Staff officers conducting the final Command Post Exercise

16 June 2010 kl: 12.26
Last updated: 8 July 2013 kl: 14.30
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NATO/PfP Junior Staff Officer Course at SWEDINT is conducting the final Command Post Exercise where the students are manning the different branches in a Nordic Battalion Headquarters.

Students are having War Gaming during the final exercise Photo: Thorsten Hagelberg/SWEDINT
Students listen to Course of Action brief
Students listen to Course of Action brief Photo: Thorsten Hagelberg/SWEDINT
The Tactical Operations Center are manned during the CPX
The Tactical Operations Center are manned during the CPX Photo: Thorsten Hagelberg/SWEDINT
Students listen to Course of Action brief Photo: Thorsten Hagelberg/SWEDINT
The Tactical Operations Center are manned during the CPX Photo: Thorsten Hagelberg/SWEDINT

The course will end with a three day computer assisted Command Post Exercise (CPX), in which the students will form a reduced Multinational Battalion Staff. During the CPX the students are practicing their gained knowledge in a fictitious Peace Support Operation. The CPX will include role played sub-units, UN-Police, Local Civilian Organizations, Non Governmental Organizations and elements of International Organization in order to create a realistic exercise environment.

Through operational planning the course is able to create necessary course of actions which are crucial for the successful operations maintaining peace and stability in fictitious area of Betaland. Once again the course has given useful tools for possible upcoming duties in Peace Support Operations.