THE DEFENCE OPERATIONAL LANGUAGES SUPPORT UNIT

PROJECT TEAM

LT COL A J PARROTT RLC

SO1 DOLSU PT

WHAT

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY

WHEN?

TIME

QUANTITY +

QUALITY

NOW WHEN?

HOW MANY?

TO WHAT STANDARD? WHICH LANGUAGES?

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2 = Medium Standard and Numbers

3 = Low Standard, High Numbers

TIME

QUANTITY +

QUALITY

NOW WHEN?

HOW MANY?

TO WHAT STANDARD? WHICH LANGUAGES?

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1 = High Standard, Low Numbers

2 = Medium Standard and Numbers

3 = Low Standard, High Numbers

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LANGUAGES?

WHICH LANGUAGES?

To meet present operational requirements

To meet probable future operational requirements

To meet possible future operational requirements

MAJOR WORLD LANGUAGES?

Mandarin 880m English 510m

Hindi / Urdu 360m Spanish 330m

Arabic 210m Portuguese 180m

Bengali 170m Russian 150m

Malay / Indonesian 140m Japanese 130m

German 100m French 70m

Italian 70m

13 languages spoken by 3.3bn (50%+ of world population?) people as a 1st or 2nd language

TIME

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QUALITY

NOW WHEN?

HOW MANY?

TO WHAT STANDARD? WHICH LANGUAGES?

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1 = High Standard, Low Numbers

2 = Medium Standard and Numbers

3 = Low Standard, High Numbers

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HOW MANY?

TO WHAT STANDARD

HOW MANY TO WHAT STANDARD?

MILITARY AND / OR CIVILIANS?

1 Basic Level Language Skills for all deploying Military Personnel

2 Survival Level Language Skills for some deploying Military Personnel

3 High Level Language Skills for a very limited number of deploying Military Personnel

4 In Theatre contracted Civilian Personnel

5 Out of Theatre contracted Civilian Personnel

TIME

QUANTITY +

QUALITY

NOW WHEN?

HOW MANY?

TO WHAT STANDARD? WHICH LANGUAGES?

12

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1 = High Standard, Low Numbers

2 = Medium Standard and Numbers

3 = Low Standard, High Numbers

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WHEN?

WHEN?

REGULARS or RESERVES?

1 Basic

2 Survival

3 High

4 In Theatre contracted Civilian Personnel

5 Out of Theatre contracted Civilian Personnel

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THE DEFENCE OPERATIONAL LANGUAGES SUPPORT UNIT

PROJECT TEAM

ANY QUESTIONS ?

PRESENTATION AIM

To inform you of the work being carried forward by the DOLSU Project Team in order to create a fully

operational DOLSU by Spring 2009

THE DOLSU

MISSION

The DOLSU will generate in a timely way, sustain and manage operational language capability in order to

support joint operations.

WHY THE DOLSU ?

Lessons identified on OPERATION TELIC

House of Commons Defence Committee Report

Directorate of Operational Capability – Appraisal of Defence Language Capability

PROJECT GALLIARD – Review of the Operational Language Capability Requirement

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY

IS

“THE FORGOTTEN FORCE MULTIPLIER”

THE DOLSU TASKS

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY GENERATION

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT

LANGUAGE INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY GENERATION

(LCG)

Maintain Language Skills Database

Co-ordinate Maintenance / Refresher Training

Language Skills Financial Incentives Scheme

High Level Language Skills Generation

Survival Level Language Skills Generation

Reserve Forces Language Skills Generation

Wider Language Capability Generation

Management of Deployed Reserve Linguists

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT

(LCM)

Language Estimates and Reconnaissance

Deployment of LCM teams to support operations

Home based support to LCM teams

Prepare Basic Level Language Skills Packages

Prepare Basic Level Cultural Awareness Packages

Training Packages for LCM Personnel

Training Packages for Interpreters / Translators

LANGUAGE INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER

(LIC)

Advice to Formations and Units

Statements of Training Requirement

MoD Language Examination Board / Westminster University Contract

Training Needs Analysis

Training Evaluation

DOLSU TIMELINES

Sep 06 - Set Up Team complete

Mar 07 - Move to Permanent Location

Apr 07 - Initial Operating Capability Team complete

Sep 07 - Initial Operating Capability established

Apr 08 - Full Operating Capability authorised

Sep 08 - Full Operating Capability Team complete

Apr 09 - Full Operating Capability established

THE DEFENCE OPERATIONAL LANGUAGES SUPPORT UNIT (DOLSU)

A PROPOSED STRUCTURE

DOLSU PTSO1 ARMY

WO2 SP ARMY

SO2 ARMY

DOLSU IT

SO2 ARMY

WO RN

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY GENERATION SECTION

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT SECTION

LANGUAGE INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER CELL

DOLSU MANAGEMENT TEAM

SO3 RAF

FULL OPERATING CAPABILITY

DLCC

CIV C2

SO2 ARMY

HIO 1 C2

HIO 2 C2

CIV D

CIV D

CIV E

DOLSU

SO2 RAF

CIV E

MSF C2

SO2 RN

SO3 ARMY

THE DEFENCE OPERATIONAL LANGUAGES SUPPORT UNIT (DOLSU)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF POSTS

SO1 ARMY, CO DOLSU

WO2 ARMY, CHIEF CLERK

+SO2 ARMY, SOTR, MAINT, FIN, DATABASE

SO2 ARMY, CA TEAM LEADER

SO3 RAF, CA TEAM MEMBER

WO RN, CURRENT OPS

*SO2 RAF, 2IC DOLSU & 5th LCM SECT MEMBER

*CIV CLK ‘E’, CLERICAL SP

*SO2 RN, OC SECT & LANG TEAM LEADER

*SO3 ARMY, LANG TEAM MEMBER

*MSF ‘C2’, RESERVES &

OUTSOURCING

CIV ‘C2’, CONTINGENT OPS

SO2 ARMY, TEAM LEADER & MODLEB

HIO 1 ‘C2’, TNA

HIO 2 ‘C2’, TRG EVAL

CIV ‘D’, HIGH LEVEL EXAMS

CIV ‘D’, LOW LEVEL EXAMS

CIV ‘E’, EXAM ADMIN

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY GENERATION SECTION

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT SECTION

LANGUAGE INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER CELL

DOLSU MANAGEMENT TEAM

PERSONNEL SUMMARY

DOLSU Ex DLCC

RN 2 POSTS

ARMY 5 POSTS 1 POST

RAF 2 POSTS

CIV 2 POSTS 6 POSTS

THE DOLSU

SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

Command

Location

Attitudes

Command

MoD – Directorate of Joint Capability

Control of Scarce Resources at the Highest Level

Location

Choice constrained by available space

Political constraints

Working Relationships with MoD, PJHQ, DSL, FLEET, LAND and STRIKE.

RAF NORTHOLT?

Attitudes

The DOLSU is the structural component of addressing the Operational Language Capability issue

Considerable attitudinal shift is also required in many personnel at all ranks

THE DEFENCE OPERATIONAL LANGUAGES SUPPORT UNIT

PROJECT TEAM

ANY QUESTIONS ?

WHICH LANGUAGES?

To meet present operational requirements

To meet probable future operational requirements

To meet possible future operational requirements