1. 201000OCT09 ACOTA Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance Program

2. 201000OCT09 Africa Contingency Operations Training & Assistance (ACOTA) OVERVIEW BRIEFING The ACOTA Program Partner Nation Criteria Partner Nations Partner Nation Peace Support Operation (PSO) Deployments ACOTA Training Model ACOTA Trained Peacekeepers

3. 201000OCT09 A peacekeeper training program managed by the U.S. Department of State as the Executive Agency in collaboration with the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The purpose of the ACOTA program is to enhance the capacity of selected African nations to professionally support, participate in, and conduct international Peace Support Operations, primarily in Africa. ACOTA

4. 201000OCT09 Train and equip African peacekeepers and leaders. Assist Partner Nations in developing and maintaining peacekeeping training capacities and infrastructures. Sustain the capacity of African partner nations to eventually train, equip, and deploy peacekeepers with minimal non-African assistance. ACOTA

5. 201000OCT09 Train individual soldiers, squads, platoons, companies, battalions, brigades and battle groups in PSO. Train and exercise PSO unit commanders and staffs. Conduct multinational training for PSO force commanders and their staffs (to include African regional and sub-regional organizations). Train specialized PSO units (e.g. medical, communications, maritime, reconnaissance, engineer units, logistics, etc). Equip peacekeeper trainees and instructors (limited) Train PSO indigenous instructors and enhance Peace Mission Training Center facilities in the Troop Contributing Countries. ACOTA

6. 201000OCT09 Military serving under elected civilian government Absent current human rights abuse – vetting required by legislation Expressed interest and Potential Capacity to Deploy PSO Contingents Agreement to end-use, reuse, and security assurances for U.S defense goods and services Conditions for ACOTA Partnership

7. 201000OCT09 ACOTA Partner Nations MAURITANIA SENEGAL NIGER BURKINA FASO NIGERIA BENIN GHANA ETHIOPIA KENYA UGANDA RWANDA CAMEROON MALAWI TANZANIA MALI GABON BOTSWANA SOUTH AFRICA MOZAMBIQUE BURUNDI NAMIBIA ZAMBIA TOGO LESOTHO GUINEA SIERRA LEONE ANGOLA Active ACOTA Partner LIBERIA COTE D’IVOIRE ** Inactive ACOTA Partners (No ACOTA Training in FY 2009) DRC CONGO CAR CHAD SUDAN SOMALIA DJIBOUTI * ERITREA EGYPT LIBYA ALGERIA TUNISIA MOROCCO WESTERN SAHARA ZIMBABWE 24 ACOTA Partners - 17 Active in 2009 25

8. 201000OCT09 ACOTA Partner Nations: PSO Mission Contributions 2009 BeninUNOCI, UNMIL Burkina FasoUNAMID BurundiAMISOM CameroonCEMAC * EthiopiaUNAMID GhanaUNOCI, UNMIL, MONUC, UNIFIL, MINURCAT KenyaUNMEE, UMMIS* MalawiMONUC MozambiqueNo PSO deployments in 2009 Inactive Partners: Botswana, Gabon (CEMAC), Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger (UNOCI), Zambia * Pre-deployment training executed by Partner Nation PSO cadre only NigeriaUNAMID, UNMIL RwandaUNAMID, UNMIS SenegalUNAMID, MONUC, UNOCI, MINURCAT Sierra LeoneUNAMID South AfricaMONUC, UNAMID TanzaniaUNAMID TogoMINURCAT, UNOCI UgandaAMISOM

9. 201000OCT09 X X X X X X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Y Y Y Y Y Mech Tng PSOSST TPMDTPMD CAX CPX CSOS EMI CGO NCO TSU ACOTA Training Model CSW Tng STANDARD TRAINING CYCLE PRE-TRAINING EVENTS Conducted Once – Prior to Training 8-9 weeks ENHANCED TRAINING BLOCKS Conducted for Select Battalion Personnel / Units Weeks SPECIALTY TRAINING Conducted Separate From Battalion Cycle Level II Hospital Engineer PSO Training NETNET NETNET NETNET TSU: Training Strategy Update EMI: Effective Methods of Instruction CSOS: Command & Staff Operating SKills CPX: Command Post Exercise CAX: Computer Assisted CPX TPMD: Training Planning Management & Development PSO SST: PSO Soldier Skills Training CGO: Company Grade Officer Training NCO: Non-Commissioned Officer Training Mech: Mechanized Operations in PSO CSW: Crew Served Weapons Training Level II Hospital Engineer PSO Training NET: New Equipment Training CLS Tng FMT: Field Medic Training CLS: Combat Life Saver Training Field Medic Training

10. 201000OCT09 Numbers of peacekeepers trained annually by ACOTA from May 1997 to October 2009 Year(s) Peacekeepers Trained Trained by U.S Instructors Trained by Indigenous Trainers Total Trained 1997—200214,011-0-14,011 (5 yrs) 20033,328-0-3,328 20048,8397,47416,313 200512,08814,28026,368 200611,71015,70027,410 200725,13914,19039,329 200835,1805,69440,774 2009 (to date)10,509-0-10,509 Cumulative 1997 to 2004 (Phase I)26,1787,47433,652 Cumulative since 2005 (Phase II)94,62649,864144,490 Cumulative since 1997 (Phase I & II)120,80457,338178,142

11. 201000OCT09 Percentages of peacekeepers that deployed after ACOTA training with FY05 to FY09 Fiscal Years (2005 to 2008) Peacekeepers Trained by U.S. Instructors Peacekeepers Deployed to PSOs Deployment Percentages 2005 12,0887,79965% 2006 11,7109,52081% 2007 25,13922,89791% 2008 35,18034,90599% FY 2009 (to date) 10,5098,99886% Totals/Average % 94,62684,11990%

12. 201000OCT09 Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance Program (ACOTA)