Land Operations Staff Officer Course

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Purpose

Prepare assigned personnel to apply processes and method in order to provide analysis, assessment, and develop relevant products for submission to the approval and decision of a Land Component Commander at Division level

Performance Objectives

Staff Officers are capable of understanding the contribution of land forces to a joint campaign, and of contributing to a land operations planning group (LOPG) or a LCC HQ during the execution of a land campaign, in a national or multinational environment, applying NATO processes.

  • PO 1. Understand the fundamentals of land operations in a joint campaign
    • Level of command, C2 structure, LCC organisation
  • PO 2. Understand the contributions of major functions to the decision cycle of a LCC HQ
  • PO 3. Understand and apply the principles of operational art and design and planning process within the Land contribution to joint strategic and operational planning
    • Understand the major phases and output of operational planning
    • Understand and apply the air power contribution to the development of operational plans
    • Understand the principles of organisation of a land operational planning group (LOPG)
    • Understand the working processes of a LOPG
  • PO 4. Understand and apply LCC process to develop the Land OPLAN and the Land OPORDER (main effort of the course)
  • PO 5. Understand and apply LCC process in the execution of a joint campaign

 

Job Performance Outcome: 300 – Advance level (Apply)

 

Ref:      NATO ACO COPD, Jan 23.

Tactical DMP for Operations (MEDOT) PFT 5.1 CDT 60.001

Participant prerequisites

Basic staff skills (how to staff documents, how to prepare and deliver a briefing to an authority)

Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows® and the common Microsoft Office® applications (Word®, PowerPoint® and Excel®)

Facility - Equipment

  • 1x plenary room, with 25 tables & chairs, teacher desk and chair, 1x computer /projector/ screen, 2x white boards and associated stationary
  • 3x (minimum 2x) syndicate rooms with 10 x tables & chairs, 1x computer /projector/ screen, 2x white boards, 2x paper boards and associated stationary
  • Ability to deliver basic admin tasks (e.g. printing)