British Military Advisory Training Team (Czech Republic)

The British Military Advisory Training Team based in the Czech Republic (BMATT(CZ)) delivers an important part of an agreed security co-operation programme by promoting military co-operation and understanding, building trust and assisting with the development of professional and efficient armed forces under civil democratic control. BMATT(CZ) particularly seeks to assist by increasing the capabilities of partner countries to participate in multinational peace support operations (PSO).

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BMATT(CZ) offers a range of bespoke training drawn from the following core business:

• Training design management (TDM)
• Instructor training course (ITC)
• Junior command leadership course (JCLC)
• Defence train the trainer (DTTT)
• Multinational Peace Support Operations Training Course (MPSO)
• Marksmanship Coaching Course (MCC)
• Pre-Deployment Training (PDT)
• Senior officer briefing course (SBO).

BMATT(CZ)

This combined British and Czech team is located at Vyškov, within the Military Academy of the Czech armed forces, and has been in existence since 2000. BMATT(CZ) is very much a joint UK/Czech operation, composed of 19 UK and 5 Czech military personnel and with considerable training and administrative support provided by the Czech Army. BMATT(CZ) personnel are all high quality instructors with a wealth of operational experience from major theatres of conflict.

The team’s mission statement is:

To provide military training courses, training assistance, mentoring and advice to partner countries, in order to further develop their professional armed forces and their capabilities to participate in regional stability and multinational peace support operations.

Training is delivered in 2 ways:

First, throughout the year at Vyškov, BMATT(CZ) conducts a series of instructor training and personal development courses. This is multinational training, conducted in English, with a typical instructor training course being 4 weeks in duration and consisting of 30 students from between 11 to 15 countries. Training for peace support operations (PSO) is a core theme, with courses to train instructors to teach practical PSO skills and to train staff in key planning procedures within a multinational HQ. Some 300+ officers, warrant officers (WOs), soldiers, marines and polices of all ranks are trained at Vyškov each year.

Second, each year BMATT(CZ) deploys small teams known as BMATT Deployed Teams (BDT), usually for 3 to 4 weeks, to selected countries to provide a range of training assistance and advice. Again, PSO is a core theme, with instructor training courses and assistance with the planning, conduct or mentoring of the delivery of operational pre-deployment training making up the majority of these tasks.

The combined impact of this training is to help partner countries from NATO, NATO PfP and EU countries to improve their indigenous training capabilities, especially in respect of PSO training. Partner countries are primarily from Central Asia, the Caucasus, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltics and North Africa.

All training is provided free of costs, less a small food and accommodation charge for students from NATO countries attending Vyškov courses.

How to get to Vyškov

BMATT(CZ) Vyškov based courses

Student information regarding Vyškov based courses:

The following courses are conducted and based at the Military Academy in Vyškov:

• senior officer briefing
• junior commander leadership course
• instructor training course
• multinational peace support operations course
• analysis, design and evaluation of training course
• marksmanship coaching course

Senior officer briefing (SOB)

The aim of the SOB is to brief senior military delegations from individual partner countries on the multinational training courses conducted at Vyškov and on the range of bilateral assistance and advice that BMATT(CZ) provides via its BMATT(CZ) Deployed Teams, in order to further develop BMATT(CZ) engagement with each partner country.

Number per year: 5 to 8 briefings per year
Duration: 1.5 days
Maximum course loading: 8 personnel accompanied by the UK DA

The SOB can be delivered in the host partner country if required.

Junior commanders leadership course (JCLC)

The aim is to develop the command and leadership skills of Junior Commanders.

Suitable for: OF1, OR4, OR5, OR6

Number per year: 2 courses per year
Duration: 4 weeks
Maximum course loading: 30 students per course

Instructor training course (ITC)

The aim is to provide instructors with the necessary techniques to train conscripts contracted soldiers and professional soldiers in conventional military skills.

