2008 BILC Conference

AUSTRIAN ARMED FORCESLANGUAGE INSTITUTE

LANGUAGE PROGRAMS FOROPERATIONAL READINESS

Mission of the AAF Language Institute

To make the Austrian Armed Forces interoperable through language proficiency

PRINCIPLE

General language training

Military language training

At all proficiency levels (1-3)

Desired End-state

INTEROPERABILITY

No purely general language training

but alsointercultural competence

andmilitary language training.

Language Courses at the AAFLI

Profi cien cy levels

4

3+

3

2+

2

1+

1

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0

0+

1+

1

2+

2

3

Semi-narsetc.

Language Courses

Language Courses at the AAFLI

INTEGRATED LANGUAGE TRAININGIN

• Junior officer courses at the TherMilAcdy (2.5)

• Senior officer courses at the NDA (3)

• NCO & Staff NCO courses at the NCOAcdy (2)

Language Training forSpecial Purposes

Tactical English Courses (TEC)

Module 1: Staff officers• MDMP• Briefing Training

Module 2: Commanding officers• CCIR• intent• criteria for success• planning guidance

STANAGs

TEC - CPX

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by force

Attack to delay

COMMANDER’SOBJECTIVES,

GUIDANCE and INTENT

TARGETDEVELOPMENT,

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and PRIORITSATION

CAPABILITIES ANALYSIS

(inc WEAPONEERING)

FORCE PLANNINGAND

ASSIGNMENT

MISSION PLANNINGAND EXECUTION

COMBAT ASSESSMENT

JOINT TARGETING PROCESSJoint Targeting Cycle

WARGAMING

Manual

Computer Assisted

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Operational Art (planned)

Language Training forSpecial Purposes

• Technical-logistical English Courses (Typhoon)

• Air Operational Courses (planned)

• Tactical French Courses (planned)

• Terminological support of English-language modules of senior officer courses

• Preparation for CPXs

Language Training forSpecial Purposes

Language modules forOPERATIONAL PREPARATION

• for multinational operations• for multinational exercises

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Survival Language Tools

SPECIAL EFFORTS

To enable officers and NCOswith an excellent command of English(no linguists)to support language trainingfrom a military perspective.

Train the Trainer

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