Standardsaton acltates successul M&T. It apples as

muchtosystems,dataandsotwareastdoestoprocedures,equpmentand

hardware.

Transportability.Desgnequpment,whenpossble,compatblewthavalable

transportresourcesoruntsandormatonswthamobltyrole.

VisibilityandTransparency. M&T data normaton exchange between NATO

andnatonalmltaryandcvlauthortessessentalortheecentsupporto

movementandtransportatontasks.

MOVEMENTANDTRANSPORTATIONPOLICIES

GeneralPolicies

NATO and natonal mltary and cvl authortes are responsble or

developmentoNATOorceM&Tdrectves,proceduresandorgansatons.

The executon o the natons’ responsblty to provde sucent M&T

resourcescouldbehamperedbyarequredltassetshortage.Consequently,

natons should, where approprate and possble, make resources avalable to

NATO or cooperatve or shared use. These should be responsve to NATO’s

operatonalrequrementsandcoordnatedattheappropratelevel.



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- CooperativeUse. Whennatons make transportaton resources or

thersurpluscapactyavalabletoothernatons,compensatonand/or

rembursementwllbesubjecttoarrangementsbetweenthepartes

nvolved,requred.

- SharedUse. When natons make transportaton resources or ther

surpluscapactyavalabletoNATO,theseresourcesareprovdedreeochargeorunderrembursementarrangements.

Movementacrossnternatonalbordersmustbesupportedbystandardsed

andharmonsedarrangements.

NATOCommanderswllrevewtheeectvenessomltaryarrangements,

both NATO and natonal, n support o the Allance’s operatonal M&T

requrements.

M&TPlanning

M&Tplannngsadstnctbutntegralpartologstcplannng,andmust

beconsstentwthorceandoperatonalplannng.

NATO and natonal mltary authortes are responsble or operatonal

support plannng. M&T plannng or NATO operatons must comply wth the

prortessetbytheNATOCommander.

M&Tplannngmustbetaloredtotherespectveorcesandtherrelated

employmentoptons.

NatonalandNATOM&Tplannngmustbeharmonsedasearlyaspossble

durngtheOperatonalPlannngProcess(OPP).

RSOMsthe phaseothedeploymentprocessesthattranstonsunts,


to the nal destnaton. The desgnated Jont Force Commander (JFC), n co-

ordnatonwththeHostNaton(HN)andSendngNatons(SNs),mustdevelop

theRSOMplann accordancewththeMultnatonalDetaledDeploymentPlan

(MNDDP).WhenHNauthortesarenotableornotwllngtoprovdetherequred

RSOMsupport,NATObearsresponsbltyorassgnnganexecutveauthortyor

requestngaLeadNaton(LN)toactasHNonbehalodeployngNATOorces.

M&TplannngmustconsdertheuseoHostNatonSupport(HNS)and/or

localresources,partcularlydurngtheRSOMstage.

NATO and natonal M&T plannng should consder the possblty o

prepostonng o stocks, materal and equpment n order to mprove M&T

reactontme.

NATO cvl transportaton experts are a valuable asset and provde

normatonandoerassstancetoNATOmltaryplanners.StrategcCommands

(SCs) should, as requred, seek ther advce and assstance n all phases o

deployment plannng (concept development, strategc plannng, movementplannngandexecutonplannng)andexecuton.



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NATO natons and, where approprate, non-NATO natons wll use the

AlledDeploymentandMovementSystem(ADAMS)astheNATOplannngtool

toacltatemultnatonaldeploymentplannngandnormatontranser.Natons

may use ADAMS or some other system to do ther nternal, natonal-level

deployment.

NATO and NMAs wll ensure that harmonsed casualty evacuaton sncorporatedntomovementplans.

M&Tplannngtosupportmltaryoperatonsmustbecarredoutandco

ordnatedonacombnedandjontmltary/cvlbassencompassngallmodes

o transport. Avod separate M&T plannng or martme, land and ar orce

packages.

PolicyonCivilSupporttotheMilitary

Cvlsupporttothemltarywllbeocrtcalmportancenachevngthe

desredfexbltynsupportotheAllance’sobjectves.Themltarywll,attheappropratelevel,requreM&Texpertse,asrequred,toassessanddenecvl

transportsupportcapablty,avalabltyandeasblty.

NATOandnatonsshouldmakearrangementsorcloseandwell-structured

cooperatonbetweenmltaryandcvlauthortes.

Natonsarenvtedtoensurethatnatonallegslatonorotherarrangements

provdesucentlyortheacqustonoM&TresourcesorArtcle5operatons

andnon-Artcle5CRO.TheSCswllscrutnzethsprocessandwllmontorthe

developmentolegslatveandotherarrangementsmadebynatonsaspartothe

AnnualDeenceRevew(ADR)processandtheSenorCvlEmergencyPlannngCommttee (SCEPC), through the Transport Plannng Boards and Commttees

(PB&Cs),wllmontorandadvsenatonsontheadequacyolegslatonorother

natonalmeasures,asapproprate,tosupportNATOM&Tcapabltes.

PolicyonMilitarySupporttoCivilOperations

Mltary support to cvl operatons wll be conducted usng the same

prncplesandpolcesasdescrbedabove.

PolicyonResourceAcquisition Natonsareresponsbletoprovdetransportatonresourcestomovether

ownorcesandmaterel.Natonaloperatonalsupportplannngshouldnvolve

appropratenatonalcvl,aswellasmltarytransportauthortes,ntheacquston

process,whchshouldextendasappropratetobothnatonalandnon-natonal

sources.Natonsshouldconsder:

- enterng nto b- or multlateral agreements wth other natons

concernngM&Tresourceprovson;

- makng approprate arrangements to gan access to cvl transport

resourcesbyusngnormalcommercalpractcestothemaxmumextent,ncludngpossbleuseobothnon-NATOnatons’transportatonresources

andcontractualarrangementsoperatveunderspecfccondtons;



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- applyngtotheapproprateSCoraccesstotransportatonresources

or surplus capacty made avalable by natons or co operatve or

shareduse;

- approachngthecvltransportatonmarketnacoordnatedmanner,

thusacqurngresourcesnaccordancewthoperatonalprortesand

mnmsngnatonalcompettonorresources;

- makngarrangementsorcontrolor redrectonocvltransportaton

resources, t appears that the commercal market may be unable

to meet requrements. These may be consttutonal, statutory or

contractualandmayncludeb-ormult-lateralarrangements;and

- reportngtotheapproprateNATOauthortesthosemltaryandcvl

transportaton resources that may be avalable or co operatve or

shareduse.

Gven that cvl transportaton resources normally operate n marketcondtons, NATO and natonal authortes wll contnue to devse collectve

arrangements, whch ensure obtanng quckly and relably sutable cvl

resources.

NATOsresponsbleorensurngtheprovsonotransportatonresources

or the movement o multnatonal HQs and other common-unded elements

such as NATO owned equpment. The naton usng a naton’s or an agency’s

transportaton resource s responsble or rembursng that resource provdng

natonoragency,suchrembursementsrequred.

PolicyonCommand,ControlandCommunications

M&Tresourcecommandandcontrolwllremanwththeownngnatons,

unlessnatonsmakeotherarrangementswthNATOauthortes.

NATOwllprovdemssonassgnmenttonatonsthatwllundertakeM&T

operatonalcommandandcontrolanddetaledmssontaskng.Tobevable,the

communcatonsandAutomatedDataProcessng(ADP)systemsmustprovde

commanders wth tmely normaton concernng status o orce deployment,

avalabltyotransportatonresourcesandstatusothelnesocommuncaton.

AsADAMSsNATO’stoolormultnatonalM&Tplannng,natonsaretocontnuetosupporttheuseoADAMSandcommuncateM&Tdatavathssystem.

M&TTASKSANDRESPONSIBILITIES

TheM&Tstructuremustbecapableorespondngfexblytoanatonal

declaratonowarandCrssResponseOperatonsandshouldmakebestuse

oNATOandnatonalorgansatons.Forthepurposeoecencyandsmplcty,

movement management s always executed at the hghest practcal level

descrbedhereater.



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NATOHeadquarters

NATOHeadquartersprovdesthepoltcalandmltarygudancethrough

consultatonwthnatonsoroverallM&Tmatters.TheInternatonalSta(IS)and

theInternatonalMltarySta(IMS)assstdeploymentplannngandexecuton

byprovdngdoctrnalandpolcygudanceandclarcatontosupporttheSCs

ntherplannng processes or the transt o deployedorces through natonalterrtores.

Thecoordnatngauthortyorlogstcs,theSenorNatonalLogstcans’

Conerence(SNLC),sresponsbletocoordnateandharmonsethedevelopment

andmplementatonotheAllance’sM&Tpolcesandconcepts.TheMovement

andTransportatonGroup(M&TG)supportstheSNLCwthregardtoM&Tpolces

andconcepts.

The SCEPC, through ts Transport PB&Cs, supports the NMAs by

advsngontheavalabltyanduseocvltransportatonresourcesandrelated

nrastructure n support o NATO and NATO-led operatons, by assstng nthe acquston o cvl resources, and by harmonsng and standardsng cvl

proceduresrelatngtotransportordeencepurposes.

StrategicCommands(SCs)

The SCs are responsble ormattersconcernng mplementaton oM&TpolcesanddoctrneanddevelopmentoM&Tplansandoperatonalprocedures.Under the authorty o the SHAPE, the Alled Movement Co-ordnaton Centre(AMCC)wll co ordnate strategcmovement, transportaton or sustanment (resupply)andredeploymentoNATOorces.Specfcally,theSCsareresponsbleto:

- developtheMNDDPbasedonnatonalDDPs.TheMNDDPmustbe

developed n close co-ordnaton wth the desgnated Jont Force

CommanderresponsbleortheRSOMplanandtheauthorsngHN;

- addressstrategcltshortallsnco-operatonwththenatons;

- advse and assst n the development o blateral or multlateral

agreementsandarrangements,requested;

- consult, when approprate, wth experts rom the Transportaton

PB&CsandotherM&Tsources; - prortseandcoordnatethentegrateduseoM&Tresourcesmade

avalablebynatonsorshareduse;

- coordnatewththeJontForceCommanderwhomustprovdethe

StatementoRequrement(SOR)nco-operatonwththeSCs.Ths

commander gvesspecc operatonal gudance by lstng prortes,

PODs, nal destnaton and sets the Commander’s Requred Date

(CRD);and

- co ordnate wth the Supportng Commander, apponted, who

assststhedesgnatedcommanderandensurestheunmpededfow

orenorcngorcesthroughhsAreaoResponsblty(AOR).



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TheAlliedMovementCo-ordinationCentre(AMCC) provdesNATO’s

prncpalcapabltytoplan,revew,prortse,deconfctandcoordnatemovements

supportngdeployment,redeploymentandtransportatonosustanmentsupples

toNATOandnonNATOtroopcontrbutngnatons’orcesdurngexercsesand

operatons. The AMCC’s plannngocuses normally at the strategc level, and

ts responsbltes aremultmodal. Its responsbltes nclude development/co-ordnatono the natonalDDPs towardsa Multnatonal DDP tosupport orce

deployment.Italsosupportssustanment,roulementandredeploymentoNATO

orcesandequpmentorNATOoperatons.Thsncludesdevelopngmultmodal

solutonsorstrategcmovements,wththeassstanceoNAMSAandthePB&Cs

where requred. It does not normally acqure transport assets or deployng

orces,althoughtmay becalledupontodo soncaseswhereNATOHQsor

NATO-ownedassetsarebengmoved,orassstancesspeccallysoughtby

natons.

The AMCC accomplshes movement plannng as part o operatonal

plannng (Statements o Requrements, Concepts o Operaton (CONOPs),

analyssopotentalLnesoCommuncaton(LOCs)andPortsoDebarkaton

(PODs),andmontorsexecuton.Itsalsoresponsbleormontorng,evaluatng,

andadjustngactualmovementsonceanoperatonstarts.AMCCworksnclose

co-operaton wth other co ordnaton centres that provde support to NATO,

suchastheEuropeanArltCentre(EAC),theStrategcArLtCo-ordnatonCell

(SALCC)andtheSealtCo-ordnatonCentre(SCC),bothlocatednEndhoven,

Netherlands,andtheAthensMultnatonalSealtCo-ordnatonCentre(AMSCC)

nGreece.