Suitable for: OF1, OR4, OR5, OR6

Number per year: 2 courses per year
Duration: 4 weeks
Maximum course loading: 30 students per course

Multinational peace support operations (MPSO)

The aim is to train officers and senior NCOs in the techniques and procedures for PSO operations and training.

Suitable for: OF3, OR5, OR6, OR7, OR8, OR9

Number per year: 2 courses per year
Duration: 4 weeks
Maximum course loading: 30 students per course

Marksmanship Coaching Course

To develop the military education and training of Senior and Junior Non Commissioned Officers so they have the ability and knowledge to improve their units Marksmanship standards

Suitable for: OR5, OR6 and OR7.

Number per year: 2 courses per year
Duration: 2 weeks
Maximum course loading: 30 students per course

Vyškov based courses for 2022 to 2023 are as follows:

Ser	From	To	Duration (weeks)	Code	Title	Places
1	24 Apr 22	20 May	4	JCLC-2201	Junior Commanders’ Leadership Course	30
2	29 May 22	10 Jun	2	MCC-2201	Marksmanship Coaching Course	30
3	12 Jun 22	24 Jun	2	MCC-2202	Marksmanship Coaching Course	30
4	3 Jul 22	29 Jul	4	MPSO-2201	Multinational Peace Support Operations Course	30
5	4 Sep 22	30 Sep	4	JCLC-2202	Junior Commanders’ Leadership Course	30
6	9 Oct 22	04 Nov	4	ITC-2201	Instructor Training Course	30
7	20 Nov 22	25 Nov	1	DTTT-2201	Defence Train the Trainer	20
8	27 Nov 22	02 Dec	1	TDM-2201	Training Design and Management Course	12
9	4 Dec 22	09 Dec	1	DTTT-2202	Defence Train the Trainer	20
10	15 Jan 23	10 Feb 2023	4	ITC-2202	Instructor Training Course	30
11	26 Feb 23	24 Mar 2023	4	MPSO-2202	Multinational Peace Support Operations Course	30

BMATT courses handbook 2023 to 2024

BMATT courses handbook 2023 to 2024

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BMATT courses handbook 2023 to 2024

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BMATT Deployed Teams (BDTs)

BMATT Deployed Teams (BDTs) tasks are a key part of the unit’s mandate and some 66% of our time and manpower resources are dedicated to this vital outreach work. The reason is straightforward, the UK’s armed forces and, increasingly, our Czech counterparts, have a wealth of experience to offer countries currently engaged in the transition from conscript based to truly professional, democratically accountable armies.

The British experience is considerable, spanning many decades of expeditionary operations and more recently on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Czech Republic’s recent experience of reshaping its forces to meet the needs of its responsibilities in the 21st century, combined with lessons learned in deploying alongside its allies, provides another perspective with many valuable lessons for other partner countries at whatever stage has been reached in the evolution of their respective military capabilities.

A typical BDT comprises an officer or WO as team leader and 2 to 5 OR5, OR6 or OR7 as instructors. All will have recent operational experience or have come from employment in key training posts. Wherever possible, this team is reinforced with BMATT(CZ) trained instructors serving with the host nation and normally the target audience will be potential instructors. Ideally the host nation instructors will have attended a BMATT(CZ) course at Vyškov although frequently this requirement is met by their having been trained on an earlier BDT. ‘Train the trainer’ is the key to an effective cascade of best practice and that is what BMATT(CZ) instructors strive to achieve.

BDT deployments during 2022 are planned to:

• Albania
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bulgaria
• Georgia
• Greece
• Kazakhstan
• Kosovo
• Moldova
• Montenegro
• North Macedonia
• Romania
• Slovakia
• Tabor (CZ)
• Uzbekistan

BMATT (CZ) assignment

UK and Czech military personnel interested in serving with BMATT(CZ) should contact the Chief of Staff:

Telephone: +420 973 455572
Fax: +420 973 451900
Email: cos@bmattcee.moduk.cz