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1 The Norwegian Armed Forces Updated 15th November 2013

2 Leadership Bardufoss Army Staff Ministry of Defence The Norwegian Armed Forces Reitan Norwegian Joint Headquarters (NJHQ) Air Force Staff Jørstadmoen Norwegian Cyber Force Staff Terningmoen Home Guard Staff Sessvollmoen Norwegian Defence Medical Service Staff (NDMS) Bergen Navy Staff Oslo Ministry of Defence (MOD) Defence Staff Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO) Staff, NDLO Procurement Staff The Norwegian Intelligence Service (NDMS) Norwegian Defence University College (NDUC) Norwegian Special Forces

3 Main Priorities - Army Norwegian Ministry of Defence A better Army with a robust brigade structure Increased flexibility and availability More specialized personnel

4 Army Sessvollmoen Norwegian Defence Logistics Training Centre Linderud Parts of Army Staff Military Academy Huseby HM The King s Guard Skjold Engineer battalion Light armored battalion Bardufoss Army Staff Brigade North staff MP Company Signal battalion Logistics battalion Setermoen Mechanised battalion Artillery battalion Medical battalion Military Intelligence battalion Rena Support Staff South Mechanised battalion CSS/HRF ENG/HRF MED/HRF MP/HRS Theatre Enabling Force Parts of Army Weapons School Army Officer Candidate School Terningmoen Parts of Army Staff Parts of Army Weapons School Armed Forces Winter Warfare School HM The King s Guard Training School Høybuktmoen The Border Guard Brigade North: Brigade command 2 mechanised battalions 1 light armored battalion Intelligence battalion Signals battalion Artillery battalion Engineer battalion Logistics battalion Medical battalion MP-company His Majesty The King's Guard The Border Guard Logistic base, land

5 Main Priorities - Navy Norwegian Ministry of Defence A modern and efficient structure Operational presence A continued modernization of the Navy A strengthened Coast Guard

6 Navy Sortland Coast Guard Command Trondenes Coastal Rangers Command Ramsund Ramsund Naval Base Bergen Haakonsvern Naval Base Navy Staff Norwegian Fleet Command Naval Academy Naval Training Establishment Navy Officer Candidate School Norwegian Fleet Command 1 tactical maritime command 6 corvettes (Skjold Class) 5 frigates (Fridtjof Nansen Class) w/nh-90 helicopters minehunters/-sweepers (Oksoy/Alta Class) 6 submarines (Ula Class) Coastal Rangers Command Mine Clearance Diving Command Logistics and support vessels Logistic base, sea Coast Guard: 9 vessels for Outer Coast Guard (4 w/nh-90 helicopters) 6 vessels for Inner Coast Guard Madla Basic Training Establishment

7 Main Priorities Air Force Procurement of new combat aircrafts Establishment of new base structure Upholding sovereignty, strengthen presence and operational capability Uphold the spectrum of capabilities

8 Air Force Detachment SAR (330 sqn): -Banak -Bodø -Ørland -Sola -Rygge -Florø Ørland Main Air Station 338 sqn Haakonsvern Detachment NH-90 Madla Basic Training Establishment Kjevik Air Force Education Centre Sørreisa Air Defence Control and Reporting Centre Air Reporting School Andøya Air Station 333 sqn Evenes Forward base of operation (Including QRA) Bodø Main Air Station* 331 sqn 332 sqn Ørland Air Station 331 sqn 332 sqn Air Defence Base set Norwegian Electronic Warfare Center Trondheim Air Force Academy Gardermoen Air Station 335 sqn 717 sqn Rygge Detachment - Bell 412 Mågerø Air Defence Control and Reporting Centre Bardufoss Air Station 334 sqn 337 sqn 339 sqn Air Force Pilot School Reitan Air Force Operations Center Air Force Staff Air Force Training Inspectorate Air Operations Inspectorate Rygge Air Station 717 sqn 720 sqn Air Force Training Inspectorate Air Operations Inspectorate Air Force Staff Station Group Banak Air Operations Center Air Defence Control and Reporting Centre 57 F-16 and (forthcoming) up to 52 F-35 aircraft 18 transport helicopters (Bell 412) 6 maritime surveillance aircraft (P-3 C/N) 3 EW/VIP aircraft 4 transport aircraft (C-130J) NASAMS Air Defence Base set Logistic base, air 14 maritime helicopters (NH-90) 12 Search and Rescue helicopters (Sea King)

9 Main Priorities The Home Guard Quality training and education Responsiveness and sustainability Focus on security and protection of infrastructure Rooted in society

10 The Home Guard Trondenes Naval Home Guard Unit Bjerkvik District Staff No. 16 Værnes District Staff - No. 12 Drevjamoen District Staff - No. 14 Porsangmoen District Staff - No. 17 Home Guard Officer Candidate School officers and personnel, organised in: Intervention forces Area structure Territorial District Staffs Setnesmoen District Staff - No. 11 Bergenhus District Staff - No. 09 Dombås Home Guard Education and Competence Centre Haakonsvern NHG Education and competence centre Terningmoen Home Guard Staff District Staff - No. 05 Haakonsvern Naval Home Guard (NHG) Command Vatneleiren District Staff - No. 08 Heistadmoen District Staff - No. 03 Lutvann District Staff - No. 02 Rygge District Staff - No. 01

