ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000032 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR SI SUBJECT: ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, DECEMBER 2005 ¶1. SUMMARY: - THE IFF (S3-B-UAK) AND TALON RADIO (S3-B-UAJ) FMS CASES ARE NEARING COMPLETION. - PLANNING CONTINUES FOR THE 8-WEEK DEPLOYMENT LOGISTICS MTT SCHEDULED FOR THIS SPRING. - ODC CHIEF WILL VISIT OUR STATE-SIDE SECURITY COOPERATION PROGRAM POINTS OF CONTACT FROM 30 JANUARY TO 3 FEBRUARY. ¶2. KEY ISSUES AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: ¶A. FMS: 1) PROGRESS IS BEING MADE REGARDING THE LITTON LN-100G INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR THEIR COUGAR HELICOPTERS WHICH REQUIRES SPECIAL EXPORT LICENSES DUE TO THE SENSITIVITY OF THE COMSEC EQUIPMENT REQUIRED. 2) LOGISTICS TRAINING TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA'S NATO FORCE GOALS WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR 8 WEEKS IN FEB-APR IN SLOVENIA. AN MTT IS BEING DEVELOPED FROM EUCOM'S JDIRT TRAINING AND A SITE SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED ON 19-20 JAN 2006 TO SUPPORT THIS TRAINING. 3) THE IFF INSTALLATION IS NEARING COMPLETION FOLLOWING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MAA'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURES FOR ALL SLOVENE AIRCRAFT. THIS HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE EFFORT DUE TO SEVERAL COMPLICATIONS DUE TO THE SUBCONTRACTOR AND SLOVENIA'S ACQUISITION PROCESS. ¶B. DCA: NSTR ¶C. IMET: ¶1. THE LAST STUDENT FOR THE FY 05 WAS OUTPROCESSED. HE WAS THE 63RD STUDENT SENT TO CONUS FOR TRAINING IN THAT YEAR. THIS WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS TRAINED IN CONUS GOES. TOGETHER WITH 17 TRAINED IN MTT-S, IMET FUNDED TRAINING FOR 80 MOD AND SLOVENIAN ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL. ¶2. THE FIRST THREE STUDENTS FUNDED UNDER THE IMET 06 WERE OUTPROCESSED BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS. SLOVENIA HAS BEEN INVITED AND ACCEPTED THE INVITATIONS FOR THE "US ARMY SERGEANT MAJOR ACADEMY" AND "US ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE". SLOVENIA HAS NOT RECEIVED AN INVITATION FOR "THE US ARMY WAR COLLEGE". ¶3. WE HAVE STARTED OUR PLANNING CYCLUS FOR THE IMET 07. THE INVITATIONAL LETTERS WERE SENT TO THE COMMANDERS OF MAJOR UNITS INVITING THEM TO START PLANNING FOR 2007. TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAM AND ITS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THE ODC WILL CONTINUE WITH ITS "ROAD-SHOWS" BRIEFINGS AT VARIOUS UNITS. THE IMET PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE SUPPORTING US PROGRAM OBJECTIVES WITH THE BULK OF THE TRAINING DIRECTLY SUPPORTING SLOVENIA'S NATO TRAINING GOALS. ¶D. MARSHALL CENTER: ¶1. SLOVENIA WILL HAVE ONE PARTICIPANT FROM THE MOD AT BOTH "THE PROGRAM IN ADVANCED SECURITY STUDIES" (PASS 06-1) AND "PROGRAM IN TERRORIST AND SECUIRTY STUDIES" (PTSS 06-2). ¶E. MIL-TO-MIL: 1) A VTC WLL BE CONDUCTED ON 16 FEB WITH JCTP TEAM TO REVIEW FY 2007 SUBMISSIONS FROM SLOVENIA. ¶3. PERSONNEL/RESOURCES/LOGISTICS: ¶A. PERSONNEL: 1) PERSPECTIVE GAINS: NONE 2) PERSPECTIVE LOSSES: NONE 3) ATTACHED PERSONNEL: NONE 4) ODC CHIEF APPROVED TDY/LEAVE: LEAVE, MAJ FREDERICKSEN, 27 DEC 05 THROUGH 3 JAN 06. 5) RATING SCHEME CHANGES: NONE 6) EXTENSIONS/CURTAILMENTS: NONE ¶B. RESOURCES. VEHICLES AND ADP EQUIPMENT ARE 100% OPERATIONAL. ¶4. WAY AHEAD (UPCOMING EVENTS): ODC CHIEF VISIT TO STATE-SIDE SECURITY COOPERATION PROGRAM POINTS OF CONTACT FROM 30 JANUARY TO 3 FEBRUARY. FMS CASES WILL BE REVIEWED; KEY ISSUES AND THE PROGRAM WAY AHEAD WILL BE DISCUSSED. ¶5. CHIEF COMMENTS: DECEMBER WAS A RELATIVELY QUIET MONTH DUE TO THE HOLIDAY BREAK. WE EXPECT JANUARY TO BE VERY BUSY WITH MULTIPLE ODC BRIEFINGS TO KEY SLOVENIAN GENERAL STAFF AND UNIT PERSONNEL. ¶6. POC: LT COL GENE MOTY ?1-471-2873 EMOTY@SAN.OSD.MIL - OR - MAJ SCOTT FREDERICKSEN ?1-471-2165 SCOTT.FREDERICKSEN@US.ARMY.MIL NNNN