TheNations

SendingNations(SNs)areresponsbleto:

- develop the natonal Detaled Deployment Plan (DDP), n ADAMS

ormat,basedontheAlledDspostonLst(ADL),whchncludesthe

DesgnatedNATOCommander’sprortes;

- control the movement o natonal orces and natonal components

omultnatonalorces,takngntoaccounttheNATOCommander’s

operatonalrequrements;

- determnemovementrequrementsandmakenecessarytransportaton

arrangements and then work wth the SCs todentyshortalls and

surplusesnnatonalM&TresourcestomeettheAllance’smovement

requrements;

- respondtorequeststodevelop/executearrangementsorcooperatve

useoltwthothernatons,nordertomeetoverallNATOprortes;

- controlandcoordnatecvlandmltarytransportatonresourcesn

supportonatonaland,asrequred,alledorces;and

- Provdenatonallason/augmentatontotheAMCCand,asnecessary,

totheHNNatonalMovementCo-ordnatonCentre(NMCC).



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HostNations(HN)areresponsbleto:

- controlandcoordnatemovementoorces,ontherownterrtores,

takngntoaccountthedesgnatedNATOCommander’sprortesand

SNs’requrements;

- establsh a NMCC and approprate executve movement controlorgansatonorM&Tco-ordnaton;

- control,supportandexecutetherportonsotheRSOMplan,whch

hasbeenmadencloseco-ordnatonwththedesgnatedJontForce

CommanderandSNs;

- dentyortheSCthestatusoM&Tresourcesandnrastructuren

supportoanoperaton;

- asrequred,makeand/ormplementnecessaryarrangementsandco

ordnatewthneghbourngnatonstoacltatebordercrossngs;

- controlandoperatenatonalcvlandmltarytransportatonresources

(e.g. personnel,acltes, equpment, nrastructure)or natonal and

NATOsupport;and

- provdelason/augmentatontotheAMCC,asnecessary.

LeadNations(LNs)areresponsbleto:

- conductetherpartallyortotallytheHNtasksandresponsbltesset

outabove,whenactngasaHN;

- when actng as a SN or multnatonal headquarters groups and/or

untswthahghdegreeomultnatonalty,ullalltherespectveM&T

taskssetoutabove;

- asrequred,taketheleadnperormngspeccM&Ttasksasdented

byNATOnco-operatonwththenatons;and

- establsh arrangements orcompensaton and/or rembursement or

thoseLNunctonswthallpartesnvolved.

REFERENCESMC319/2NATOPrncplesandPolcesorLogstcs

MC336/2NATOPrncplesandPolcesorMovementandTransportaton(M&T)

AJP-4(A) AlledJontLogstcDoctrne,

AJP-4.4 AlledJontMovementandTransportatonDoctrne

ANNEX




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ANNEXAto

Chapter9


ADAMS AlledDeploymentandMovementSystem

ADL AlledDspostonLst


ADR AnnualDeenceRevew

AMCC AlledMovementCo-ordnatonCentre

AMSCC AthensMultnatonalSealtCo-ordnatonCentre


CRD Commander’sRequredDate


CONOPs ConceptsoOperaton

DDP DetaledDeploymentPlan

EAC EuropeanArltCentreHN HostNaton


HQs Headquarters


IS InternatonalSta

LN LeadNaton

LOCs LnesoCommuncaton

MNDDP Mult-NatonalDetaledDeploymentPlan




NMCC NatonalMovementCo-ordnatonCentre





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SALCC StrategcArLtCo-ordnatonCell


SCC SealtCo-ordnatonCentre


SHAPE SupremeAlledHeadquartersnEurope

SNs SendngNatons

SNLC SenorNatonalLogstcans’Conerence

SOR StatementoRequrement



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CHAPTER 10PETROLEUMSUPPORT

Deployable Fuel Handling Equipment or Expeditionary Operations

Main Bulk Fuel Installation at Kabul International Airport,

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

Fuel Pump and Filter Installation



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CHAPTER 10PETROLEUMSUPPORT

«Fuel is the lie blood o modern armed orces.

Without an adequate supply, nothing can happen.»

– Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, 1942 -

INTRODUCTION

FuelsacommodtythatsessentaltoNATO’sdeenceplannngands

also necessaryor sustanng socaland economc le. The MC-473 Drectve

provdesgudancetoNATOandnatonalauthortesonthepolces,prncples

andcharacterstcsotheNATOPetroleumSupplyChan.Italsodescrbesthe

NATOPpelneSystem(NPS),theplannngcrteraandreportngrequrements

andaddressescrssmanagement,legslatveandenvronmentalssues.Further,

tdenestheresponsbltesotheNatons,theNATOPpelneCommttee1

andNATOMltaryAuthortes.ThereareseveralcommtteesnNATOassocatedwth

uelssupportanduelssupplyplannng,whchcanbegenerallygroupedasthose

concernedwth:

- cvlpreparednesstomeetuelproblemswthnNATO;

- bulkdstrbutonandstorageouelsormltaryusebytheNPSand

otherassocatedacltes;

- expedtonaryoperatons;

- arbase,navalbaseanduntsupport;

- mltary uels, ols, lubrcants and assocated products, and ther

relatonshpwthweaponsystems,andalltypeomltaryequpment

andvehcles;

- petroleumplannng;and

- standardsaton, nterchangeablty, nteroperablty and research on

uels,olsandlubrcantsandrelatedproducts,aswellasPetroleum

HandlngEqupment(PHE).

CIVILPREPAREDNESS

Cvl preparedness n the area o uel s the responsblty o the AC/112

NATOPipelineCommittee(NPC)ollowngthedemseothePetroleumPlanning

Committee (PPC). The NPC has determned the organsaton and procedures

needed to manage crss stuatons and lases wth the International Energy

AgencyandwththeAC/98SenorCvlEmergencyPlannngCommttee’s(SCEPC)

Plannng Board or Inland Surace Transport (PBIST) and Industral Plannng

Commttee (IPC) on matters o common nterest. A gude to the NATO bodes

concernedwththeNPSandotherpetroleumbodessprovdedatAnnexA.

1) Authority is being sought to change the name o the NATO Pipeline Committee to the NATO Petroleum

Committee to better refect its role and responsibilities.



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BULKDISTRIBUTIONANDSTORAGEOFFUELSINTHENPS

Althoughcollectvelyreerredtoasonesystem,theNPSconsstsonne

separate and dstnct mltary storage and dstrbuton systems: Italy, Greece,

Turkey (two separate systems - west and east), Norway, Portugal, the Unted

Kngdom,theNorthEuropeanPpelneSystem(NEPS)locatednbothDenmark

andGermany,andthelargestsystem,theCentralEuropePpelneSystem(CEPS)nBelgum,France,Germany,LuxembourgandtheNetherlands.TheNPSntotal

consstsosome14,500kmoppelnerunnngthrough12NATOnatonswthts

assocateddepots,connectedarbases,cvlarports,pumpstatons,reneres

andentryponts.Bulkdstrbutonsachevedusngacltesprovdedromthe

common-unded NATO Securty Investment Programme (NSIP). The networks

arecontrolledbynatonalorgansatons,wththeexceptonotheCEPSwhchs

amultnatonalsystem.FulldetalsotheNPSarecontanedntheCharterothe

OrgansatonotheNPSandAssocatedFuelFacltes,C-M(2001)92.

InaddtontotheaboveelementsotheNPS,therearealsouelsystems

n the Czech Republc, Hungary, Poland, Span and the new member natons

(Bulgara, Estona, Latva, Lthuana, Romana, Slovaka and Slovena). Whle

thosentheCzechRepublc,HungaryandPolandarenatonalsystems,NATO

mltaryrequrementshavebeenncorporatedntoapprovedCapabltyPackages

(CPs)andtherelatedprojectsarebengmplemented.Asmlarexercsesbeng

conducted wth regard tothe NATO mltary requrements n the new member

natons.TheSpanshsystemspurelynatonal.

The optmum utlsaton o NATO petroleumacltesn peacetme s a

prerequsteorthepropermantenanceotheNPSandthenecessarytranng

otssta.Natonsshouldusetheacltestotheullestextentpractcableormltarypurposesand,thereater,putsparecapactytocommercaluseprovdng

thatdoesnotdetractromtheprmacyothemltaryuseothesystem.Thereare

norestrctonsonthetypeoNATOuelacltesthatcanbeusedorcommercal

purposesprovdedthemnmumsaeguardsarerespected.

EXPEDITIONARYOPERATIONS

ExpedtonaryoperatonsrequreNATOorcestooperateawayromthe

xed nrastructure othe NPS. To reduce the demand onstrategc lt assets

to carry uel nto a theatre o operaton, maxmum use should be made o

HostNatonSupport(HNS)orncountryresources,asavalable.Wthoutsuch

resources,NATOandpartcpatngnatonsshouldstrvetosatsytheoperatonal

uel requrement, acheve economes o scale and ensure the qualty o uel

provdedthroughmultnatonalsolutonssuchasLogstcLeadNatonorRole

SpecalstNaton,oraFuelsMultnatonalIntegratedLogstcUntasapproprate.

SuchsolutonsshouldadheretotheSngleFuelPolcyandthemodularconcept

descrbedbelow.

AIRBASE,NAVALBASEANDUNITSUPPORT

Ths s a user naton responsblty, although certan acltes may beprovdedundertheNSIPsuchasuelstorageonarbasesandconnectonsto

theNPS.



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MILITARYFUELSANDTHESINGLEFUELPOLICY

Thecoordnatngbodyormltaryuels,ols,lubrcantsandassocated

productssAC/112NATOFuelsandLubrcantsWorkngGroup(NF&LWG),whch

sconcernedwththemoredetaledtechncalaspectsomltaryuelsncludng

theSngleFuelPolcy.Detalsoavaton,groundandnavaluelsusednNATO

areprovdedatAnnexB.

SingleFuelPolicy(SFP)

TheamotheorgnalSngleFuelConcept(SFC)wastoachevemaxmum

equpmentnteroperabltythroughtheuseoasngleuel,namelyF-34,onthe

battleeld or land-based mltary arcrat, vehcles and equpment. Snce ts

nceptonasaconceptn1986,theadoptonotheSFChasbeensupported

byanumberostudesandtralsnMemberandPartnernatons.AttsAutumn

meetng n 2004, the NPC adopted the SFC as the NATO Sngle Fuel Polcy.

TheSFPmplementatonprocessconsstsothreestages.Therststage,now

complete,wasthereplacementoF-40wthF-34orusebyland-basedmltaryarcrat.Thesecondstagesthereplacementodeseluel(F-54)wthF-34n

land-basedvehclesandequpmentwthcompressongntonorturbneengnes

deployed on the battleeld. Ths stage s beng mplemented ndependently

by each NATO and Partner naton n accordance wth ther own equpment

replacementprogrammes,asrefectedncorrespondngForceandPartnershp

Goals.Thethrdstageconsstsotheelmnatonogasolne(F-67)rommltary

useonthebattleeldtothepontthattherequrementorgasolnessosmall

thattcouldbesuppledthroughnatonalorblateralagreements(.e.bytheuse

ojerrycans,drumsorcollapsbletanks).Thsstagesstllongongbutcouldbe

mplementedbeorethesecondstagescompleted.Theres,however,agrowngrequrementorF-67orUnmannedAeralVehcles(UAV)andthsrequrement

s beng addressed by the NF&LWG and PHEWG wth the approprate UAV

commttees.ThereadyandunversalavalabltyoF-34toaworldwdequalty

standardhashelpedtopromotetheapplcatonotheSFP.Thelogstcbenets

oasngleuelarerelatedtoavaretyotechncal,operatonal,economcand

envronmentalactors,butthemajoradvantagesthesmplcatonotheuel

supplychanandthesupportngstatcordeployablenrastructuredescrbedn

MC473,theDrectveortheNATOPetroleumSupplyChan.

Detalsonaton’smplementatonotheSFPandtheexperencesganedntheprocessarepromulgatedbennallybytheNF&LWG.

DEPLOYABLEFUELSHANDLINGEQUIPMENT(DFHE)–THEMODULAR

CONCEPT

DFHE s a generc term coverng all specal-purpose, moble mltary

equpment desgned to enable the supply o uel quckly and ecently on

operatons. It encompasses Tactcal Fuel Handlng Equpment (TFHE), Moble

Ppelne Repar Equpment (MPRE) and the readly deployable components o

anyequpmentsystemthatarentendedtoreceveanddspenseuel.Itexcludes

allxednrastructure.



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In order to support the Allance’s new mssons, the emphass has

shtedawayromstatcppelnenrastructuretotherapdlydeployablesupport

o NATO’s expedtonary orces. To ths end, NATO has developed a modular

conceptwherebyalluelrequrementscanbesatsedthroughacombnaton

o 13dscrete but compatblemoduleso DFHE whchcan receve, store and

dstrbuteuelwthnanytheatreooperaton.Theconcept,detalednSTANAG4605/AFLP-7, also enables both NATO and Partner natons to combne ther

capabltes to provde a multnatonal soluton to meet all uel requrements.

