STORY:AMISOM, SNA soldiers complete training on

intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ SOMALI/ NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 26/SEPT/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, AMISOM and SNA troops during the closing ceremony of the
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) training course
2. Med shot, AMISOM’s chief military intelligence officer, Col. David Obonyo
and other senior military officers from the United Kingdom mission support
team to AMISOM (UKMST) listening during the closing ceremony
3. Close up shot, AMISOM’s chief military intelligence officer, Col. David Obonyo
and other senior military officers from the United Kingdom mission support
team to AMISOM (UKMIST) listening during the closing ceremony
4. Wide shot, Capt. Conor Brady, from UKMST giving the opening remarks
during the closing ceremony
5. Wide shot, AMISOM and SNA troops listening during the closing ceremony
6. Med shot, AMISOM and SNA troops listening during the closing ceremony
7. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) COL. DAVID OBONYO, AMISOM CHIEF MILITARY
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
“The aim of this course has been two fold; first is to enhance the proficiency
of new AMISOM staff who were recently deployed to the force headquarters
ISR cell. Secondly it was to increase the understanding of the doctrinal
applications of ISR to sector level operations”.

8. Close up shot, SNA military officer listening during the function

9. Med shot, AMISOM military officer going to receive his certificate
10. Close up shot, certificate received by AMISOM military officer
11. Wide shot, AMISOM military officer receiving certificate
12. Med shot, AMISOM and SNA military officers looking on during the function
13. Med shot, AMISOM military officer receiving certificate
14. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) CAPT. CONOR BRADY, ADVISOR TO UK MISSION
SUPPORT TEAM TO AMISOM S03 ISR
“It has been a very productive and positive two weeks. The students have
learnt a lot and they have demonstrated these (skills) during this training
 exercises and we believe we have produced a polished ISR practitioner ready
to operate within AMISOM and the SNA”.

15. Wide shot, AMISOM and SNA military officers listening during the function
16. Med shot, AMISOM military officers listening during the function
17. Close up shot, AMISOM military officers listening during the function
18. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) MAJ. JOHN KISILU, FROM THE KENYA AIR FORCE
“We have learnt first the intelligence cycle which was complimented on the
part of collection with ISR cycle. The ISR cycle involved how to raise a
request, to prioritize, to task, to do mission planning, to do collection,
exploitation and dissemination of the information”.

19. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) LIEUTENANT ABDIRIZAK ADAN MOHAMED FROM

SOMALI NATIONAL ARMY (SNA)
“We have learnt very valuable lessons during this training course on ISR. It
also covered many other operational aspects and as representatives from
SNA, we have achieved a lot. We will train our other colleagues who were not
here today on how ISR system works and I am very grateful to UK MST and
AMISOM”.

20. Wide shot, participants and officials posing for a group photo

AMISOM, SNA soldiers complete training on intelligence, surveillance and

reconnaissance

Mogadishu, 26 Sept, 2019 -The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has
honed its officers on the latest tools and techniques in the gathering and use of
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) methods.

The training, which was supported by the United Kingdom (UK) Mission Support
Team to AMISOM, introduced 31 AMISOM and five Somali National Army officers to
the capabilities of unmanned aerial surveillance systems.

“The aim of this course was to enhance the proficiency of newly deployed AMISOM
staff to the Force Headquarters ISR cell and, secondly, to increase their
understanding of the applications of ISR to sector level operations,” said AMISOM’s
Chief Military Intelligence Officer, Col. David Obonyo.

Advisor to the UK Mission Support Team, Captain Conor Brady, said the training had
produced refined ISR practitioners who would help operationalize ISR cells in the
field and also train others in comprehensive approaches to security in Somalia.

“The past two weeks have been very productive. The trainees have learnt a lot and
demonstrated this during group training exercises, and we believe that we have the
competencies to operate within AMISOM and the SNA,” said Captain Brady.
Major John Kisilu from the Kenyan Air Force was full of grateful for the quality of
training they had received particularly on the use of tools like google maps, the
drafting of intelligence collection plans, record keeping and the dissemination of
information.