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In reality only the Nairobi centre of excellence actually exists and this is not specifically an EASF asset. The Kenyan centre consists of two training institutions: International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC); and Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS). THE JOURNEY ACROSS TO KENYA. The Australian Army Training Team – Kenya (AATT-K) finally arrived on the evening of the 28 May 2010 after a 24 hour stopover in Perth and a nine hour transit in Johannesburg, South Africa. As you could appreciate the journey was a long one and all personnel where extremely pleased to see the XO, Major John Haley and our drivers (Patrick and James) who looked after us for the next few weeks. The drive to the hotel where we were accommodated was approximately 45 minutes to the Tribe Hotel in Gigiri, located just near the UN Headquarters for Africa. We were met by the Contingent Commander, LTCOL Max McIntyre who welcomed all personnel and with the assistance of the XO provided a security and background brief. Our accommodation was humble and once the rooms where allocated the majority of us headed for a shower and change of clothes. The RV for that evening was a place called the Village Market in Gigiri, which provided an assortment of both the local culture and various food outlets ranging from Italian, Indian, Thai, German, Turkish, French and Chinese. The next few days consisted of acclimatisation for the majority of the AATT-K and for a couple of the lads, a few days laid up in bed with a touch of Nairobi Belly, after eating some of the doggie local food. CONDUCT OF TRAINING. The course was designed for the military, police and civil staff within PLANELM and HQ EASBRIG, however due to an unscheduled crisis meeting by the Council of Ministers over the EASF involvement in Somalia, several staff did not attend the training. To make up for the shortfall in Planning Staff, LTCOL McIntyre offered a short notice training opportunity for staff from the Kenyan Ready Deployment Capability (RDC). The involvement of the RDC staff who are on standby to deploy as a BG HQ within East Africa proved highly valuable and a good insight into the standard of staff training and willingness for future training opportunities within other elements of EASF. The training commenced on the 7 Jun 2010 and the first few days of training were mainly classroom presentations in preparation for the MAPEX which would be the focus of the 2 week activity. The training was conducted at the EASBRIG HQs in the conference room which provided excellent facilities by African Standards.
CORPS MATTERS
scenario package builds on a United Nations scenario developed by the AU. The AO was the Island of Kisiwa which was situated, East of the Kenyan Coast and accessed by a bridge from the old sea port of Mombassa. Carana is a fictitious African country and is one of six on the fictitious island of Kisiwa. The island of Kisiwa is designed to be relocated to any off shore sub region of Africa and was the basis for the AATT-K. The time spent prior to the commencement of training allowed all members of the AATT-K to review, refine and further develop some already very robust lessons and presentations which were prepared earlier at ALTC when the AATT-K was first thrown together in Wodonga. The Training Team developed a training package and scenario that focused on the Staff Planning Process. Rather than teach Australian Doctrine we delivered training using EASF SOP and adapted them to an Australian operating context and Maj Ian Anfruns, developed a MAPEX and scenario using the AU EX CARANA series.The EASF scenario chosen to conduct the MAPEX was a Multidimensional Peacekeeping Force of Brigade strength deployed into a complex environment within 30 days. The training scenario involved five TAOR located in Carana, (Corma, Barum, Klema, Lora and Libon) with the initial requirement of five Brigades to provide security and Humanitarian operations comprising a Kenyan, Ethiopian, Uganda, Sudan and Rwanda Bn.
The following depicts the planning composition of the task organisation for EASBRICOM:
Map of the Area
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on the actual Kenyan RDC and the remaining Host Nation Battalion compositions were modified to suite. The Kenyan RDC: Total Force (1570) HQ & Signals Squadron (60) Infantry Battalion Group (870) with Armoured Recce Squadron
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