The modular concept orms the bass o the Alled Fuels Dstrbuton System

model whch has been developed to assst wth the uels supplyplannngor

expedtonaryoperatonsusngtheFuelConsumptonUntsdetalednSTANAG

2115todetermnerequrements.

PETROLEUMPLANNING

PetroleumplannngsprmarlytheresponsbltyotheNMAs,butsuch

worksoverseenbyAC/112WG/1whchreportsontsactvtesnthsareatotheNPC,asapproprate.

STANDARDISATION,INTERCHANGEABILITY,INTEROPERABILITYAND

RESEARCH

TheNPCstheTaskngAuthortyorsome50STANAGsandAlledFuels

Logstc Publcatons (AFLPs) coverng uels, lubrcants, assocated products

and petroleum handlng equpment. These STANAGs are lsted n the NATO

StandardsatonAgreementsandAlledPublcatonsCatalogueavalableonthe

NATOStandardsatonAgency’swebsteandareallreleasabletoPartnernatons

thatarealsoabletoattendallAC/112meetngsnEAPCormat.

The Research and Technology Organsaton (RTO) deals wth varous

aspectsouelthroughtsAppledVehcleTechnology(AVT)Panel.

REFERENCES

C-M(2001)92 CharterotheOrgansatonotheNATO

PpelneSystemandAssocatedFuel

Facltes

C-M(2003)30/MC-473 DrectveortheNATOPetroleumSupplyChan

EAPC(NPC)D(2005)0002 TheSngleFuelPolcy

EAPC(NPC-NFLWG)D(2005)0002 ImplementatonotheNATOSngleFuel

Polcy

STANAG2536 AlledJontPetroleumDoctrne–AJP-4.7

AC/112-D(2006)0007 NATOPetroleumCrssManagement

OrgansatonandProcedures

MC526 LogstcSupportorNATOResponseForce

(NRF)Operatons



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ANNEXES

A GudetotheNATObodesconcernedwththeNPSandotherpetroleum

bodes

B AdeMemoreonuelswthnNATO

C Acronymsusednthschapter



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ANNEXAto

Chapter10



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ANNEXBto

Chapter10

ANNEX B AIDEMEMOIREONFUELS

2

INNATO

AVIATIONFUELS

NATOCode

F-18 salowleadedavatongasolneorusenarcratwthpstonengnes.

Thsuelsstllusedbycertannatons,mostlynarcratmeantortranng

purposes3.

F-34 sakerosenetypeavatonturbneuelorusenlandbasedmltaryarcrat

gas turbne engnes4. The uel contans a Fuel System Icng Inhbtor5

(S-1745)andaLubrctyImprovngAddtve6

(S-1747)F-35 akerosenetypeavatonturbneuelorusenlandbasedmltaryarcrat

gasturbneengnes7.ThsuelsequvalenttoF-34butdoesnotcontan

theaddtvesS-1745andS-1747.

F-37 sequvalenttoF-34butcontansathermalstabltyaddtveS-1749 8 9.

Its onlyusedbycertannatonsands not allowed or cross-servcng

wthnNATO.

F-40 sawdecuttypeavatonturbneuelorusenlandbasedmltaryarcrat

gasturbneengnes

10

.TheuelcontanstheFuelSystemIcngInhbtor(S-1745)andtheLubrctyImprovngAddtve(S-1747).Onlyaewnatons

arestllusngthstypeouel,manlyortranngpurposes.Itsalsolsted

wthnNATOasanemergencysubsttuteorF-34/F-35.

F-44 sakerosenetypeavatonturbneuel,hghfashponttype,oruseby

shp borne mltary arcrat gas turbne engne11. The uel contans the

addtvesS-1745andS1747.

2) Further details about these uels appear in Annex C to STANAG 1135.

3) Also known as AVGAS.

4) Also known as JP-8 or AVTUR/FSII.

5) F-1745 is an additive which reduces the reezing point o water precipitated rom the uel due to cooling

at high altitudes and it prevents the ormation o ice crystals which restrict the fow o uel to the engine.

6) F-1747 enhances the lubricity properties o the aviation uel.

7) Known commercially as Jet-A1 or AVTUR.

8) F-1749 is a thermal stability improver needed to inhibit deposit ormation in the high temperature areas o

the aircrat uel system.

9) F-37 is also known as JP-8+100.

10) Also known as AVTAG.

11) Also known as JP-5 or AVCAT.



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GROUNDFUELS

Gasolne

F-67 unleaded gasolne automotve (mnmum 95 RON). It comples wth the

European Standard EN 228 and s thereore nterchangeable wth commercal

gasolne.

DieselFuels

F-54 samltarydesgnatongventocommercaldeseluelusedncompresson

gntonengnes.ItcompleswthEuropeanstandardEN590andsequvalentto

smlarUSdeselknownasDF-2andthereorenterchangeablewthcommercal

deseluel.

F-63 s a kerosene-type desel engne uel. It s F-34 treated wth 0.1% by

volumeomult-purposeaddtve,S-1750whch,nthecontextotheSngleFuel

Polcy,susedtoenhancethelubrctyandgntonperormanceoF-34when

requred.

Thsuelsntendedorlandequpmentonlyandmustnotbeusedor

arcrat.

S-1750sacombnedlubrctyandgntonmprovngaddtveorground

uels.

NAVALFUELS

F-75 sanavaldstllateuelwthlowpourpontandusednhghandmedum

speed compresson gnton engnes, gas turbnes, certan helcopters (or

emergencyuseonly)andsteamrasngplantnshps.Somenatonsareusng

thsuelngroundequpmentoperatedbycompressongntonengnes

F-76 s the prmary naval dstllate uel used n hgh and medum speed

compressongntonengnes,gasturbnes,certanhelcopters(oremergency

useonly)andsteamrasngplantnshps.F-76mayrequrespecalhandlngand

storageduetolowtemperaturecharacterstcs.



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ANNEXCto

Chapter10

ANNEX C ACRONYMSUSEDINTHISCHAPTER

AFLPs AlledFuelsLogstcPublcatons

AVT AppledVehcleTechnology

CEPS CentralEuropePpelneSystem

CPs CapabltyPackages



IPC IndustralPlannngCommttee

MPRE MoblePpelneReparEqupment

NEPS NorthEuropeanPpelneSystem



NPC NATOPpelneCommtteeNPS NATOPpelneSystem



PHE PetroleumHandlngEqupment

PPC PetroleumPlannngCommttee

RTO ResearchandTechnologyOrgansaton


SFC SngleFuelConcept

SFP SngleFuelPolcy

STANAG StandardsatonAgreement

TFHE TactcalFuelHandlngEqupment

UAV UnmannedAeralVehcles



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CHAPTER 11MEDICALSUPPORT



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CHAPTER 11MEDICALSUPPORT

“To the average military ofcer, the military surgeon is an unwillingly tolerated

non combatant who clutters up the battlefeld, causes transportation difculties,

gives cathartic pills, and makes the water taste bad...[but]...

Generals have rarely won wars.... They more oten gain credit

or mopping up ater the barrages o epidemics have taken their toll.”

- Hans Zinsser, 1935 -

INTRODUCTION

MC 326/2 descrbes the NATO prncples and polces o operatonal

medcalsupport.ThsdocumentscomplementarytotheMC319/2andslnked

tootherNATOpolcydocumentsnanumberoareas.TheAJP4.10,the“Alled

Jont Medcal Support Doctrne” was approved as STANAG 2228 n February2002andscurrentlyunderrevson.

AccordngtotheNATO1999StrategcConceptandthe“MltaryGudance

or the Mltary Implementaton oAllance Strategy “(MC 400/2), the ablty to

producemedcalsupportorwarghtngsstllmportantbutthssnolonger

theonlyocusduetothencreasngmportanceandbroadspectrumoNATO

non–Artcle5CrssResponseOperatons.Thecontextnwhchmltarymedcal

supportmustbeprovdedhasalsochangedduetorecentchangesnsocety,

medcne,mltaryandthreat.Themedcalservcesoeachnatonmustbeully

prepared to operate n a truly multnatonal envronment. Health and medcalcareonoperatonshavencreasnglybecometheresponsbltyotheAllance’s

operatonalcommandersand,attmes,themedcalactorsmayevenbecome

thecommander’smanconcernandalmtngactoronoperatonaldecsons.

MISSIONOFTHEMEDICALSERVICE

Aneectveandrelablemltarymedcalsupportsystemmustcontrbute

“to preserve the ghtng strength” but must also meet the ncreasng publc

expectatonoanndvdual’srghttohealthandhghqualtytreatmentoutcomes.

Bythe preventon odseases, the rapdtreatment othe njured, wounded or

dseased and ther medcal evacuaton and eventual recovery and return toduty, the medcal servces make a major contrbuton to orce protecton and

sustanablty. But health s not merely the absence o njury or dsease. In

an operatonal context, health s the ablty to carry out dutes unmpeded by

physcal,psychologcalorsocalproblems.Insuchaway,healthbecomesakey

orcemultpleroghtngpower.

STANDARDSOFHEALTHCARE

CompliancewiththeLawsoWarandHumanitarianConventions

TheconductomedcalactvteswllcomplywththerulesladdownunderThe Hagueand Geneva Conventons. Inany case,theseprncples denethe

mnmumacceptablestandard.Wthoutdscrmnaton,allenttledsck,njured,



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or wounded shall be treated on the bass o ther clncal needs and medcal

resourcesavalable.

MedicalEthicsandLegalConstraints

Medcalpersonnelhaveaddtonalndvdualresponsbltestotheethcal

andnatonallegalrequrementsotherownclncalproesson.

StandardsoCareProvided

Organsaton,tranng,envronmentandequpmentaecttheoutcomeo

theclncalcare.Thestandardsshouldbeacceptabletoallpartcpatngnatons.

Thequaltyotheoutcomeothemedcalcaremustbegudedbytheconceptso

ClncalGovernanceandEvdenceBasedMedcne.Standardsatonnprocedures,

equpmentandtranngpromotesnteroperabltyandmultnatonalty.

PrimacyoClinicalNeeds

Clncalneedsmustbetheprncpalactorgovernngtheprorty,tmngandmeansoapatent’smedcalcareandevacuaton.

SpectrumoMedicalResponsibilities

Medcalcaresprovdedonaprogressvebassrangngrompreventve

medcne,rstad,emergencyresusctatonandstablsatonovtalunctons,to

evacuatonanddentvespecalsedcare.

TreatmentPhilosophyorMassCasualtySituations

In operatonal stuatons where large numbers o casualtes are beng

sustaned,ashtnapproachsrequredtoensurethatthebestpossblequalty

o care s gven to all. The prmary medcal responsblty s to provde such

treatmentthatensuresthatthecasualtyreachthenextstagenthechanna

stablecondton.Aslongasalargefowcontnuesandsexpected,themnmum

treatmentcompatblewthurtherevacuatonsgvennordertoconservemedcal

eortandbenetthegreatestnumberocasualtes.

FitnessorEvacuation

Theclncalcondtonothepatentwllgoverntheprorty,tmng,means

and destnaton o evacuaton. Co-ordnaton by medcal regulatng sta srequred.

MedicalCondentiality

Patentmedcalnormatonsnottobecommuncatedtoanyndvdualor

organsatonthatdoesnothaveamedcalneedtoknow,exceptasrequredby

natonalpolcyorthatnaton’spatent.

PatientWelare

The generalwelare o patents s an mportant elemento therhealth.

Partcularssueswllbecommuncatonwthrelatves,managementopersonaleects,psychologcalsupport,socalandsprtualwelare.



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OPERATIONALPRINCIPLES

ResponsibilityortheHealthoNATOForces

Natons retan the ultmate responsblty or the provson o medcal

supporttotherorcesallocatedtoNATO.However,uponTranseroAuthorty,

the NATO commander shares the responsblty or the health and medcal

supportoassgnedorces.TheapproprateNATOCommander,nconsultatonwth contrbutng natons and consderng the opnon o hs medcal advsor,

sresponsbleordetermnngthemedcalsupportrequrements(Statemento

Requrements). Multnatonal arrangements may requre more responsblty o

theNATOcommander.

NATOCommandersMedicalAuthority

The NATOCommander s granted co ordnatng authortyover medcal

assetstobestsupporthsplans.

