TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR NAVAL SPECIAL

C O N F I D E N T I A L ASUNCION 000400

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA/BSC KBEAMER

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/31/2033
TAGS: PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
SUBJECT: TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR NAVAL SPECIAL
WARFARE JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE TRAINING DEPLOYMENT

REF: COMSOCSOUTH 062115ZMAR08

Classified By: A/DCM John Beed for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC)
Paraguay, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander
concur with the Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as
outlined here (reftel). In accordance with the TOR, the
following information is provided:


A. (U) Chief of Mission (COM) James Cason, ODC Paraguay Chief
Colonel Arie Bogaard, Acting Diplomatic Chief of Mission
(A/DCM) John Beed, and General Bernardino Soto Estigarribia,
commander of the Paraguayan Military Forces, have concurred
and approved this deployment.


B. (U) MISSION: Upon order, Naval Special Warfare (NSW)
Command will deploy a NSW Maritime Training Team consisting
of four-to-five NSW Command personnel to Paraguay to
coordinate and conduct NSW Joint Combined Exchange Training
(JCET) (reference SPA2008JCET302N, fourth quarter of fiscal
year 2008) to support Paraguayan maritime-based security
forces and their ability to identify, engage, and neutralize
narco-terrorist and threat finance nexus elements in support
of Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH),ODC chief,
and Country Team Theater Security Cooperation (TSC)
objectives.


C. (C) CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS:

Pre-deployment Site Survey (PDSS): On or about May 5-9,
2008, the Naval Special Warfare South Detachment (NSW DET
SOUTH) and the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical
Training School (NAVSCIATTS) deployed a PDSS team to
Asuncion, Paraguay, and conducted initial coordination and
planning with ODC and Paraguayan personnel.

Advance Echelon (ADVON): On or about August 20-24, 2008, two
personnel from NSW DET SOUTH will deploy to conduct ADVON
activities in coordination with Special Operations Command
Forward (SOCFWD) and ODC, establish a presence with
Paraguayan forces, and make final preparations for ensuing
activities.

Main body: On or about August 25, 2008, two to three
personnel from NAVSCIATTS will deploy to Paraguay and conduct
a riverine environment JCET.

Redeployment: On or about October 7, 2008, or upon mission
completion, all team members will depart Paraguay for their
home station or to follow-on missions.

Training Focus: Personnel will primarily focus training on
activities in support of the Paraguayan Joint Riverine
Customs Enforcement (DETAVE) unit, the Joint Immediate
Response Detachment (DCEI),and select elements of the
National Anti-drug Secretariat (SENAD),Paraguayan Navy, and
Marine Infantry (COMIN) riverine units. Training will focus
on NSW integrated tactics in a riverine environment and will
include small unit tactics; combined mission planning and
execution; small craft training and handling; long range
navigation and patrols; waterborne insertion and extraction;
communications; and combat medicine. NSW personnel will
focus on NSW JCET training in a riverine environment in order
to improve NSW forces' ability to perform combined operations
in an unfamiliar environment and foreign culture. All
training and operations will be conducted under the guidance
of and in coordination with the ODC chief, ODC and USAID, and
will complement and enhance existing maritime security forces
capabilities. Communications interoperability with the DCEI
will be conducted under the guidance of and in coordination
with SOCFWD Paraguay and will utilize Paraguayan organic
equipment. Each facet of training will incorporate respect
for human rights principles and procedures by practical
application, whenever feasible. The mission may culminate in
Paraguayan forces conducting a field training exercise (FTX)
with designated ground-force elements. This mission will
enhance NSW's capability to respond to challenges and
contingencies in the U.S. Armed Forces Southern Command
(USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility and further U.S. National
Strategic Objectives.


D. (U) JCET Justification: This JCET mission was requested
by Post's Country Team at the Fiscal Year 2007 Conference and
is part of the Country Team's TSC objective to provide for
U.S. Armed Forces training to Paraguayan
counter-narcoterrorism (CNT) units involved in CNT
operations. This deployment also provides an excellent

opportunity to improve Paraguayan forces' interoperability
with U.S. forces and supports the USSOUTHCOM Commander's
Theater Objectives for CNT.


