FY2006/07 to FY2008/09 - Department of Defence

chapter 2achieved through the utilisation of multi-role preparation,skills-based capability and the Reserve Force. TheMilitary Strategic Objectives, the Military StrategicConcepts and the Military Strategic Capabilities are notto be seen as separate parts of the Military Strategy, butas an integrated system. The interrelationship betweenthe ways, means and ends of the Military Strategy isdepicted in Figure 2.1.F O R C E E M P L O Y M E N T S T R A T E G YIntroduction. The SANDF is increasingly called upon tosupport the foreign policy requirements of Government.These requirements primarily lie in supporting our continentin peace and humanitarian missions as well asmilitary co-operation. The Force Employment Strategydirects the SANDF on the conduct of operations in thesedomains.Regional/Continental Priorities. The region is the focusof the SANDF with specific countries identified as keypartners to enhance peace and prosperity in the region.The SANDF must contribute to the successful executionof the AU/NEPAD initiatives as its first priority and beguided by the approved objectives and priorities of theInternational Relations, Peace and Security (IRPS)Cluster, in respect of other priorities. This, however,does not preclude the SANDF from becoming involvedin countries outside the region.Approach to Force Employment. The SANDF ForceEmployment Strategy is based on the followingapproaches: A multinational approach aimed at the establishment,structuring, staffing, equipping,operating, exercising, sustaining and empoweringof regional structures to foster security. An inter-departmental approach with thefocus on improving co-operation. A phased approach that endeavours to changethe focus over time from 'Supporting thePeople' to 'Promoting Peace, Security andStability in the Region and the Continent'. Theaim is to foster an environment of stability andsecurity in the region to reduce the possibilityof having to defend against an aggressor.The above-mentioned approaches will be executed witha joint and/or multinational mission-trained task forcecomprising capabilities prepared by the Services andDivisions either supported by or in support of other roleplayers. A critical success factor will be to enhance interoperabilitybetween the SANDF and other defence forcesin the region to ensure effective multinational operations.F O R C E P R E P A R A T I O N S T R A T E G YThe defence capabilities of the SANDF will only be fullyemployed in the event of a state of national defence.Hence, to ensure optimal use of resources, forces are preparedat different levels of readiness according to anticipatedmissions. The Force Preparation Strategy thereforedetermines the level of defence and readiness at which toprepare the SANDF, in order to use the defence allocationtowards the correct outputs, and avoid fruitlessexpenditure. This principle has been recognised in theDefence Review.The Department's Force Preparation Strategy preparesthe Regular Force, full time members for immediateresponse to missions and to prepare the Reserve Forcesto supplement force strengths where a crisis escalates ora state of national defence is declared. Consequently, thepreparation of forces is addressed in three categories.SEQUENCING OF MILITARY FORCESImmediate Force Requirements Follow-up Force Heightened ForceGeneral ReservesReserve ForceRegular ForceHIGH READINESS TO DEPLOY LOWFigure 2.2Military Readiness State SystemS T R A T E G I C B U S I N E S S P L A N F Y 2 0 0 6 / 0 7 T O 2 0 0 8 / 0 911