PrincipalComponentsoDeployedHealthCare

Adeployedmedcalsystemcomprsesacommandandcontrolstructure,

an ntegrated system o treatment and evacuaton and medcal logstcs. The

prncple components o operatonal health care, around whch the medcal

system s bult, are medcal orce protecton, emergency medcne, prmary

care,secondarycareandevacuaton.Therequredmedcalcapabltyandther

locatons wll be prncpally determned by the tme-related constrants o the

medcalcare,thecommander’scampagnplanandcasualtyestmates.

FitnessandHealthStandards Indvduals allocated or NATO operatons must acheve the basc

standardsondvdualtnessandhealthpredetermnedbynatonalpolcypror

totherdeployment.

TreatmentTimelines

- AdvancedTraumaCare. A hgh percentage o personnel suerng

romseroustraumaonoperatonswllhaveanncreasedchanceo

survvaltheyrecevepromptandappropratecare.Thegudelneor

NATOoperatons s that advanced trauma care should be avalable

wthnonehouronjury.

- SurgicalPlanningTimeline.Promptmedcalevacuatontoastable

ntensvecareenvronmentand,wherenecessarysurgery,sessentalto

thesurvvaloseverelynjuredcasualtesandtherqualtyooutcome.

Theprncplemedcalplannngtmelneordeploymentsshouldbeto

provde prmary surgery wthn one hour. However, when ths s not

reasonably practcable, the plannng tmelnes may be extended to

twohoursortheprovsonoDamageControlSurgery(DCS)andour

hoursorPrmarySurgery.

- ExceptionalCircumstances. Valdated contngency plans must be

n place or those specc operatonal stuatons, such as martme



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and Specal Forces operatons, when the gudelnes above cannot

practcablybeappled.

ContinuityoCare

Patents(wounded,njured and ll) passng through themedcalsystem

mustbegvencare,whchscontnuous,relevantandprogressve.Intranst,caremustbeavalabledurngthewholechanoevacuaton.

Environment

Medcaluntsshouldprovde thebest possble clncalenvronment or

casualtycare,whchscompatblewththerroleandoperatonalstuaton.

ForceHealthProtection

Dsease and Non-Battle Injury (DNBI) s an ever-present health rsk to

personnel. The prmary responsblty o medcal support s the mantenance

o health through the preventon o dsease and njury. The deence aganstWeaponsoMassDestructon(WMD)requresanntegratedapproachncludng

vaccnaton, chemoprophylaxs, personal and collectve protecton. Whenever

there s a suspected or conrmed outbreak o a contagous dsease, the

commandermustbegvenmedcaladvceonRestrctonoMovement(ROM).

Planning

Plannng or medcal support must be part o both contngency and

operatonalplans.Amedcalstawththeadequatelevelsorankandexperence

mustbeunctonngattheNATOHQotheForceCommanderromtheoutseto

acontngencyplannngprocess.Medcalsupportplannngmustbespeccor

eachoperaton.

Appropratemedcalplannngstamustbesupportedbyanoperatonal

medcalntellgencesystemtoestmatethersk,predctthecasualtyratesand

develop comprehensve plans. Medcal support concepts, plans, structures,

operatng procedures must be understood and agreed by all nvolved. The

medcalsupportshouldensureasurgecapabltytodealwthpeakcasualtyrates

nexcessoexpecteddalyrates.

ReadinessotheMedicalSupportSystemandTransitionromPeacetoCrisisorConfict

Medcal elements need to be as well prepared and as avalable or

deploymentastheorcestheysupport.Medcalreadnessandavalabltymust

besucenttoalloworasmoothtranstonrompeacetmetocrssorconfct

posture.

Mobility

Medcaluntsmustbeasstrategcallyandtactcallydynamc,moble,and

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NATOandNationalCo-operation

Co-ordnatonandco-operatonbetweenNATOandnatonalmltaryand

cvlanauthortessessentalandmustbecarredoutatallappropratelevelsto

ensureoptmsedmedcalsupport.

Multinationality Multnatonal medcal solutons have consderable potental to reduce

theburdenotherprovsonuponndvdualnatons.However,theexstenceo

natonal derences,suchas varyng clncal protocols, derent languageand

legalrestrctons,canmakethscomplex.Jontmultnatonaltranngnpeaces

necessaryormultnatonaltytoworkwellnoperatons.

RolesoCareCapabilities

DeployableMedcalTreatmentFacltes(MTFs)areclassedaccordngto

thertreatmentcapabltynasystemoroles,progressvelynumberedrom1to

4.Acomprehensveoperatonalmedcalstructurewllnormallycontanelementsoallourroles.Mostothecapabltesoeachrolearentrnsctothenexthgher

role.Generallycasualtesprogressthroughthesystemromrole1upwards.

- Role1 medcal support provdes or routne prmary health care,

specalsed rst ad, trage, resusctaton and stablsaton. It s a

natonalresponsbltyandsntegralorallocatedtoasmallunt.

- Role2 provdes an ntermedate capablty or the recepton and

trageocasualtes,aswellasbengabletoperormresusctatonand

treatmentoshocktoahghertechncallevelthanRole1.Itsprepared

to provde evacuaton rom Role 1 acltes. It routnely ncludesDamage Control Surgery (DCS) and may nclude a lmted holdng

acltyortheshort-termholdngocasualtesuntltheycanreturnto

dutyorevacuated.Role2mayalsoncludedentstry,envronmental

healthandpsychatryandpsychology.Itsanatonalorleadnaton

responsblty,usuallyallocatedatBrgadeorlargerszeunts.

- Role3sdesgnedtoprovdesecondarycarewthntherestrctons

otheTheatreEvacuatonPolcy.Role3medcalsupportsdeployed

hosptalsatonandtheelementsrequredtosupportt.Thsncludesa

msson-taloredvaretyoclncalspecaltesncludngprmarysurgeryanddagnostcsupport.Itsnatonalorleadnatonresponsbltyand

maybemultnatonal.ItprovdesmedcalsupportatDvsonleveland

above.

- Role4provdestheullspectrumodentvemedcalcarethatcan

notbedeployedtotheatreorstootmeconsumngtobeconducted

there. It s normally provded n the country o orgn or the home

countryoanotherAlled.InmanyNATOnatons,Role4sprovded

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EvacuationResources

The operatonal commander establshes the evacuaton polcy ater

consultatonwththemedcalplannngsta,theoperatonalandlogstcstaand

thenatons.Therearethreecategoresomedcalevacuaton,whchapplesto

sea,landandarsystems.Theyareorward,tactcal(wthntheatre)andstrategc

(out-o-theatre)evacuaton.Themedcalevacuatonsystemrequrestheollowngcapabltes:

- avalablty24hoursaday;

- contnutyomedcalcarethroughouttheevacuaton;and

- casualtyregulatonothefowanddrectonondvdualpatents.

NationalMedicalLiaisonTeams

Natonal Medcal Lason Teams must be planned n advance to have

an ecent lason system between natonal contngents and theatre medcal

resourcessuchashosptals,evacuatoncontrolcellsandtheNATOcommander’s

medcalsta.

ProvisionoNon–EmergencyTreatment

Polcymustbeestablshedregardngtheenttlementonon–mltarystas

andotherauthorsedpersonnelorallnon-emergencymedcalcare.

MEDICALLOGISTICS

The medcal logstc system mustbe well regulated, ecent and cost

eectve.

Medcal materel has unque characterstcs such as protected status,

extensvenatonalandnternatonalregulatons,specalhandlngrequrements,

short notce clncal demands and natonal restrctons. Blood/blood products

andmedcalgassesaretwosupplytemsospecalmportanceoroperatonal

purposes.Theavalabltyomedcalmaterelwhchncludessupplyratesand

re supply must be n accordance wth the requred levels o readness and

sustanabltydurngpeace,crssandconfct.

MILITARYMEDICALSUPPORTRESPONSESTODISASTERRELIEFANDCONSEQUENCEMANAGEMENTSITUATIONS

Comprehensve NATO gudance exsts n relaton to dsaster rele

operatons.MC327provdespolcyontheplannngandconductonon-Artcle5

CrssResponseOperatons.MC343outlnestheprncplesomltaryassstance

nhumantaranemergencesnotconnectedtoanymltaryoperaton.MC411

addresses cvl-mltary nteraces, ncludng mltary support or humantaran

emergences, wthn the context o other operatons when NATO orces are

already deployed or to be deployed. Alled Medcal Publcaton 15 provdes

detaledgudanceonMltaryMedcalSupportnDsasterRele.

ConsequenceManagement(CM)stheuseoreactvemeasurestomtgate

thedestructveeectsoterrorsm.WhleCMremanstheresponsbltyonatonal



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cvlauthortes,theAllancecanprovdeawderangeosupportncludngsome

crucal capabltes such as command, control and communcaton, logstcs,

engneer, medcal, decontamnaton,explosve ordnance dsposal andsecurty

capabltes.

THECOMMITTEEOFCHIEFSOFMILITARYMEDICALSERVICESINNATO(COMEDS)

COMEDS s the hghestmltary medcalauthorty wthn NATO. It was

establshedn1993asasenorNATObodytogvemedcaladvcetotheMltary

Commttee.Itactsasacentralpontandacltatororthedevelopmentandco-

ordnatonomltarymedcalmatters.

TheCommtteescomposedothehghestmltarymedcalrepresentatves

o NATO and Partner natons, as well as the senor medcal advsors o the

InternatonalMltaryStaandbothStrategcCommands.ItmeetsnNATOonly

and EAPC ormats and provdes an annual report to the Mltary Commttee.

Currently,GermanyprovdestheCharman,theSecretaryand theStaOcer.

ThesecretaratslocatedwthnNATOHeadquarters.TheStaOceractsas

LasonOcerwththeIMSmedcalsta.TheCharmanotheJontMedcal

Commtteepartcpatesasanobserver.

Adaptngtothemultplemedcalchallengesoarapdlychangngsecurty

envronment,theCOMEDShasexpandedtslasons,observerandcooperaton

arrangements.ThesencludetheSenorNATOLogstcans’Conerence(SNLC),

the Weapons o Mass DestructonCentre (WMDC), Research and Technology

Organsaton(RTO)HumanFactorsandMedcnePanel(HFM).

TheCOMEDSPlenarymeetsbannually.TheSprngmeetngtakesplace

naNATOnaton,AutumnmeetngsareheldatNATOHQ.COMEDShasbecome

theprncpaltaskngauthortyormostNATOmedcalstandardsatonmatters

andhasbeenplaynganmportantrolenpromotngnewrelatonshpswthPP

andMedterraneanDalogue(MD)countres.COMEDShasalsoexpandedtsrole

ntheareasoWeaponsoMassDestructon.Ithascurrently10subordnated

WorkngGroups,whchocusonspecalsedeldsomltarymedcne.

THEJOINTMEDICALCOMMITTEE(JMC)

The JMC s one o the commttees and plannng boards subordnatedto the Senor Cvl Emergency PlannngCommttee (SCEPC). Itsmsson s to

carryoutnternatonalco-ordnatonocvlandmltarymedcalplannng.One

othemajorareasoemphasshasbeenonthemedcalresponsetocrssand

dsasterncludngthecvlhosptalreadnesstorecevelargenumbersocombat

casualtesandthecvlsupporttoaeromedcalevacuaton.TheJMChasollowed

theactonsothemedcalpartotheCvlProtectonActonPlantodeendcvl

populaton aganst CBRN acts oterrorsm. The JMC provdes cvl experts n

varousmedcaldscplnestoassstnoperatonalplannngandcrssresponse,

andprovdestheprmarymedcaladvcetotheNorthAtlantcCouncl,through

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REFERENCES

“The Geneva Conventons o 1949”, (ncorporatng the Hague Protocols o

1907)

“TheAddtonalProtocolstotheGenevaConventonso1997”C-M(1999)21 TheAllance’sStrategcConcept

C-M(2001)44 NATOPolcyonCo-operatonnLogstcs

MC55/4 NATOLogstcReadnessandSustanablty

MC319/2(MILDEC) NATOPrncplesandPolcesorLogstcs

MC326/2 NATOPrncplesandPolcesoOperatonalMedcal

Support.

MC327/2 NATOMltaryPolcyornon-Artcle5Operatons.

