MOBILE TRAINING TEAM ASSISTS
TUNISIAN ARMED FORCES
By Lt . Col . Tore Bade ( NOR ), LANDCOM
A mobile training team from Allied Land Command ’ s ( LANDCOM ) deployed to Tunisia at the request of the Tunisian Armed Forces in order to provide training to some of its officers on Crisis Response Planning .
The 4-person mobile training team spent six days providing crisis response planning instruction to Tunisian Officers in the Army , Navy , Air Force and Special Forces and included ranks from Captain up to Colonel .
LANDCOM Mobile Training teams come from the headquarters ’ Military Cooperation section within the G9 Division , and deliver courses on various topics at the request of NATO Partners . The teams typically involve a 3 to 4 LANDCOM personnel that provide subject matter expertise to
audiences in their home countries . During the Lisbon Summit in November 2010 , NATO introduced Cooperative Security as a new core task in addition to the existing collective defence and crisis management tasks . Cooperative Security consists of three components , including strengthening partnerships , contributing to arms control , non-proliferation and disarmament , and assisting potential new countries to prepare for NATO membership . LANDCOM contributes to Cooperative Security through several means , one of them being the provision of Mobile Training Teams to selected NATO Partners .
Being a prioritised NATO partner within the Mediterranean Dialogue group , Tunisia is an important partner for both LAND- COM and the alliance working together along NATOs southern flank . Mobile Training Teams like this one contribute to greater cooperation and improved knowledge and experience of partner nations like Tunisia .
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