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t&S training and simuLatiOn Technical Services Trains Peacekeepers in Seven African Nations ince this past January, Technical Services, under the U.S. State Department-managed African Contingency Operations Training Assistance (ACOTA ) program, conducted 24 training | exercises and trained more than 3,667 African soldiers deploying to peacekeeping missions across the African continent. Recent training accomplishments include conducting Command Staff Operations Skills (CSOS) training for several host nations and their battalion staffs. ACOTA training typically includes a Command Post Exercise (CPX) designed to provide battalion staff the opportunity to apply lessons learned from the CSOS and create an operations order. Also during the first two quarters of 2008, TS trainers conducted several iterations of Computer-Assisted Exercises for host nations. CPX scenarios apply time, distance and logistics factors into training using real-world peace support operations, such as the United Nations mission in Darfur, Sudan. TS ACOTA trainers also performed pre-deployment Soldier Skills Training (SST) in four African nations. SST provides a host nation’s battalion soldiers with enhanced field skills. The training includes weapons handling and live-fire marksmanship, basic first aid and an orientation on the area of operations where the forces are preparing to deploy. Recently added to the ACOTA training sequence is the Non-commissioned Officer and Company Grade Officer leadership course. TS trainers designed it to further develop basic leadership skills required for a military peace operations unit. Instruction is in a classroom environment, and the lessons are incorporated into the Northrop Grummandeveloped computer-based tool named Peacekeeper. TS instructors also recently conducted mechanized operations training as a result of a United Nations’ decision to increase defense capabilities of African units being sent to the Darfur region. TS 14 S 1 2 3 1 ACOTA trainer Brendan Teles assists Ethiopian Army officers during a recent Command Post Exercise training event. Technical Services ACOTA trainers (l-r) Cherif Diack, Keith Lynch, Rob Kovacic and William Hamby demonstrate a training technique to Benin soldiers. TS ACOTA trainer Rick Jankowiak provides soldier skills training to Senegalese troops preparing for deployment. 2 3 Technical Services Magazine • Summer 2008

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Technical Services - Summer 2008 Contents President’s Column Second Quarter Results TS Wins Key ID/IQ Contracts Seamless Partnering and Exceptional Performance: Two Defining Traits of the U.K. AWACS Program TS Engineers Investigate B-2 Crash Missile Logistics Support Operation Up and Running Lake Charles Expands Product Support Global Hawk Assists Firefighting Efforts TS Delivers Technology for Moon Mission Joint Venture Teammates Recognized for Service Milestones TS Trains Peacekeepers in Seven African Nations TS Trainers Provide Mission Support; TS Awarded Digital Leader Contract TS Offers Valuable Training Services to Soldiers Live-Fire Training at Fort Hood Naval and Marine Aviators Hone Their Skills GEODSS Celebrates 30 Years; Wallops Island Shoulder to Shoulder – Wounded Warriors I’m In! TS Transitions to One Source; Scholarship Winners Announced TS in Colorado Springs; Ethics Awareness Week

Technical Services - Summer 2008

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