MC334/2 NATOPrncplesandPolcesorHostNatonSupport

MC335 EstablshmentotheCheoMltaryMedcalServces

nNATO(COMEDS)

MC336/2 NATOPrncplesandPolcesorMovementand

Transportaton

MC343/1 NATO,MltaryAssstancetoInternatonalDsaster

ReleOperatons(IDRO)

MC400/2 MCGudanceortheMltaryImplementatono

AllanceStrategy

MC411/1 NATOMltaryPolcyonCvl-MltaryCo-operaton

MC469 NATOMltaryPrncplesandPolcesorEnvronmental

Protecton

MC472 NATOMltaryConceptorDeenceaganstTerrorsm

MC477 MltaryConceptortheNATOResponseForce

AJP4.10 “AlledJontMedcalSupportDoctrne”

AMedP-13 NATOGlossaryoMedcalTermsandDentons

AD85-8ACE MedcalSupportPrncples,PolcesandPlannng

Parameters

ANNEX




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ANNEXAto

Chapter11


CBRN Chemcal,Bologcal,RadologcalandNuclear

CM ConsequenceManagement

COMEDS CommtteeoChesoMltaryMedcalServcesIN

NATO

DCS DamageControlSurgery

DNBI DseaseandNon-BattleInjury

HFM HumanFactorsandMedcnePanel


MTFs MedcalTreatmentFacltes


ROM RestrctonoMovement



WMD WaponsoMassDestructon

WMDC WeaponsoMassDestructonCentre



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CHAPTER 12LOGISTICOUTREACHACTIVITIES



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CHAPTER 12LOGISTICOUTREACHACTIVITIES

“Without supplies neither a general nor a soldier is good or anything.”

- Clearchus o Sparta, 401 B.C. -

PARTNERSHIPSWITHNATO

ThePartnershporPeace(PP)hasprovenaverysuccessulprogramme

orbrngngPartnercountresntoconsultatonwththeAllesandorntegratng

Partner capabltes nto NATO-led operatons. In the last years, Russa and

Ukranesubstantallyenhancedandupgradedtoanewleveltherrelatonswth

NATOthroughestablshngadstnctvePartnershpwthNATO.Neworawere

establshed:theNATORussaCouncl(NRC)andtheNATOUkraneCommsson

(NUC),asameanstoacltateregularconsultatonanddscussonosecurty

matters.Othercomplementaryprogrammeshavebeensetup outsdethePP,butusngthemethodologyandworkngtoolsothePPntatve.Logstcco-

operatonsacomponentoeachotheseprogrammes.Itsmanobjectvesare:

- exchangeonormaton;

- harmonsatononatonallogstc/medcalconcept,prncples,polces,

doctrne and procedures wth NATO logstc/medcal concepts,

prncples,polces,doctrne,drectve,technquesandprocedures;

- tranng personnel or all unctonal areas o logstcs, ncludng

Command and Control (C2) and Movement and Transportaton(M&T);

- development o natonal logstc/medcal structures and capabltes

vable,aordableandnteroperable;

- mprovement o the nteroperablty o the natonal logstc/medcal

capabltes through mplementaton o the Partnershp Goals (PGs)

andNATOStandardsatonAgreements(STANAGs);

- developmentoHostNatonSupport(HNS)arrangements,structures

anddatabase(CapabltesCatalogue-CAPCAT);and

- amlarsaton wth NATO Logstc Inormaton Systems and Tools,

e.g. Alled Deployment and Movement System (ADAMS), NATO

CodcatonSystem(NCS),NATOFuels,IntegratedLogstcSupport

(ILS),LeCycleManagement(LCM)conceptsandntatves.

StandingGrouporPartnerLogisticExperts(SGPLE)

WththeestablshmentotheSGPLEnFebruary2000,thePartnershave

beenwellntegratedntotheactvtesotheSenorNATOLogstcans’Conerence

(SNLC)andtssubordnategroups.TheSGPLEsundergudanceotheLogstcs

StaMeetng(LSM)wthPartnersandtheMovementandTransportatonGroup

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toPPnatons,LSMwthPartnersandM&TGwthPartnersmembers.TheSG

PLEsdescrbednChapter2.

StandingGrouporPartnerMedicalExperts(SGPME)

In2001,theCommtteeotheChesoMltaryMedcalServcesnNATO

(COMEDS)PlenaryMeetngsetupaSGPME.Inco-operatonwththeStrategcCommanders,thswllprovdeaorumwheremedcalassetsandcapabltes,

PPgoalsandmedcalpre-arrangementswllbeaddressed.

PARTNERSHIPFORPEACE

General

The PP programme was launched n December 1994. Partners have

jonedandcontrbutedgreatlyto NATOledeortsto ensuresecurty nEurope

andbeyond.ThePartnershpplaysanmportantrolennternatonalstabltyand

securty,nlnewththebascobjectveothePPntatve,.e.strengthenand

extendpeaceandstabltyntheEuro-Atlantcarea.Itsobjectvesare:

- poltcal dalogue and practcal co-operaton on a broad range o

nternatonalandappropratedomestcssuesocommonconcerns,

npartcular thoserelatedtoterrorsm and otherevolvng threats to

securty;

- deencereormsandrestructurngodeencensttutonsnorderto

establsh modern, eectve, ecent, aordable and democratcally

responsble state deence nsttutonsundercvlan and democratc

control, whch wll be able to support nternatonal securty co-operaton;

- preparngnterested Partners orpartcpaton n NATO led Artcle 5

andnonArtcle5operatonsthroughsupportngthePartners’eorts

to transorm ther deence and develop mltary nteroperablty and

capabltesthatprovdeahghlyvaluablecontrbutontoNATO;

- support Partners who wth to jon the Allance, consstent wth the

opendoorpolcyenshrnedntheWashngtonTreatyandPPInvtaton

Document.

PoliticalMilitarySteeringCommittee(PMSC)

ThePMSCsthebascworknggroupwthresponsbltyorPPmatters.It

meetsnvarousconguratons,ethernNATOonlyornEAPCormat.ThePMSC

ClearngHousesanon-decsonmakngbody,wthoutpolcyresponsbltes,

thatprovdesannormalorumordscussonsonutureassstanceprogrammes

andprojectsbasedonnormatondatathatshouldbecoherentwthotherPP

mechansms.

PartnershipCo-ordinationCell(PCC)

ThePCCsaunquePPstructure,locatedattheSupremeHeadquarters

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theNATOmltarystructurecoordnatesjontmltaryactvteswthnPP,carres

outthemltaryplannngnecessarytomplementthemltaryaspectsotheEuro

AtlantcPartnershpWorkProgrammeandpartcpatesntheevaluatonosuch

mltaryactvtes.ItsapontocontactwherePartnercountrescanlaseand

actvelycontrbutetotheco-ordnatonworkorPP.

ThePartnershiporPeacePlanningandReviewProcess(PARP)

The PARP s a crucal element n osterng mltarynteroperablty and

preparng prospectve members o NATO accesson. The PARP mechansm,

whchsoeredtoPartnersonanoptonalbass,coversatwoyearplannng

cyclesmodelledonNATO’sownorcesplannngsystem.Plannngtargets,or

PartnershpGoals(PGs),arenegotatedwtheachpartcpatngcountry,ollowng

whchprogressmadesextensvelymeasured.Therearemanylogstcrelated

PGs,amedatassstngPartnernatonsndevelopngnteroperabltyologstc

structuresandncontrbutnglogstcallytoNATO-ledoperatons.

Euro-AtlanticPartnershipWorkProgramme(EAPWP)

TheEAPWP,whchsthecentralmechansmoNATOcooperatonwthPP

countres,ncludesmltaryandnon-mltaryactvtes.Itcoversatwoyearperod

butsrevewedannually.Itstwomancomponentsaretheoverarchnggudance

and the lst osupportng actvtes organsed by Area oCo-operaton(AOC),

whchslnkedtorelevantobjectvesandMltaryTasksorInteroperablty(MTIs).

TheEAPWPsthesourceoselectedactvtesnsupportootherprogrammes.

PPTrustFund

ThePPTrustFundamstoassstPartnercountresnthesaedestructonotherAnt-personnelLandmnes(APLs)stockples,surplusmuntons,unexploded

ordnanceandSmallArmsandLghtWeapons(SALW).Actually,therameworko

theTrustFundpolcywasextendedtoallowassstngPartnernatonstomanage

theconsequencesodeencereorm.Thsmayncludebutsnotrestrctedto

projectspromotngcvlanddemocratcreormothearmedorces,retranngo

mltarypersonnel,baseconversonandpromotngeectvedeenceplannngand

budgetngunderdemocratccontrol.Thedecsonowhetherornotpermttng

theestablshmentoaTrustFundsthesoleprerogatveotheAlles.

OperationalCapabilitiesConcept(OCC)

TheOCCrepresentsamorentegratedapproachtomltaryco-operaton,

amed at mprovng the mltary eectveness o multnatonal orces. It lnks

together the normal co operaton n the context o the PP and NATO orce

generaton process whch s actvated n crss. Other OCC central eatures

are the pool o orces and capabltes database, assessment and eedback

mechansms and enablng mechansms. As part o the mplementaton o the

OCC,nteroperabltystandardsandrelatedassessmentsareharmonsedwth

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NATO-RUSSIALOGISTICCO-OPERATION

Intensed co-operaton n logstcs was ntated ater the 2002 Rome

Summt.Accordngly,nJune2002NATOandRussasetupthreeexpertgroups

onlogstcs:Logstcs,ArTransport(AT)andAr-to-ArReuellng(AAR)norder

toenhancetherpractcalco-operaton.Recognsngthencreasngmportance

ologstccooperatonandtheneedtocoordnatethecvlandmltaryaspectsomoderndeencelogstcs,NRCAmbassadorsatthermeetngon26January

2004establshedanAdHocWorkngGroup(AHWG)onLogstcs,theNRC(LOG),

replacngthethreeexpertgroups.TheNRC(LOG)sdescrbednChapter2.

NATO-UKRAINELOGISTICCO-OPERATION

TheCharteronaDstnctvePartnershpbetweenNATOandUkranewas

sgnednJuly1997.ItwhchremansthebascoundatonotheNATOUkrane

relatonshpandsncetssgnature,co-operatonwthUkranehasdevelopedn

allareasoreseenundertheCharter.

UkranehasaunqueabltytocontrbutelogstcallytoNATOledoperatons

andarameworkorlogstcsco-operatonhasthereorebeendevelopedtoassst

wthurtherprogress.Thsrameworkamsatenhancnglogstccooperatonby

dentyngthelnkagesbetweenkeymltarygoals,keylogstcsgoalsandthe

logstc objectves o those goals. It also establshes prncples gudng uture

ntatvesandprojectsthatwllstrengthenlogstcco-operaton.

In November 2002, NUC Foregn Mnsters adopted the NATO-Ukrane

Acton Plan, pursuant to the decson o the NUC to deepen and broaden the

NATO-Ukranerelatonshp,andtorefectUkrane’s«StrategyonRelatonswth

theNorthAtlantcTreatyOrgansaton».

MEDITERRANEANDIALOGUE(MD)

General

The MD was ntated n 1994 wth a vew to contrbutng to regonal

securtyandstabltyntheMedterraneanarea.TheMDscomposedoseven

countres:Algera,Egypt,Israel,Jordan,Morocco,MaurtanaandTunsa.InMay

2001,theNorthAtlantcCounclagreedtothepartcpatonoMDcountresn

careullyselectedNATO/PPexercses.MDcountresareauthorsedtotakepart

nSGPLEmeetngs.

MediterraneanCo-operationGroup(MCG)

TheMCG,whchwasestablshedn1997,enhancestheMDntatveby

provdngaorumdrectlynvolvngMDandAlledcountresnpoltcaldscussons.

The MCG ocuses on enhancng the Dalogue’s poltcal dmenson, achevng

nteroperablty,cooperatngntheeldsobordersecurtyanddeencereorm

andcontrbutngtotheghtaganstterrorsm.

MediterraneanCo-operationWorkingPlan(MDWP)

The MDWP, whch s the central mechansm o NATO co-operaton

wthMDcountres,ncludesmltaryandnon-mltaryactvtes.Itcoversatwo



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yearperodbut srevewedannually.SelectedNATO/PPevents,actvtesand

exercses are opened or attendance by representatves o the Medterranean

DalogueandtheIstanbulCooperatonIntatve(ICI),etherasactvepartcpants

orasobservers.

ISTANBULCO-OPERATIONINITIATIVE(ICI) The ICI was launched at the June 2004 Summt to expand the MD

rameworkwhlerespectngtheMDspeccty.Itconcernscountresnthebroader

regonotheMddleEast.Thsntatveamsatpromotngpractcalcooperaton

wth nterested countres, startng wth the countres o the Gul Co-operaton

Countres (GCC), .e. Bahran, Kuwat, Oman, Qatar, Saud Araba and Unted

ArabEmrates.Itoerstaloredadvceondeencereorm,deencebudgetngand

plannng,promotngcvl-mltaryandmltarytomltarycooperatontocontrbute

tonteroperablty,ghtngterrorsmaddressngtheproleratono weaponso

massdestructonandtherdelverymeans;andghtngllegaltrackng.Logstc

co operaton ocuses onprovdng ICI countres wth accessto NATO logstccoursesandwthtaloredactvtes,asmayberequested.