E. (C) Coordination Requirements: ODC Paraguay and SOCFWD
Paraguay will meet and assist at airport with customs
inspections, and other concerns for PDSS, ADVON, and
mainbody; coordinate initial meetings with Paraguayan
personnel during PDSS and ADVON, if necessary; coordinate for
lodging and food for PDSS, ADVON, and mainbody personnel;
provide Paraguayan local and national threat and intelligence
briefs to PDSS, ADVON, and mainbody upon arrival; provide
information on Paraguayan holidays that would impact
mainbody; provide a movement plan to move necessary equipment
and personnel to survey locations; provide storage for
sensitive items; and provide escort and transportation
throughout deployment. Additionally, ODC Paraguay and SOCFWD
Paraguay will coordinate with Paraguayan forces to ensure
that all trainees are assigned to training locations in
Asuncion for the duration of training; coordinate with
Paraguayan forces to ensure that all boats and support crews
are positioned at training locations for the duration of
training; and conduct follow-up coordination with Paraguay
after site survey to ensure assets and personnel are ready
for ADVON and mainbody arrival. SOCFWD Paraguay will conduct
Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration (RSOI)
activities in support of mission SPA2008JCET302N and NSW DET
SOUTH. Once NSW DET SOUTH elements arrive in country, direct
line of authority (DIRLAUTH) between NSW DET SOUTH, ODC, host
nation, Paraguayan Armed Forces, and the Country Team is
authorized. PDSS personnel will coordinate details of
emergency response plan with the Joint Support Staff (J2),
SOCSOUTH, and ODC Paraguay.


2. (U) Approximately 30 DETAVE, DCEI, COMIN, and/or Navy
personnel will receive JCET training.


A. (U) DETAVE currently has the only viable riverine
interdiction capability available in Paraguay to support CNT
missions within Paraguay and is supported by Navy and COMIN
crew members.


B. (U) Expected interruptions: None.


C. (U) The COM and ODC Paraguay chief authorize airborne
operations.


3. (U) Command and Control: The SOCFWD commander will have
operational control (OPCON),and the ODC chief is the
Combatant Commander South Designated Risk Determination
Authority and has tactical control (TACON) for Force
Protection over deployed forces. The ODC Paraguay chief's
assessment is that contact with hostile elements is unlikely
and that the area is secure and adequately protected.


4. (U) ODC provides the following force protection
assessments for Paraguay:


A. (C) There are no indigenous terrorist organizations in
Paraguay whose activities are directed against U.S.
interests. There are no political groups or parties that are
currently active in this country specifically targeting U.S.
interests. However, given the presence of sympathizers and
support for extremist terrorist groups in the Tri-Border Area
of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil (Alto Parana and Itapua
departments),visitors cannot discount the possibility of
terrorist activity, including random acts of anti-American
violence. The general threat in the designated training
areas in and around Asuncion is low for domestic terrorism
and high for crime. In addition, the countrywide threat is
medium for transnational terrorism. There is no known
targeting of U.S. personnel.


B. (U) ODC will continue with force protection assessments
and will advise of any changes that could impact the training.


5. (C) Country Team concurs with the deployment dates of
August 20-October 7, 2008.

(U) The main training location will be Asuncion with
additional locations throughout Paraguay as authorized by the
SOCFWD commander and ODC chief in conjunction with Embassy
Asuncion and the Paraguayan Armed Forces.


6. (U) A SOCFWD operations non-commission officer (NCO) will
provide threat update upon arrival. Deploying forces need to
conduct their own force protection threat assessment upon
arrival. This will be tasked to the ADVON.



7. (U) All personnel and equipment will arrive via commercial
air or contracted freight. Country clearance approval will
only be authorized if the U.S. Department of State' e-Country
Clearance (eCC) system is used; clearances sent via the DOD
APACS system will not be approved without the eCC. Any
questions about using eCC can be answered by visiting the
following web site:
https://ecc.state.gov/security/EccLogin.aspx.


8. (U) Deploying equipment: Personnel are not authorized to
deploy with weapons at this time since the Paraguayan
Congress has not approved entry of "foreign armed forces"
into the country. Any weapons needed for Force Protection
reasons will be provided by the SOCFWD commander after
approval from the ODC chief and in accordance with US Embassy
Asuncion's Weapons Policy.


9. (U) ODC's POC for this deployment is Army/Navy Section
Chief Major Elliot Harris; tel: COM (301)985-9395 extension
119; DSN 294-9000 then dial 59395, extension 119; cell:
011-595-971-377-311. NIPR e-mail:
harrisee@tcsc.southcom.mil; SIPR e-mail:
harrisee@tcsc.southcom.smil.mil. SOCFWD's POC for this
deployment is Operations Officer LTC Michael Ball; tel:
COM 011-595-2121-3715 extension 2046; cell:
011-595-981-300-178. NIPR e-mail:
michael.ball@socso.southcom.mil; SIPR e-mail:
michael.ball@socso.southcom.smil.mil.

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