Introduction to the Resilient Basing Enhancement Workbook 2nd Edition

By Lieutenant Colonel

By Lt Col

 Frans

 Van de Weerd

, NE

 AF

Joint Air Power Competence Centre (2020-2023)

By Wing Commander (ret.)

By Wg Cdr

 Jez

 Parkinson

, UK

 AF

Joint Air Power Competence Centre

Published:
 January 2023

Abstract

Resilience is a national responsibility and simultaneously a collective commitment anchored in Article 3 of the NATO Treaty. During the Madrid Summit in June 2022, the NAC reemphasized the need to boost NATO’s resilience to current and projected threats and strengthen overall interoperability. In 2019 COM AIRCOM identified resilient basing as one of his key focus areas. Therefore the JAPCC endeavours to produce detailed observations on the current state of resiliency and actionable recommendations, to be communicated in a White Paper in the spring of 2023. Your participation is essential to this goal, which should also support your national responsibilities for resilience.


 

Update January 2024: The number of inputs received up to now is insufficient to make a thorough analysis. As stated in para 1.5 Caveat: ‘A delay in response will result in a corresponding delay in the JAPCC deliverable’. To mitigate this situation JAPCC will reach out to nations with an unclassified version of the workbook and questionnaire in order to gather sufficient responses for subsequent analysis of received inputs, identification of lessons identified, and inform nations about the results in a White Paper.

 


Introduction

In order to better assess the current resilience level of Alliance members against a full range of threats, the JAPCC has published the Resilient Basing Enhancement Workbook in January 2023. This assessment takes a comprehensive approach to evaluating both civilian infrastructure and military installations, allowing organizations to identify their strengths and weaknesses and develop strategies to address any identified shortcomings.

Designed for those responsible for contingency planning and evaluation, the Resilient Basing Enhancement Workbook provides a valuable resource for nations to formulate a comprehensive response. The accompanying ‘Introduction to the Resilient Basing Enhancement Workbook’, provides further detail on the process and how to best utilize the workbook.

The workbook invites you to assess your nation’s resilience by responding to a series of questions. It contains over 100 Issues to Consider (ITC) to prompt your headquarters’ internal evaluation and to consider implementing to improve resilience. Additionally, the questionnaire includes over 300 specific questions to be answered and will form the basis of a JAPCC study. To illustrate the ITCs and questions, the workbook uses a virtual airbase ‘Base X’ and places it in several fictitious scenarios based on existing NATO Force Protection Doctrines and experiences, as well as current developments in the Ukraine, to stimulate your own self-evaluation.

Tasked Agencies are requested to share their findings, including mitigating strategies, via Response Collection Sheet. As the assessment may reveal sensitive shortfalls or identify mitigating actions, the completed questionnaire must be marked and handled as NATO Restricted or higher.

All nations are requested to submit their findings before 1 JUNE 2023. During the third quarter 2023, the JAPCC will evaluate inputs, identify lessons learned, and inform nations of the results via a white paper. Please identify the responsible office and point of contact to (NS). We are grateful for your support in strengthening the Alliance’s resiliency.

Author
Lieutenant Colonel
 Frans
 Van de Weerd
Joint Air Power Competence Centre (2020-2023)

Lieutenant Colonel Van de Weerd has served for more than 40 years in the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). He served in various fighter related weapon system support positions at depots and staff positions at the RNLAF Headquarters and the Defense Material Command. He dealt with Foreign Military Sales challenges and contributed to the development of F-35 Global Support Solution. Furthermore, he served as an A4 at the former RNLAF Operations Center. He gained his joint logistics expertise as a J4 planner at the MOD dealing with various operations. Currently, he holds the position of Subject Matter Expert Logistics at the Joint Air Power Competence Centre in Kalkar, Germany.

Information provided is current as of February 2022
Author
Wing Commander (ret.)
 Jez
 Parkinson
Joint Air Power Competence Centre

Wing Commander (ret.) Jez Parkinson is a RAF Regiment Officer with 33-years’ regular Service; over half in the Multinational environment and in excess of 7-years on operations. He continues to work as a Reservist in the Force Protection Environment and as a civilian on Asset Protection collaborating with the military, industry and academia. He is the author of NATO FP Policy, FP Doctrine for Air Operations and the current Custodian for Joint FP Doctrine. He is responsible for the development and delivery of NATO FP Courses as well as writing several publications and articles on FP.

Information provided is current as of February 2022

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