IstanbulCo-operationInitiativeGroup(ICIG)

Followng the launchng o theICI n2004,t hasbeen agreed thatthe

mandateotheMCGbeextendedtoncluderesponsbltyorICIrelatedmatters

whlemantanngthepossbltyorthsgrouptomeetetherntsMCGorICIG

conguratonnordertorefectthespecctyotheMD.TheICIGensuresthe

overallcoordnatonothemplementatonoallaspectsotheIstanbuldecson.

Inlnewththsdecson,NATOdevelopsandoersamenuopractcalactvtes

wthntheagreedprortyareasorpossbledevelopmentwthnterestedcountresotheregon.

REFERENCES

Notavalable.

ANNEX




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ANNEXAto

Chapter12




AHWG AdHocWorkngGroup

AOC AreaoCo-operaton

APLs Ant-PersonnelLandmnes

AT ArTransport


CAPCAT CapabltesCatalogue


NATO

GCC GulCo-operatonCountres



ICIG IstanbulCo-operatonIntatveGroup

ILS IntegratedLogstcSupport

LCM LeCycleManagement

LSM LogstcsStaMeetng

MCG MedterraneanCo-operatonGroup


MDWP MedterraneanCo-operatonWorkngPlan



MTIs MltaryTasksorInteroperablty

NAC NorthAtlantcCouncl

NCS NATOCodcatonSystemNRC NATO-RussaCouncl



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NUC NATOUkraneCommsson

OCC OperatonalCapabltesConcept

PARP PartnershporPeacePlannngandRevewProcess

PCC PartnershpCo-ordnatonCell


PGs PartnershpGoals

PMSC PoltcalMltarySteerngCommttee

SALW SmallArmsandLghtWeapons

SHAPE SupremeHeadquartersAlledPowersEurope

SGPLE StandngGrouporPartnerLogstcExperts


STANAGs NATOStandardsatonAgreements



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CHAPTER 13PRODUCTIONLOGISTICS



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CONFERENCEOFNATIONALARMAMENTSDIRECTORS(CNAD)-AC/259

ItsundertheaegsotheCNADthatmostotheeortamedatdentyng

opportuntesorcollaboratonntheresearch,developmentandproductono

mltaryequpmentandweaponsystemstakesplace.TheCNAD,whchmeets

nullsessontwceayear,scharedbytheSecretaryGeneral.Thepermanent

Charman s the Assstant Secretary General (ASG) or Deence Investment.It brngs together the Natonal Armament Drectors o member natons,

representatvesromtheMltaryCommttee(MC)andStrategcCommand(SCs),

thecharmenotsmangroupsandothercvlandmltaryauthorteswthan

nterestnproductonlogstcs.TheCNADsdrectlyresponsbleortheollowng

ourkeyelementsorco-operaton:

- theharmonsatonomltaryrequrementsonanAllance-wdebass;

- thepromotonoessentalbattleeldnteroperablty;

- thepursutoco-operatveopportuntesdentedbytheCNADand

thepromotonomprovedtransatlantcco-operaton;and

- the development o crtcal technologes, ncludng expanded

technologysharng.

CNADSubstructure

TheCNADsubstructureconsstsoManGroups(level1),wthsupportng

level 2 subject area management groups and level 3 expert workng groups.

InormatonontheCNADstructuresavalableontheArmamentsInormaton

Management System (AIMS) on the NATO ntranet, or on the NATO publc

webste.Thelevel1CNADgroupsaretheollowng:

CNADMainArmamentsGroups coverngland,seaandarwarare:

- NATONavalArmamentsGroup(NNAG)-AC/141;

- NATOArForceArmamentsGroup(NAFAG)-AC/224;and

- NATOArmyArmamentsGroup(NAAG)-AC/225.

TheCNADMainGroups conssto:

- NATOIndustrialAdvisoryGroup(NIAG)-provdesndustryadvceto the CNAD on ndustral, techncal, economc, management and

other relevant aspects o research, development and producton o

armamentswthnthe Allance. The prmary ocuss the conduct o

NIAGstudestoprovdetechnologyadvceorprogrammedevelopment

eortsundertheCNAD.

- LieCycle Management Group - AC/327 - s responsble, on

behalotheCNAD,orNATOpolces,methods,useandsupporto

armamentssystemstomeetNATOlecycle,qualtyandnteroperablty

requrements.

- CNADAmmunition Saety Group – AC/326 - s responsble, on

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lecycleandprovdesstandardsandgudanceormuntonssaety

desgn, testng, transportaton, handlng and storage ncludng n

NATOoperatons.

- GroupoNationalDirectorsonCodication-AC/135.ThsGroup

sconcernedwththedevelopment,mplementatonandmantenance

oaNATOCodcatonSystem(NCS)nsupportoAlledForces.Itworkscloselywth,andrecevessecretaralsupportrom,theNATO

MantenanceandSupplyAgency(NAMSA)whchcanberegardedas

tsexecutvearm.

TheCNADAdHocGroups dealng wth specal armaments projects are the

ollowng:

- AllianceGroundSurveillanceSteeringCommittee-AC/259(Surv)

- MissileDeenceAdHocGroup-AC/259(MDAHG)

NationalArmamentsDirectorsRepresentatives(NADREPS)assgned

to natonal delegatons to NATO and representng ther Natonal Armaments

Drectors.NADREPSmeetgenerallyeverytwoweeksandholdregularmeetngs

wthPartnernatonNADREPS.TheyoverseetheCNADManagementPlanandact

astheNATOHeadquarters’ocalpontsortherrespectveNatonalArmaments

Drectors.

OTHERNATOCOMMITTEESANDBODIESINVOLVEDINARMAMENTSCO

OPERATION

OtherNATOcommtteesandbodesarealsonvolvedncertanaspectsoarmamentsco-operaton.

NATOAirDeenceCommittee(NADC)

TheNADCscharedbytheDeputySecretaryGeneralandmeetstwcea

year.ItadvsestheNorthAtlantcCounclandtheDeencePlannngCommttee

(DPC)onallaspectsoardeenceprogrammedevelopmentorNATOandthe

adjacentseaareas.Ithastwosubordnatepanels:

- PanelonArDeencePhlosophy(PADP);and

- PanelonArDeenceWeapons(PADW).

NATOProjectSteeringCommittees(NPSC)

ANATOProjectsaormalstatusconerredbytheCNADonanarmaments

cooperatonprojectthatssubjecttotheollowngcondtons:

- twoormoreNATOnatonspartcpatentheproject;

- there sacommtment toreportprogress annually toCNADuntl theequpmenthasbeenproducedortheprojectotherwsetermnated;and

- provson s ncluded or the admsson o other nterested NATOcountres, subject to the acceptance o reasonable and equtable

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ANPSCsabodycomposedonatonalrepresentatvesestablshedbyan

ntergovernmentalagreementbetween twoormoreNATOnatons norder toco-

ordnate, executeorsupervse anequpment procurement programmewhchhas

qualfedasaNATOPROJECT.AnumberoprojectscontnuetoenjoyormalNATO

statusunderthetermsotheCNADCharter.AlstoNPSCssprovdedatAnnexA.

ResearchandTechnologyOrganisation(RTO)

ThegovernngbodyotheNATOResearchandTechnologyOrgansaton

s the Research and Technology Board (RTB) whch s composed o natonal

delegatesdrawnromgovernment,ndustryandacadema.TheRTBhasbeen

desgnatedbytheCounclasthesngleocuswthnNATOortheconducto

nternatonalcollaboratvedeenceResearchandTechnology(R&T),andtheco-

ordnatonootherR&Tactvtesandssues.TheCharmanotheRTBreportsto

boththeCNADandtheMC.

The RTO s supportedby the Research and Technology Agency (RTA),

Pars (France). The prmary work o the RTO s conducted by networks o

natonalexperts,nvolvedncollaboratveresearchprojects,mltarystudesand

normatonexchangeactvtesacrossawderangeotechnologydscplnes.

NATOConsultation,CommandandControlOrganisation(NC3O)

AsaresultoaCouncldecson,theNATOC3Organsaton(NC3O)came

ntobengnJuly1996.TheworkotheNATOC3Communtysoverseenby

theNATOC3Board(NC3B)whchmeetstwceayearwthrepresentatonrom

captals.TheBoardsassstedntsworkbytheNatonalC3Representatves

(NC3REPS)whoarenormallyresdentntherdelegatonormltaryrepresentatonnNATOHQ.TheBoardoverseesthe workotstwo Agences,the NATOC3

Agency(NC3A)whchsaplannng,desgn,developmentengneerng,technology

and procurement agency, and the NATO CIS Operatng and Support Agency

(NACOSA).StasupporttotheNC3Bandtssubstructuresprovdedbythe

NATO Headquarters C3 Sta, whch s anntegrated cvlan and mltary sta

respondngtoboththeASG/DIandtheDrectorIMS(DIMS).

TheNATOC3systemsthatarebengdevelopedencompassthecommon

unded communcatons systems, normaton systems, sensor (and warnng

nstallatons) systems, and ther acltes n NATO and natonal headquarters,

thatarerequredorpoltcalconsultaton,crssmanagement,cvlemergency

plannngandmltarycommandandcontrol.NATOC3actvtesntheseareas

arerelatedtothemultnatonaldecsonmakngprocesswhchdealswth:

- polcymakng,plannng,programmng,mplementaton,operatonand

mantenanceocommon-undedNATOC3systems;

- standardsaton and co-operatve development, testng and

procurement o NATO C3 and approprate natonal C3 (ncludng

navgatonanddentcaton)equpmentandsystems;and

- nteroperablty between natonal C3 systems and between those

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PROCEDURESFORARMAMENTSCO-OPERATION

Armaments co-operaton under the CNAD s based essentally on an

normatonexchangeprocessthatseeksagreementbetweennatonsandthe

SCsonharmonsedoperatonalrequrementsnorderto promoteco-operatve

equpment programmes. Because the responsblty or equppng ther orces

saprerogatveondvdualmembernatons,thsco-operatveprocesscanbesupportedandencouraged,butnotregulated,byNATO.Theresthereoreno

ormalorcentralsedNATOarmamentsplannngsystem.However,norderto

gvegreatercoherenceandstructuretoco-operatveeorts,twomajorPlannng/

programmngsystemshavebeenntroducednNATO:ConventonalArmaments

Plannng System (CAPS) and the Phased Armaments Programmng System

(PAPS).

ArmamentsProgramming:PhasedArmamentsProgrammingSystem

(PAPS)

PAPS,whchspublshedasAAP-20,sdesgnedasatoolavalableasrequred or conductng programmes on a systematc bass. It should not be

regardedasasetoormalandmandatorystepsnthemplementatonoCNAD

projects. There sa nteandarly consstent number omlestonesn the le

oaweaponsystemprogrammewherethenatureotheprogrammechanges.

At these mlestones, decsons must be made regardngalternatve courses o

acton.PAPSsntendedtoprovdeastructuredapproachtodecson-makngat

thesemlestonesorallmanagementlevelsnvolvednco-operatveresearchand

developmentandproductonprogrammeswthnNATO.

PARTNERSHIPACTIVITIES TheCNADsplaynganactveandmportantrolenmplementngpractcal

cooperatonwthnthePPramework.Somepromsngareashavealreadybeen

dentedwhchprovdethesubstanceor utureco-operatonactvtes.These

actvtesaretheollowng:

- Mantanngandupgradngagengtactcalarcrat(NAFAG);

- Shpdesgn(NNAG);

- Ammuntonandnterchangeablty(NAAG);

- Psychologcalreadnessormultnatonaloperatons(RTB);and

- Contnuous Acquston and Le Cycle Support techncal standards

(NATOCALSManagementBoard(NCMB)).

Partnersalsoneedtobeprovdedwthaddtonaltranngandassstance

nworkngwthNATOtechncaldocumentatonand,speccally,NATOstandards.

To the extent possble, CNAD PP actvtes are co-ordnated wth related co-

operatonnotherNATObodes,andpartcularlywththeNATOStandardsaton

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IndividualPartnershipProgrammes(IPAPs)

PartnersdemonstratesgncantnterestnCNAD-sponsoredcooperaton

actvtes,asshownntheIPAPs.