11 Main Priorities Joint Assets Responsiveness, sustainability and deployability Strengthen the defense against cyber threats Increased adaptability

12 Joint Assets Harstad The Armed Forces Band North Norwegian Defence Salary and Pay Office Porsangmoen Allied Training Centre (Åsegarden, Evenes) Ramsund Norwegian Special Forces: - Naval Special Operation Command Trondheim The Norwegian Air force s band Bergen Norwegian Defense Accounting Office The Armed Forces Band West NDLO Naval Systems Norwegian Special Forces: - Naval Special Operation Command Kolsås NDLO Land Systems NDLO General Materiel NDLO CIS Horten The Royal Norwegian Navy Band Jørstadmoen Norwegian Cyber Force Hamar National Service Administration Sessvollmoen The Norwegian Defence Medical Service Rena Norwegian Special Forces: - Norwegian Special Forces Command/Norwegian Army Special Operations Command Kjeller NDLO Supply NDLO Maintenance NDLO Air Systems Oslo NDLO Staff NDLO Procurement Staff Armed Forces Department for Culture and tradition Norwegian Intelligence Service Norwegian Defence University College Norwegian Special Forces The Norwegian Intelligence Service The Norwegian Defence Medical Service (NDMS) The Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO) Allied Training Centre Norwegian Cyber Force Armed Forces Department for Culture and Tradition

13 The Armed Forces Operational Structure Army Brigade North: Brigade command 2 mechanised battalions 1 light armored battalion Intelligence battalion Signal battalion Artillery battalion Engineer battalion Logistics battalion Medical battalion MP-company HM The King s Guard The Border Guard Logistic base, land Navy Norwegian Fleet Command 1 tactical maritime command 6 corvettes (Skjold Class) 5 frigates (Fridtjof Nansen Class) w/nh-90 helicopters minehunters/-sweepers (Oksoy/Alta Class) 6 submarines (Ula Class) Mine Clearance Diving Command Coastal Rangers Command Logistics and support vessel Logistic base, sea Coast Guard: 9 vessels for Outer Coast Guard (4 w/nh-90 helicopters) 6 vessels for Inner Coast Guard Air Force Air Force Operations Center Air Defence Control and Reporting Centre 57 F-16 and (forthcoming) up to 52 F-35 aircraft 18 transport helicopters (Bell 412) 6 maritime surveillance aircraft (P-3 C/N) 3 EW/VIP aircraft 4 transport aircraft (C-130J) NASAMS Air Defence Base set Logistic base, air 14 maritime helicopters (NH-90) 12 Search and Rescue helicopters (Sea King) Home Guard officers and personnel, organised in: Intervention forces Area structure Territorial District Staffs Joint assets The Norwegian Intelligence Service Norwegian Joint Headquarters Norwegian Special Forces: Norwegian Special Forces Command/Norwegian Army Special Operations Command Naval Special Operation Command The Norwegian Defence Logistics org.: - Host Nation Support Battalion - Strategic air and sea transport capacity - Stationary logistic and support Joint Logistics Support Group The Norwegian Defence Medical Service Norwegian Defence Information Infrastructure: - Capacity for deployable communication and information - Military communications satellite Joint NATO Air and Ground Surveillance Joint logistic base* Transport control unit Air terminal unit Harbor and railway terminal unit Joint water purification unit Explosive clearance unit Military police unit Joint land transport unit

14 International capabilities with Norwegian participation Ørland Main Air Station Forward Operating Location NATO AWACS Andre elementer: BMD SC NRF Ulsnes, Stavanger NATO FORACS Renfrew, Glasgow, Scotland NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen NATO AWACS Airborne Air Surveillance Eindhoven Air Base MCCE Strategic Air and Sea Transport Coordination Pápa Air Base HAW SAC Strategic Air Transportation Naval Air Station Sigonella NATO AGS Airborne Ground Surveillance

15 NATO s Command Structure in Europe Allied Command Operations Allied Command Transformation Brunssum, Nederland Joint Force Headquarters Stavanger, Norge Joint Warfare Centre Northwood, UK Maritime Command Bydgoszcx, Polen Joint Forces Training Center SHAPE - Mons, Belgia CIS Group Uedem, Tyskland Air Entities: CAOC Ramstein, Tyskland Air Command Poggio Renatico, Italia Air Entities: DACCC Torrejon, Spania Air Entities, CAOC Napoli, Italia Joint Force Headquarters Monsanto, Portugal Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre Izmir, Tyrkia Land Command

16 Norwegian Personnel in International Operations as at 3. okt.13 Northern Europe (julydec. 2011) SNMCMG1, no.: 38 England (2011-) NORTHWOOD, no.: 2 Kosovo (1999-) KFOR, no.: 3 UNMIK, no.: 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina (2005-) NHQ Sarajevo, no.: 1 Italy (2011-) OUP, no.: 7 Afghanistan (2001-) ISAF/NSE/NCC, no.: 628 Sinai (1982-) MFO, no.: 3 Afghanistan (2007-) UNAMA, no.: 3 Sudan (2005-) UNIMISS, no.: 19 Congo (1960/64-) MONUC/MONUSCO: no.: 1 Middle East (1956-) UNTSO, no.:13 The Seychelles (Sept.2011-) OCEAN SHIELD, no.: 39

17 Thank you for your attention!

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