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OA Support to Stabilisation Operations in Iraq

OA Support to Stabilisation Operations in Iraq. Jarrod Cornforth ISMOR August 2003. OA Use during Stabilisation. OA is being used for many tasks during the Stabilisation Phase, including: Measures of Effectiveness (MOE) Future Iraqi Army Civil and Judicial Assessment Database Design

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OA Support to Stabilisation Operations in Iraq

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  1. OA Support to Stabilisation Operations in Iraq Jarrod Cornforth ISMOR August 2003

  2. OA Use during Stabilisation • OA is being used for many tasks during the Stabilisation Phase, including: • Measures of Effectiveness (MOE) • Future Iraqi Army • Civil and Judicial Assessment • Database Design • This presentation will concentrate on the MOE work

  3. OA Use by the Military • This Presentation is Only Giving Examples • OA was not seen as Technical Experts • OA was not seen as something new • OA was seen as neutral and impartial • OA was seen as a excellent and auditable ‘second opinion’ • OA was used as a resource for providing structured and logical processes

  4. Who OA Directly Worked For • EQUIPMENT SP • LOG SP • EPW HANDLING • JOINT MILITARY COMMITTEE • GEO • NBCR • COS • 3 CDO – Various Cells • 7 ARMD – Various Cells • 16 AA – Various Cells • Directly asked from Sergeants to Full Colonels • GS PLANS • G3 OPS SP • PROVOST • G5 • MEDIA • INFO OPS • PSY OPS • G6 • G2 • DEEP OPS • ARTY OPS • MED EVAC • MED SP

  5. What is MOE? • Measures of Effectiveness (MOE) • MOE is a campaign monitoring process, to measure the progress towards the end-state and often the country’s return to ‘normality’. • A quantitative Measure of the Situation using operational data and data collected by foot patrols.

  6. Previous Experience • Measures of Effectiveness have been used successfully before in: • Bosnia • Kosovo • Afghanistan (Kabul) • There is no ‘one size fits all’. Each Operations requires tailor made MOE.

  7. Return to ‘Normality’ • Base Case? • Tomislavgrad • Historic Case • Before 1991 Gulf War / Saddam • Model City/Country? • Milton Keynes • Measures of Effectiveness • Trend analysis, stabilisation/recovery/deterioration

  8. What Should Police Be Allowed to do?

  9. Problems Faced • There was no ‘normality’ • Scarce Resources • A war was going on • Other Priorities for Unit/HQ Branches • Education of the Division

  10. What Data was Wanted? • Availability of: • Food • Water (Drinking/Utility) • Shelter • Local Area Stability • Attacks on Patrol/Civilians • Crime • Market activity • Public Reaction to Presence of the Coalition Forces and their immediate concerns

  11. Options • Use data already available: • Unit Reports • Branch Reports • Intelligence Summaries • Media Reports • NGO Reports • Create our own data gathering resources • Questionnaires • Foot Patrol Collection Sheets

  12. Example of Collection Sheet

  13. Who is Using it • GOC • COS • G5 (CIMIC) • G2 (Intelligence) • Royal Military Police • Info Ops • Bdes / BGs • Visitors

  14. What it is Achieving • Overview/background of the situation • See indirect effects of Coalition Forces • Indicate potential difficulties before they arise • Prioritise areas for aid • Help with force protection – “hearts and minds” • Assist with information campaign • Reinforce IO/NGO co-ordination and Co-operation • Assist in Briefing VIPs/Media/Politicians • Altered as the situation altered

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