ProposaltoLaunchCNAD«PartnershipArmamentsProjects»

The CNAD has developed a urther ntatve to oer opportuntes ornterestedPartnerstoreappractcalbenetsromPPco-operatonnthenear-

term, by engagng n selected small-scale co-operatve projects wth NATO

natonsandndustry.Thsproposal,endorsedbytheNAC,shouldgveNATO

ndustryanncentvetoassstPartnersnthedevelopmentorealstcproposals

ornear-termprojectsto advance,npartcular, nteroperabltybetweenNATO

andPartnerorce.

REFERENCES

NATOHandbook

NATOFactsandFgures

AAP-20 HandbookonthePhasedArmamentsPlannngSystem(PAPS)

AAP-27 ConventonalArmamentsPlannngSystem(CAPS)-UsersHandbook

andGudance

ANNEXES

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ANNEXAto

Chapter13

ANNEX A NATOPROJECTSTEERINGCOMMITTEES

ADW AreaDeenceWeapon

AGS AllanceGroundSurvellanceCapablty

BICES BattleeldInormatonCollecton&ExplotatonSystem

CSNI CommuncatonsSystemsNetworkInteroperablty

DFD DataFusonDemonstrator

F-16 F-16FghterArcrat

FORACS NATONavalForcesSensors&WeaponsAccuracy

CheckStes

MIDS-LVT MultnatonalInormatonDstrbutonSystem-Low

VolumeTermnal

MILAN MILANAnt-tankWeaponSystem

NCMB NATOContnuousAcqustonandLe-CycleSupport

(CALS)ManagementBoardNILE NATOImprovementLnk11

NIMIC NATOInsenstveMuntonsInormatonCentre

NLRS MultpleLaunchRocketSystem

NMPA NATOMartmePatrolArcrat

OTOMELARA OTOMELARA76/62CompactGun

SEAGNAT NATOSEAGNATSystem

SEASPARROW NATOSEASPARROWArDeenceMssle

SINS LowCostInertalNavgatonSystemsorShps

TRIPARTITE (sel-explanatory)

MINEHUNTER

V/SHORAD VeryShort/ShortRangeArDeenceSystems





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NNAG NATONavalArmamentsGroup


PADP PanelonArDeencePhlosophy

PAPS PhasedArmamentsProgrammngSystem

PADW PanelonArDeenceWeapons

RTA ResearchandTechnologyAgency

RTB ResearchandTechnologyBoard


SCs StrategcCommand



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CHAPTER 14IN-SERVICELOGISTICS



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CHAPTER 14IN-SERVICELOGISTICS

“Understand that the oundation o an army is the belly. It is necessary to

procure nourishment or the soldier wherever you assemble him

and whenever you wish to conduct him.”

- Frederick II o Prussia, 1747 -

INTRODUCTION

In-Servce Logstcss closelyrelatedto ProductonLogstcsands an

ntegralpartotheSystemLeCycleManagement(SLCM).Althoughnservce

support relates to those actvtes requred to assure that weapon system/

equpment s avalable and t or use, t actually begns wth the decson to

brng the new system nto the nventory. In servce logstc plannng starts at

theoutsetoasystemdesgn.Itscrtcaltodetermnethemantenanceandsupportconceptsasearlyaspossblebecauseapproxmately60%to80%oa

deencesystem’sTotalOwnershpCost(TOC)occuraterthatsystemsputnto

operaton.Moremportantly,themagntudeothatcostsdetermneddurngthe

desgnanddevelopmentphase.Forthesereasons,themantenanceandsupport

conceptsneedtobedetermnedupront.ThsconceptsknownasIntegrated

LogstcSupport.

IntegratedLogisticSupport(ILS)

ILS s the delberate ntegraton o systems/equpmentlogstc support

consderatonsntothesystemlecyclemanagementdurngtheoutsetotheprogramme/project.ILSprescrbesthatallelementsologstcsupportbeplanned,

acqured,testedandprovdednatmelyandcost-eectvemanner.NATOpolcy

speccsthatallnancalandotherresourcesrequredtomantanoperatonal

avalablty receve equal emphass as those requred to acheve perormance

objectves and tmely equpment delvery. The SNLC developed ALP-10 on

IntegratedLogstcSupportn1991tosupporttheAllance’sambton.

ILSsstructuredaroundthelecyclemanagementmodeldetalednthe

PhasedArmamentsProgrammngSystem(PAPS–seechapter13).Thsmodel

portraysthetotallespanoasystem,commencngwthmsson-needevaluatonand extends through the n-servce phasetotseventual dsengagement.The

modelapplestobothcommonandjontlyundedprojects.

LogisticSupportAnalysis(LSA)

LSAsastructuredprocessntendedtodene,analyseandquantylogstc

supportrequrementsandtonfuencedesgnorsupportablty,throughoutsystem

development. LSA stresses smplcty by dentyng an optmal level o logstc

requrements.TheobjectveoLSAstoenableoptmumsystemperormanceand

avalabltyat mnmumlecyclecost. LSA sconductedonannteractve bass

throughout the acquston cycle through the use o studes, trade-os, servceadvceandtestandevaluatonleadngtosuccessvedesgnrenement.



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Durng desgn, the analyss s orented towards assstng the desgn

engneerng n ncorporatng logstc requrements nto equpment desgn.

Thsncludes ncorporaton o key logstc-related desgn objectves,relablty,

mantanabltyandtestablty.

Asthe project progresses, the LSA processconcentrates on provdng

detaled descrptons o specc resources requred to support a systemthroughouttsn-servcephasebyprovdngtmelyvalddataorallareasoILS.

That data s used toplan, acqure and poston support resources (personnel,

undng and materel) to ensure that deployed systems meet ther avalablty

requrements.

Durngthelaterproductonandn-servcephasesotheproject,eedback

dataareusedtorevewthecontnungvaldtyodatatoensurethatLeCycle

Cost(LCC)plansarebengrealsed.

LieCycleCosting(LCC) LCCsthetotalsumodrect,ndrect,recurrng,non-recurrngandother

relatedcostsncurred,orestmatedtobencurred,nthedesgn,development,

producton, operatons, mantenance and support o a major system over

tsantcpatedlespan.LCCanalysss anteratve processthatstartsat the

begnnngotheprogramme/projectlecycleandcontnuesthroughoutthele

cycleothesystem.

NATOPRODUCTIONANDLOGISTICORGANISATIONS(NPLO)

AnNPLOsasubsdarybodycreatedwthntherameworkoNATOorthe

mplementatonotasksarsngoutotheTreaty,andtowhchtheNorthAtlantcCouncl(NAC)grantsorgansatonal,admnstratveandnancalndependence.

The NPLO s establshed wth a vew to meetng, to the best advantage, the

collectverequrementsopartcpatngnatonsnrelevanteldsodesgnand

development,producton,operatonallogstcsupportandmanagementunder

thecondtonsagreedn tsCharter.AnNPLOsopentoallNATOnatonswho

becomememberstatesbysgnngtheMemorandumoUnderstandng(MOU).

AnNPLOnormallyconsstso:

- aBoardoDrectors(BOD),nsomecasescalledaSteerngCommttee

(SC),sthegovernngbodyactngwthregardtothecollectventerestsomembernatons.Therepresentatvesoeachmembernatonrepresent

thernaton’spoltcal,mltary,economc,nancalandtechncalnterests

andullypartcpatentheBODsdecson-makngprocess;

- subordnatecommttee(s)establshedbytheBODasrequred;and

- anAgencythatstheexecutvemanagngbodyundertheauthortyo

aGeneralManager.

Producton Logstcs Orented NPLOs are lsted atAnnex A. Consumer

Logstcs Orented NPLOs consst o the NATO Mantenance and SupplyOrgansaton(NAMSOandtheCentralEuropePpelneManagementOrgansaton

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NATOMAINTENANCEANDSUPPLYORGANISATION(NAMSO)

NAMSOandtsagencyNAMSAaredescrbednChapter2.

NAMSASPECIFICCO-OPERATIVELOGISTICPROJECTS

NATOLogisticStockExchange(NLSE)

TheNATOLogstcStockExchange(NLSE)sasetotoolsdevelopedbyNAMSAtoassstcustomersandsupplersnputtngntopractcecooperatve

logstc concepts or tem management and acquston. The system allows

customerstoexchangenormatononstockholdngs,arrangeorredstrbuton

oassets,ncreaseglobalassetvsbltynordertodetermnepresentanduture

requrements. The overall objectve s to mprove logstcs avalablty, acheve

economesoscaleandsmplythesupplychanprocesses.

TheNLSEnormatonsystemplatormconsstsoasetodatabasesandaweb-

basednteracewhchallows:

- reportngandexchangngexcessassets;

- reportngoarmedorces’nventorestomprovestockmanagement;

- assetpoolngtopermtcommonstockmanagement;and

- processngoNATO-wdemutualemergencysupportrequests.

Customers wshng to use the NLSE drectly must subscrbe to the

provsonsotheCOMMIT(CommonItemManagement)PartnershpAgreement

– whch establshes the legal ramework necessary or the management o

commonstocksandprescrbestherulesorassetredstrbuton.Thsagreementhasthesamelegalbassasaweaponsystempartnershpagreement.

NATODepotandSupportSystem(NDSS)

The NDSS s a ully ntegratedsotware package desgned, developed

andmantanedbyNAMSA.Itcoversmostareasologstcsupportsuchastem

dentcaton,supply,mantenanceandpropertyaccountng.TheNDSSoperates

na clent-server archtecture.Itsscalablty allows tto benstalledn astand

aloneworkstatonornalocalareanetwork(LAN).

NAMSAassstsnthenstallatonothepackage,requred,ncludngtheprocurementothenecessaryhardware.NAMSAalsoprovdesuserandoperator

tranngandtheservcesoadedcatedhelpdesk.

NATOAmmunitionDataBase(NADB)

The NADB provdes an authortatve source o NATO ammunton

nterchangeablty, techncal and logstc normaton on CD. Userscan search

normaton on NATO Stock Number (NSN), tem name, ammunton model

number,manuacturer,weapon,usernatonandothercrtera.



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NATOPROJECTSTEERINGCOMMITTEES(NPSCs)

NPSCsareestablshednaccordancewthproceduresorco-operaton

nresearch,developmentandproductonomltaryequpmentapprovedbythe

Councl.Thereare20NPSCsthatreporttotheConerenceoNatonalArmaments

Drectors(CNAD)(seeAnnexA,Chapter13).

CO-OPERATIVELOGISTICTECHNIQUES

There are a number o materel management technques whch are

prerequstes or or support to the ntroducton o co-operatve logstc

arrangements.

NATOCodicationSystem(NCS)

TheNATOCodcatonSystem(NCS)saunormandcommonsystem

ordentcaton,classcatonandstocknumberngoItemsoSupply(IoS)o

usernatons, desgned to acheve maxmum eectveness n logstcs support

andacltatematereldatamanagement.TheNCShasbeenagreedbyallAllesandsponsorsnonNATOnatonsndentyngequpmentandsupples.TheNCS

sgovernedbytheNATOGroupoNatonalDrectorsonCodcaton(AC/135)

–seechapter13andmplementedbytheNatonalCodcatonBureau(NCB)o

eachusernaton.

TheNATOCodcatonSystemprovdesaccuratenormatonregardng

thedenttyoanIoS,permtsrecordngothesourcesosupplyandprovdes

othermanagementdata.Ithelpssolvesupplymanagementproblemsbyprovdng

datauserswthreadyaccesstoasngle,uptodatesource.

TheoperatonalandeconomcadvantagesorusersotheNCSaretheollowng:

- enhancedopportuntesorstandardsatonandnterchangeablty,by

recordngandrevealngtheunquecharacterstcsoIoS;

- accesstotheullrangeonormatononallIoSntheusers’nventores,

thus poolng resources and sharng the burden o acqurng spare

parts and mantanng common equpment; mnmses the supply

requrementorsparesandconsumablesoroperatonaldeployment;

- permts users to readly denty spares and/or substtutes or aweapon system thereby reducng downtme and supportng orce

multplcaton;

- common supplylanguageunderstood by all users, whchsmples

thetechncaldaloguebetweenusers;

- computer technology osterng the recordng, processng and

transmttaloIoSdatananecentanduserrendlymanner;

- greatereconomesortheusersresultngromavodngthecreatono

newIoSorpartsdentablethroughthedatabase;

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- eectve co-ordnated procurement by elmnatng concurrent

acqustonanddsposalothesameIoS,consoldatngordersrom

severaluserstobenetromprcereductonsonbulkpurchasesand

vsbltyoseveralpotentalsourcesosupply;and

- nterchange/exchangeoassets,reductononventores,warehousng,

datamantenanceandpersonnel;andmproveddsposalosurplusandexcessmaterel.

