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BDF Wildlife Training Area
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Animals from the Botswana Safeguard Force wildlife training area in Gaborone.
Two U.S. Army Africa officers conducted a Military Pronouncement Making Process seminar for Botswana Safeguard Force leaders Aug. 2-6 in Gaborone, Republic of Botswana.
Majs. Tre Wilcher III and Dan Kolva undertook the traveling friend team visit to present the U.S. Army approach to field grade officers of both the Botswana Ground Forces and the Botswana Air Wing, the two components of the BDF.
“The U.S. Army model of MDMP was introduced five years ago to the BDF, but previously has only been educated in the Mandate and Staff College. But now there seems to be a push to integrate it throughout their ranks for plotting process at all levels,” Wilcher said.
The majority of participants held the rank of major, though there were a few warrant officers and noncommissioned officers in attendance as well. Participants included pilots, logisticians, military police, air safeguard and intelligence personnel, he said.
The seminar consisted of morning plotting a propos one or two of the seven MDMP steps followed by afternoon Tactical Pronouncement Games or scenario exercises in which the BDF officers practiced the conduct of MDMP according to the U.S. Army model. The BDF officers were quick to grasp the MDMP and work with it as a plotting tool, Wilcher said.
“They were overwhelmingly receptive to the concept and the seven steps,” Kolva said. “They conducted a candid analysis of the process and sequential steps, even to the extent of challenging the order we presented.”
The BDF officers occasionally worked through their scheduled breaks to ensure their grasp of essentials and the process as a whole, he said.
“The officers, warrants and NCOs that participated were always attentive to the subject. They showed a real dedication to learning the process for the benefit of their branch and service,” Kolva said.
While in Gaborone, Kolva and Wilcher had the rare opportunity to tour the BDF’s “Snake Park,” a unique training environment that prepares BDF soldiers for deployments in the bush. The facility is home to not only snakes, but to lions, crocodiles, monkeys, hyenas and wild dogs among other creatures.
The BDF uses the facility to train soldiers to know, react to and interact with the indigenous wildlife while conducting anti-poaching and border security missions.
“We learned something from them, too,” Wilcher said.
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