The SHAPE of Things to Come MICHAEL ADUBATO SLTC, LS, SHAPE, Belgium BILC Conference, 27-30 May 2019

The SHAPE of Things to Come https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaKoO0ocWts

The SHAPE of Things to Come …even at SHAPE!!

The SHAPE of Things to Come to SHAPE…

The SHAPE of Things to Come NATO’S newest member The Republic of North Macedonia …coming to SHAPE in the summer of 2019

The SHAPE of Things to Come Prespa Agreement – took effect 12 Feb 2019

The SHAPE of Things to Come After the end of the Cold War the nations and NATO thought it was a good idea to trim down a bit The nations and NATO now think that its time to bulk back up The latest phase in NATO’s changing times (Command Structure) NATO’s Command Structure

The SHAPE of Things to Come NATO Adapts In ‘49 NATO saw a need for a strategic military HQ Allied Command Europe (now called ACO) was founded in ’51 This can be considered the first NATO Adaptation Founding members of NATO sign the Treaty of Washington, establishing NATO

The SHAPE of Things to Come There will be 3 different sessions or “traches” over the next 3 years Trache I is underway and in 2019: 70 new military personnel will arrive at SHAPE HQ (60 for SHAPE posts and 10 for NCISG posts, also located at SHAPE) Trache II will be 2020: 64 new military personnel will arrive at SHAPE HQ (w/NCISG) Trache III will be 2021: - 61 new military personnel will arrive at SHAPE HQ (w/NCISG) THERE WILL ALSO BE NEW POSTS AT OTHER ACO COMMANDS SUCH AS LANDCOM (Izmir), MARCOM (Northwood) AND AIRCOM (Ramstein), AS WELL AS LOWER TIER COMMANDS

The SHAPE of Things to Come So what does this mean to you? It means that there are going to be a lot more soldiers, sailors and airmen that will require English language courses, such as refresher courses and, most important of all, a valid (not older than 36 months) STANAG 6001 certificate.

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The SHAPE of Things to Come SHAPE Swimming pool

The SHAPE of Things to Come 1967 Built in 1966-67, very quickly after NATO was invited to leave France and find some place else to live. This was to be a temporary HQ for 10 years.

The SHAPE of Things to Come 1977 and 2019

The SHAPE of Things to Come Should break ground for new building 2022 The new SHAPE Headquarters

The SHAPE of Things to Come Testing in 2018 Official tests (for military personnel): 88 Number Percentage Entry test pass 16 22% Entry test fail 57 78% Re-test pass 6 40% Re-test fail 9 60%

The SHAPE of Things to Come Testing in 2019 Official tests (for military personnel): 46 Number Percentage Entry test pass 10 50% Entry test fail Re-test pass 4 15% Re-test fail 22 85%

The SHAPE of Things to Come OTHER CUSTOMERS…

The SHAPE of Things to Come NATO ADAPTATION CIVILIAN RECRUITMENT NORTHWOOD, UK IZMIR, TURKEY 18 tests 13 tests

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The SHAPE of Things to Come Language Needs Analysis at SHAPE “Hoping to start before end of 2019 Will require: Review of JDs (Job Descriptions) Interviews of the post holders Interviews of chiefs of post holders Collect writing samples of post holders Who wants to help??

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The SHAPE of Things to Come Correlation between… NO ROBIN!!! STANAG 6001

The SHAPE of Things to Come POC: Alistar Starling starling.a@cambridgeenglish.org

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