TheGroupoNatonalDrectorsonCodcaton(AC/135)otenrequests

NAMSA, on a cost recovery bass, to carry out central codcaton support

actvtes,whchncludestheollowngstandngservces:

- unctonalandtechncalsupporttoAC/135;

- secretaralsupport;

- managementoAC/135PublcatonsandWebSte;

- managementoCodcatondatatransmssonanddataqualty;and

- managementotheCD-ROMNATOMasterCatalogueoReerences

or Logstcs(NMCRL)whch saCD-ROM/DVD that comprse16m

NSN,31mPartNumbers,1.2mdataconcernngManuacturersand

Vendors(NCAGE)and23mUserRegstratons.NAMSAalsomanages

theNATOMalboxSystem(MBS)allowngthetranserodataamong

themembercountres.

REFERENCESNotavalable.

ANNEXES

A NATOProductonLogstcRelatedOrganstatons(NPLOs)




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ANNEXAto

Chapter14

ANNEX A NATOPRODUCTIONLOGISTICRELATEDORGANISATIONS(NPLOs)

NATO Helicopter or the 1990s (NH90) Design and Development,

Production and Logistics Management Organisation (NAHEMO) wth ts

Agency (NAHEMA) located at Ax-en-Provence, France. Member natons are

France,Germany,ItalyandtheUntedKngdom.

NATO Euro Fighter 2000 (EF 2000) and TORNADO Development,

ProductionandLogisticsManagementOrganisation(NETMO)wthtsAgency

(NETMA)locatedatUnterlachng,Germany.MembernatonsareGermany,Italy,

Span(EF2000only),andtheUntedKngdom.

NATOMediumExtendedAirDeenceSystem,DesignandDevelopment,Production andLogistics ManagementOrganisation (NAMEADSMO) wth

tsAgency(NAMEADSMA)locatedatHuntsvlle,AlabamantheUntedStates.

MembernatonsareGermany,Italy,andtheUntedStates.

NATOHAWKProductionand Logistics Organisation (NHPLO) wth

ts Management Oce located at Ruel-Malmason, France. Member natons

are Belgum, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and

Norway.

OtherNPLOsthatcomprseallNATOnatonsare: NATOAirborneEarlyWarningandControlProgrammeManagement

Organisation (NAPMO) wth ts Agency (NAPMA) located at Brunssum, the

Netherlands.

NATO Air Command and Control System (ACCS) Management

Organisation (NACMO) wth ts Agency (NACMA) located at Brussels,

Belgum.

NATOConsultation,CommandandControl(C3)Organisation(NC3O)

wthtsAgency(NC3A)atBrussels,BelgumandtheHague,theNetherlands.



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ANNEXBto

Chapter14

ANNEX B ACRONYMSUSEDINTHISCHAPTER

APM Ant-PersonnelMnes

CEPMO CentralEuropePpelneManagementOrgansaton

CIS CommuncatonandInormatonSystems

COMMIT CommonItemManagement

CNAD ConerenceoNatonalArmamentsDrectors.

HLM HAWKLogstcManagement


IoS ItemsoSupply

LAN LocalAreaNetwork

LCC LeCycleCost

LSA LogstcSupportAnalyss

MOU MemorandumoUnderstandngNAC NorthAtlantcCouncl

NCB NatonalCodcatonBureau

NADB NATOAmmuntonDataBase

NCS NATOCodcatonSystem

NDSS NATODepotandSupportSystem

NLSE NATOLogstcStockExchange

MBS NATOMalboxSystem



NMCRL NATOMasterCatalogueoReerencesorLogstcs

NPLO NATOProductonandLogstcOrgansatons

NPSCs NATOProjectSteerngCommttees

NSN NATOStockNumber




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SC SteerngCommttee

SLCM SystemLeCycleManagement

TOC TotalOwnershpCost



—193—

ACRONYMS

USED

IN THIS

HANDBOOK



—194—



—195—

ACRONYMS USED IN THIS HANDBOOK


ACCS ArCommandandControlSystems

ACE AlledCommandEurope


ACROSS AlledCommandResourceOptmsatonSotware

System

ACSP ArcratCross-ServcngProgramme



ADL AlledDspostonLst


ADR AnnualDeenceRevew

AFLPs AlledFuelsLogstcPublcatons

AGARD AdvsoryGrouporAerospaceResearchand

Development

AHWG AdHocWorkngGroup

AIMS ArmamentsInormatonManagementSystem

AJP AlledJontPublcatons

ALSSs AdvancedLogstcSupportStes

AMCC AlledMovementCo-ordnatonCentre

AMSCC AthensMultnatonalSealtCo-ordnatonCentre

AOC AreaoCo-operaton

AOO AreaoOperatons


AP AlledPublcaton

APLs Ant-PersonnelLandmnes

APM Ant-PersonnelMnes

ARMYF&LWP ArmyFuelsandLubrcantsWorkngParty

ASG AssstantSecretaryGeneral

AT ArTransport





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COP ContngencyPlan

COR ConceptoRequrements

CP CapabltesPackage

CPG ComprehensvePoltcalGudance

CRD Commander’sRequredDate


CS CombatSupport

CSCE ConerenceorSecurtyandCooperatonnEurope



C3 Consultaton,CommandandControl

DCI DeenceCapabltesIntatve

DCS DamageControlSurgery

DDP DetaledDeploymentPlan


DI DeenceInvestment

DIMS DrectorIMS

DJTF DeployableJontTaskForce

DM DeployabltyandMoblty

DNBI DseaseandNon-BattleInjury

DOS DaysoSupply


DPP DeencePolcyandPlannng

DPQ DeencePlannngQuestonnare

DRC DeenceRevewCommttee

DRR DeenceRequrementRevew

EAC EuropeanArltCentre

EAPC Euro-AtlantcPartnershpCouncl

EM ExecutveManagement

EOD ExplosveOrdnanceDsposal

EODTIC NATOEODTechncalInormatonCentre



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EU EuropeanUnon

FLR ForcesoLowerReadness

FLSs ForwardLogstcStes

GBAD GroundBasedArDeence

GCC GulCo-operatonCountres

GOP GeneralOperatonalPlans

GRF GraduatedReadnessForces

HCCM Harmonsaton,Co-ordnatonandControlMechansm

HFM HumanFactorsandMedcnePanel

HLM HAWKLogstcManagement

HN HostNaton


HQ Headquarters

HRF HghReadnessForces

IC InrastructureCommttee


ICIG IstanbulCo-operatonIntatveGroup

IEL InrastructureEngneerngorLogstcs



INT IntellgenceDvson

IOs InternatonalOrgansatons

IoS ItemsoSupply

IPAPs IndvdualPartnershpProgrammes

IPC IndustralPlannngCommttee

IS InternatonalSta

ISAF InternatonalSecurtyAssstanceForce(Aghanstan)

IT InormatonTechnology

JFC JontForceCommand

JFCC JontForceComponentCommand

JHNSSC JontHNSSteerngCommttee



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JHQ JontHeadquarters

JIAs JontImplementatonArrangements

JLSG JontLogstcSupportGroup


JOA JontOperatonsArea

JSB JontServceBoard

LAN LocalAreaNetwork

LCB LogstcsCoordnatonBoard

LCC LeCycleCost

LCM LeCycleManagement

LCS LeCycleSupport

LLN LogstcsLeadNaton

LLTI LongLeadTmeItems

LN LeadNaton

LOC LnesoCommuncaton

LOGIMG LogstcsInormatonManagementGroup

LOGFS LogstcFunctonalServces

LOGFSIMWG LogstcFunctonalServcesInormatonManagement

WorkngGroup

LOGIS LogstcsInormatonSystem

LOGREP LogstcReportng

L&R LogstcsandResourcesDvson

LRSN LogstcsRoleSpecalstNaton

LSA LogstcSupportAnalyss

LSM LogstcsStaMeetng


M&TF MovementandTransportatonForum


MBC MltaryBudgetCommttee

MBS NATOMalboxSystem

MC MltaryCommttee



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MCE MultnatonalCommandElement

MCG MedterraneanCo-operatonGroup


MDWP MedterraneanCo-operatonWorkngPlan

MEDAG MedcalAdvsoryGroup

MG MnsteralGudance

MIMUs MultnatonalIntegratedMedcalUnts


MJO MajorJontOperaton

MMRs MnmumMltaryRequrements

MNDDP Mult-NatonalDetaledDeploymentPlan

MNLC(M) MultnatonalLogstcsCommand(Martme)

MNMF MultnatonalMartmeForce


MPRE MoblePpelneReparEqupment

MTFs MedcalTreatmentFacltes

MTIs MltaryTasksorInteroperablty

MTRP Medum-TermResourcePlan

NAAG NATOArmyArmamentsGroup


NAC(R) RenorcedNorthAtlantcCouncl

NACC NorthAtlantcCooperatonCouncl

NACMA NATOACCSManagementAgency

NACOSA NATOCISOperatngandSupportAgency

NADB NATOAmmuntonDataBase

NADC NATOArDeenceCommttee

NADREPS NatonalArmamentsDrectorsRepresentatves

NAEW NATOArborneEarlyWarnng

NAFAG NATOArForceArmamentsGroup

NAMs NATOMltaryAuthortes




—201—


NAVALF&LWP NavalFuelsandLubrcantsWorkngParty

NC3A NATOC3Agency

NC3B NATOC3Board

NC3O NATOConsultaton,CommandandControl

Organsaton

NC3REPS NatonalC3Representatves

NCB NatonalCodcatonBureau

NCMB NATOCALSManagementBoard


NCSA NATOCommuncatonandInormatonSystemsServcesAgency

NDMC NATODeenceManpowerCommttee

NDSS NATODepotandSupportSystem

NEPS NorthEuropeanPpelneSystem



NGOs Non-GovernmentalOrgansatons

NIAG NATOIndustralAdvsoryGroup

NLSE NATOLogstcStockExchange


NMCC NatonalMovementCo-ordnatonCentre

NMCRL NATOMasterCatalogueoReerencesorLogstcs

NNAG NATONavalArmamentsGroup


NPG NuclearPlannngGroup

NPLO NATOProductonandLogstcOrgansatons

NPS NATOPpelneSystem

NPSCs NATOProjectSteerngCommttees

NRC NATO-RussaCouncl





—202—

NSE NatonalSupportElement


NSN NATOStockNumber


NSP NATOStandardsatonProgramme

NSSG NATOStandardsatonStaGroup

NTM NotcetoMove

NUC NATO-UkraneCommsson

O&M OperatonsandMantenance

OCC OperatonalCapabltesConcept

OPCON OperatonalControl

OPLAN OperatonPlan


OPS OperatonsDvson

OSCE OrgansatonorSecurtyandCooperatonnEurope

P&P Plans&PolcyDvson

PADP PanelonArDeencePhlosophy

PADW PanelonArDeenceWeapons


PARP PartnershporPeacePlannngandRevewProcess

PASP PoltcalAarsandSecurtyPolcy



PBOS PlannngBoardorOceanShppng

PCC PragueCapabltesCommtment

PDD PublcDplomacy


PGs PartnershpGoals

PHE PetroleumHandlngEqupment

PHEWG PetroleumHandlngEqupmentWorkngGroup

PMR PrncpalMltaryRequrements



—203—

PMSC PoltcalMltarySteerngCommttee


POL Petroleum,olandlubrcants

PPC PetroleumPlannngCommttee

PSOs PeaceSupportOperatons

RFPs RequestsorProposals

RIFB ReadyInvtatonsorBd

ROM RestrctonoMovement

RSN RoleSpecalstNatons


RTA ResearchandTechnologyAgency

RTB ResearchandTechnologyBoard


SACEUR SupremeAlledCommanderEurope

SACLANT SupremeAlledCommandAtlantc

SACT SupremeAlledCommanderTransormaton

SALCC StrategcArLtCo-ordnatonCell

SALW SmallArmsandLghtWeapons

SC SteerngCommttee

SCC SealtCo-ordnatonCentre

SCEPC SenorCvlEmergencyPlannngCommttee’s


SDOS StandardDaysoSupply

SFC SngleFuelConcept

SFP SngleFuelPolcy

SG SecretaryGeneral

SGPLE StandngGroupoPartnerLogstcExperts

SGLO SecretaryGeneral’sLasonOcer

SHAPE SupremeHeadquartersAlledPowersEurope

SL SustanabltyandLogstcs

SLCM SystemLeCycleManagement



SN SendngNaton


SNs SendngNatons


SOR StatementoRequrement


SPMII SustanmentPlannngModuleII

SPOW ScentcProgrammeoWork

SRB SenorResourceBoard

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