International Operations Command
The Austrian Armed Forces have been carrying out peacekeeping operations and relief missions all over the world since 1960. The training , deployment, personnel administration and the supply of the deployed soldiers were initially carried out by various agencies and troops of the Austrian Armed Forces. In 1987, the Foreign Operations Command, an independent body for these tasks, was created.
The number of missions, which has risen sharply since 1989, the increasingly complex framework conditions and the expansion of tasks led to the creation of the Command for International Operations on April 1, 1999. On December 1, 2002, the Centers for Mission Preparation and International Cooperation were set up and the International Missions Command relocated to the Belgian barracks in Graz.
This command is not to be confused with the Forces for International Operations ( KIOP ). KIOP are organized cadre presence units (KPE) for missions abroad ( KFOR , ISAF ) and also partly form the newly founded EUFOR task force.
Locations
The International Operations Command was stationed in several garrisons : The command with the Center for International Cooperation (ZIK) was located in the Belgian barracks in Graz. The deployment preparation center (ZEV) will in future be called the foreign deployment base and will continue to be located in the Wallenstein barracks in Götzendorf with a branch office for the aptitude test in the Van Swieten barracks in Vienna-Stammersdorf.
On September 1, 2006, the following tasks were taken over by the Armed Forces Command .
Task overview
- Operational planning and contingency planning for international assignments
- Mission preparation and follow-up
- Operational national mission management
- Training for international assignments
- Performing tasks within the framework of international cooperation
- Performing official tasks within the framework of service law
- Performing the tasks as instructing body according to Federal budget law
- Billing of all international exercises
Branches of work in the implementation of the tasks
- staff
- planning
- education
- National leadership
- logistics
- Public relations and troop support
- Leadership support
- Financial planning and budget management
- International contracting
staff
- HR management
- Personnel of the International Operations Command, International Cooperation Center, Operations Preparation Center
- Soldiers deployed abroad
- Family care
planning
- Planning work for peace support operations and for exercises of the NATO partnership for peace with the participation of the armed forces
- Keeping an up-to-date picture of the current situation ready
- Gathering and creating basic material, in particular for training purposes
education
The training prepares troop contingents and individuals for deployment abroad. It includes:
- General training for Peace Support Operations (FUO) in the form of courses
- Operational area-specific training of troop contingents and individuals immediately before they are sent to an operation to make the soldiers to be deployed ready for action
National leadership
All foreign contingents are managed by the International Operations Command in Graz. The lines of communication between the contingents and the command converge in a situation center that ensures operations management around the clock.
logistics
The General Staff Department 4 performs logistical planning and issue the guidance of all quotas and missions abroad logistically safe. These tasks turn out to be extremely complex, not least because of the different supply processes within the various organizations and alliances (UN, NATO, EU, OSCE). With the exception of missions abroad, which are carried out under the leadership of the United Nations , the responsibility for logistics lies in the national area. The strength and composition of the contingent, the distance to the operational area, specifications by a lead nation (LN) and the most diverse conditions for the connection supply require increased cooperation in the field of multinational logistics. Under logistical management, the planning, initiation and control of the logistics for foreign assignments by associations and / or contingents of the Austrian Federal Armed Forces, according to §2 WG, to be understood at the request of international organizations. This leadership responsibility includes the formation, the deployment, ensuring the deployment over a longer period of time, possible rotations as well as the return of contingents from the foreign deployment to the home.
Public relations and troop support
The public relations department is responsible for the internal and external transfer of information as well as the troop support. These tasks include:
- External public relations
- Information transfer between the International Operations Command and the troops or individuals deployed abroad
- Creation of information material
Leadership support
The management support is responsible for the technical communication process within the International Operations Command, with all foreign contingents and with subordinate bodies. Be ensured:
- Communication process (correspondence, mail, etc.)
- Information technology and telecommunications
- military security
Budget and financial management
- Identify the funding needs of all missions, observers and international exercises
- Preparation of the financial plans
- Implementation of the financial planning in accordance with the federal budget law
- Implementation of a cost and performance calculation
- Implementation of personnel and budget controlling
- Monitoring of the money supply and the budget consumption
- Participation in the implementation of international contracting
- Cooperation with the federal accounting agency