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COURSES & TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Currently, the Centre of excellence is regularly providing following Courses in support of individual training.

  • SOAC (Staff Officer Awareness Course)

    Aim: The Staff Officers Awareness Course (SOAC) familiarizes Staff Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers assigned to Staffs at Operational Level Headquarters with an overview of the IED weapon system and Attack the Networks enablers and activities.

    Attendees: Staff Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers assigned to Staffs at Operational level Headquarters.  Please note that the lessons are specifically designed for J2, J3 and Information Operations Staff officers.   Emphasis during this course will be placed on Staff interaction at the Operational level.

    Dates: In 2013 there will be 5 more courses in the C-IED COE. See below Activities plan.

     SOACPlace: Counter Improvised Explosive Device Center of Excellence (C-IED COE)
    Ctra. M-618 Torrelodones - Colmenar Viejo, km 10
    28240 – Hoyo de ManzanaresMadrid (Spain)
     
    Security Classification: NATO SECRET
     
    C-IED COE Points of Contact: 
    Course Leader
    LTC (OF-4) Istvan Remenyi (HUN A)
    E-mail: soacatc-iedcoe.es
    Phone: +34 91 856 10 22
     
    Admin POC
    MSGT (OR-7) Oscar Fernandez Alonso (ESP AF)
    E-mail: soacatc-iedcoe.es
    Phone:  +34 91 856 10 66 
  • WIT (Weapons Intelligence Team Course) 

Aim: To provide Level one Weapon Technical Intelligence capability to respond reactively to incidents involving the use of IEDs, and to provide tactical, technical and forensic intelligence from an attack site by collecting evidence and assessing the IED event.

Attendees: Priority is given to personnel deploying on NATO recognized operation in WIT/Technical Exploitation role.

WITDates: In 2013, there will be 3 more courses in the C-IED COE, plus 2 more that will take place in Hungary. See below Activities plan.

 Place: Counter Improvised Explosive Device Center of Excellence (C-IED COE)
Ctra. M-618 Torrelodones - Colmenar Viejo, km 10
28240 – Hoyo de ManzanaresMadrid (Spain)
 
Security Classification: NATO UNCLASSIFIED – Releasable to ISAF and PfP
 
C-IED COE Points of Contact: 
Admin POC
MSGT (OR-7) Oscar Fernandez Alonso (ESP AF)
E-mail: witatc-iedcoe.es
Phone:  +34 91 856 10 66 
  • HNAT (Human Network Analysis and Targeting Course) 

Aim: The Course is intended to be the HNAT C-IED related Course in the allied framework, realistic with the aims and the matter syllabus, pleasing due to the procedures and systems in the Course and special for the quality of lectures and lecturers. The Course pretends to look the C-IED threat from new perspectives and to include implications in the Targeting Process.  Any concept studied and taught in the Course will be related with a Targeting process and how it is affected. Targeting understood as a way to achieve the desired effects, C-IED related in this case.
 
At the end of the course the students should have learn and acquired rationale criteria to:
Find possible vulnerabilities in networks.
Choose the best effect to produce in the networks during the targeting process in support of Commanders´ and mission´s  end state.
Choose the best targets to be attacked or influenced to get those desired effects.
 
Students will be an active part of the teaching and learning process in the Course, which efficiency will also depend on their own involvement in the Course. The knowledge has to flow top-down but better bottom-up (“Teach what the boots on the ground want to be taught”)

Attendees: Staff personnel (OF-1 to OF-5) related to INTEL, OPS and PLANS Branches of any Command Level, Operational and Tactical.

Dates: In 2013, there will be 2 courses in the C-IED COE. See below Activities plan.

Soac
Place: Counter Improvised Explosive Device Center of Excellence (C-IED COE)
Ctra. M-618 Torrelodones - Colmenar Viejo, km 10
28240 – Hoyo de ManzanaresMadrid (Spain)
 
Security Classification: NATO SECRET
 
C-IED COE Points of Contact: 
Admin POC
E-mail: hnatatc-iedcoe.es


In addition, the Centre of Excellence can develop on request tailor made training support, such as: 

  • Senior Leadership Seminars, in order to increase Senior Officers awareness in C-IED warfare.

  • Mobile Advisory Teams

  • Support to seminars and workshops.


If you are interested in receiving all C-IED COE courses calling letters, send your request to CoursesMailingatc-iedcoe.es including: First and last name, nationality, military rank or civilian title, organization or unit and duty title. Only official e-mail addresses will be accepted.

Useful documents

C-IED COE main activities planned for 2013
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