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Structure of the Armed Forces
Chief of Defense

The Chief of Defense is the country’s highest-ranking military official, and is principal military adviser to the government and to the Ministry of Defense on military matters. The Chief of Defense is head of the following sections:

The Defense Staff National Joint Headquarters (FOHK)
The Defence Staff is responsible, on behalf of the Chief of Defence, for ensuring that decisions are followed up and for exercising day-to-day employer responsibility for personnel employed in the Armed Forces’ military organisation. This entails ensuring that the plans and budgets adopted and communicated by the Ministry of Defence are implemented. The individual Service Chiefs of Staff, as part of the Defence Staff, are responsible for force production in their respective Service branches. The National Joint Headquarters (FOHK), together with the Regional Headquarters, constitute the operational leadership of the Armed Forces. The National Joint Headquarters plans and leads most of the exercises and operations involving the Norwegian armed services. The FOHK is responsible for the continuous monitoring of the situation picture in Norwegian sea areas and other sea areas under Norwegian jurisdiction.
Norwegian Defense Logistics Organisation The Intelligence Service
NDLO’s areas of responsibility include acting as a centre of professional expertise and the provision of engineering, procurement, investment, supply, information and communications technology (ICT) services, as well as the maintenance, repair and storage of materiel. NDLO is also responsible for the operation of communications- and computer systems within the Defence Establishment. The organisation moreover supports the Army, Navy, Air Force and Home Guard force production functions as well as the operational units of the Armed Forces. The Intelligence service acquires information concerning matters outside Norway’s borders. It also gathers, processes and analyses that information which relates to Norway’s interests seen in relation to foreign states, organisations and individuals. The purpose of intelligence activity is to contribute towards providing the Norwegian authorities with a solid basis for decision making where security, defence and foreign policy matters are concerned.


Further information about the branches
Army Air Force
Personnel

  • 7.500 (normally approx.)

  • 9.500 (on mobilisation, approx.)


Operational capabilities

  • A mobile tactical land command (MTLC)

  • One independent mechanised brigade (Brig N)

  • ISTAR Battalion representing the core in a joint operative ISTAR unit

  • H M The King’s Guard

  • Guard Border Guard

  • Norwegian Army Special Forces Command

(With a small number of support units and enablers in addition)


Education and trainings centers

  • The Norwegian Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), including
    The Military Academy, located at Camp Linderud in Oslo

  • The Officer Candidate School/Combined Arms, Camp Rena

  • The Norwegian Army Tactical Training Centre (Simulator Training Centre), Camp Rena


 Personnel

  • 1.850 (normally approx.)

  • 5.500 (on mobilisation, approx.)


Force-producing units
The Air Force organisation includes a total of ten aircraft squadrons

  • Bodø and Ørland (Main Air Stations)

  • Gardermoen, Andøya, Sola, Bardufoss, Rygge (Air Stations)

  • Sørreisa and Mågerø (Air Defence Control and Reporting Centres)


Education and trainings centers

  • Basic Training Establishment, HNoMS Harald Haarfagre, Madla

  • Air Force Officer Candidate School, Kjevik

  • The Air Force Academy, Trondheim

  • Air Force Flying School, Bardufoss

  • Air Warfare Centre (LUKS), Rygge

  • Air Operations Inspectorate (LOI)
Navy Home Guard
Personnel

  • 3.700 (normally approx.)

  • 4.500 (on mobilisation, approx.)


Operational capabilities

Commander Norwegian Task Group (Command and Staff element) lead multinational maritime operations in and outside Norway

  • Norwegian Naval Special Operations Command

  • Mine Clearance Command

  • Coastal Ranger Command


Force production

The Chief of Staff, Royal Norwegian Navy, is responsible for force production for the naval part of the Armed Forces war structure. The Royal Norwegian Navy consists of:

The Norwegian Fleet:

  • Commander Norwegian Fleet, with staff, based in Bergen

  • Norwegian Frigate Flotilla (Fridtjof Nansen-Class frigates)

  • Norwegian Fast Attack Craft Flotilla (SKJOLD-Class FACs)

  • Norwegian Submarine Flotilla (Submarines)

  • Norwegian Mine Warfare Flotilla (Mine clearance vessels)

  • Norwegian Naval Special Warfare Group (Coastal Rangers, Naval Rangers and Mine Clearance Divers)

  • Norwegian Fleet Support Group (Support vessels)


The Coast Guard:

  • Commander Norwegian Coast Guard, with staff, based in Oslo

  • CG North at Sortland

  • CG South at Haakonsvern

The Coast Guard has a total of 19 vessels, four of them helicopter-equipped patrol vessels: three NORDKAPP Class and CGV Svalbard which is specially strengthened for operations in ice. CGV Harstad will be phased in during 2005. In addition, the Coast Guard leases vessels for inshore patrol tasks and has six LYNX helicopters as well as a fixed number of flying hours by P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft and chartered observation aircraft.

Education and trainings centers

  • Chief Naval Education and Training, with staff, Bergen

  • Basic Training Establishment, HNoMS Harald Haarfagre, Stavanger

  • Royal Norwegian Navy Officer Candidate School, Horten and Bergen

  • Naval Academy, Laksevåg, Bergen

  • Naval Training Establishment, HNoMS Tordenskjold, Haakonsvern, Bergen


 Personnel

  • Rapid reaction forces: 5.000

  • Follow-on-forces: 20.000

  • Reinforcement forces: 25.000

  • In peace time: 1.200


Force production
The Chief of Staff of the Norwegian Home Guard is responsible for force production to man the Home Guard’s war structure, making use of his territorial district staffs, schools and competence centers for this purpose

Operational capabilities
Land Home Guard (LHV):

  • 13 territorial district staff (static)

  • 13 deployable rapid reaction commands

  • 11 deployable reinforcement commands

  • 13 rapid reaction forces capable of deployment at short notice to support the exercise of sovereignty, national crisis management and assist the civil power in maintaining public security

  • 242 reinforcement/follow-on areas with resources to supplement and reinforce the rapid reaction units


Air Force Home Guard (LUHV):

  • 4 static LUHV commands

  • 11 LUHV areas with resources for the defence of Air Stations


Naval Home Guard (SHV):

  • 4 deployable mobile SHV commands

  • 4 SHV rapid reaction forces capable of deployment at short notice to support the exercise of sovereignty and national crisis management at sea, and to assist the civil power in maintaining maritime aspects of public security

  • 17 SHV reinforcement areas with resources to supplement and reinforce the rapid reaction units


School and competence centers

  • The Home Guard Education and Competence Centre, situated at Dombås, provides branch and weapon training for the Home Guard

  • The Naval Home Guard Education and Competence Centre, responsible for naval force production and manning the SHV’s war structure, is situated at Håkonsvern

  • The Home Guard Education Centre at Værnes, and its satellite establishment at Porsanger Garrison, is responsible for initial service in the Home Guard and for basic officer training



Quelle/Source:
The Norwegian Ministry of Defence






Letztes Update ( Donnerstag, 10 Juli 2008 )
 
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