NATO BAR TO THE SSM - MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
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CANFORGEN 079/17 CMP 042/17 241851Z APR 17
UNCLASSIFIED
REFS: A. CANFORGEN 017/11 CMP 009/11 252215Z JAN 11
B. CANFORGEN 003/09 CMP 002/09 081950Z JAN 09
C. CANFORGEN 096/09 CMP 042/09 201315Z MAY 09
FURTHER TO REF A AND IN LIGHT OF THE EVOLVING SITUATION IN EUROPE AND OF NATO S RENEWED ROLE AND RESPONSIBILTY IN PROVIDING DEFENCE AND DETERRENCE MEASURES, AFC HAS DECIDED TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SSM-NATO, WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF ITS REGULATIONS, TO PROVIDE RECOGNITION TO ADDITIONAL PERS WHO PROVIDE DIRECT SP TO NATO OPS AND MISSIONS
CONSEQUENTLY, THE WORDING QUOTE NATO HQ S, STAFF, ADMIN AND LOG SP UNQUOTE IS DELETED FROM PARA 1 OF REF A AND THE WORDING QUOTE LEVEL OF HARDSHIP AND/OR INTENSITY UNQUOTE IS REPLACED BY QUOTE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES UNQUOTE IN PARA 4 OF REF A
FURTHERMORE, AFC HAS APPROVED THE ADDITION OF THE FOL SVC TO THE ELIGIBILITY LIST FOR THE SSM-NATO:
SERVICE OF CAF MEMBERS DEPLOYED OR POSTED TO THE FOL NATO ORGANIZATIONS, OUTSIDE CANADA, TO PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT TO ONGOING NATO OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THEIR PLANNING AND EXECUTION, SINCE 29 APRIL 2014:
(1). NATO INTERNATIONAL MILITARY STAFF (IMS), BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
(2). SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS EUROPE (SHAPE), CASTEAU, BELGIUM
(3). COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP HEADQUARTERS (CIS GROUP HQ), CASTEAU, BELGIUM
(4). JOINT FORCE COMMAND (JFC) BRUNSSUM, BRUNSSUMS, NETHERLANDS
(5). AIR COMMAND (AC) RAMSTEIN, RAMSTEIN, GERMANY
(6). NORTHWOOD MARITIME COMMAND HEADQUARTERS (MARCOM HQ), NORTHWOOD, UK
(7). 1 NATO SIGNALS BATTALION (NSB), WESEL, GERMANY
(8). COMBINED AIR OPERATIONS CENTRE (CAOC) UEDEM, UEDEM, GERMANY
(9). JOINT FORCE COMMAND (JFC) NAPLES, NAPLES, ITALY
(10). COMBINED AIR OPERATIONS CENTRE (CAOC) TORREJON, TORREJON, SPAIN
(11). LAND COMMAND (LC) IZMIR, IZMIR, TURKEY
(12). DEPLOYABLE AIR COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE (DACCC) POGGIO RENATICO, POGGIO RENATICO, ITALY
(13). 2 NATO SIGNALS BATTALION (2NSB), CASTEAU, BELGIUM
(14). ALLIED RAPID REACTION CORPS (ARRC), INNSWORTH, UK
(15). NATO COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION AGENCY (NCIA), POGGIO RENATICO, ITALY
(16). NATO INTELLIGENCE FUSION CENTRE (NIFC), MOLESWORTH, UK
(17). NATO INTELLIGENCE UNIT, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
(18). ALLIED COMMAND COUNTER INTELLIGENCE (ACCI), CASTEAU, BELGIUM
(19). FEDERATED MISSION NETWORKING (FMN) SECRETARIAT, CASTEAU, BELGIUM
(20). NATO SPECIAL OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS (NSHQ), CASTEAU, BELGIUM
(21). NATO ALLIANCE GROUND SURVEILLANCE FORCE (NAGSF), SIGONELLA, ITALY
(22). NATO FORCE INTEGRATED UNIT - LITHUANIA (NFIU LTU), VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
(23). NATO FORCE INTEGRATED UNIT - ESTONIA (NFIU EST), TALLIN, ESTONIA
(24). MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS - NORTHEAST (MNC), SZCZECIN, POLAND
(25). MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - SOUTHEAST (MND SE), BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
(26). NATO COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION AGENCY - MONS (NCIA-MONS), CASTEAU, BELGIUM
(27). NATO COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION AGENCY - BRUNSSUM (NCIA- BRUNSSUM), BRUNSSUM, NETHERLANDS
(28). NATO COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION AGENCY - NORFOLK (NCIA- NORFOLK), NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, USA
(29). NATO COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION AGENCY - RAMSTEIN (NCIA- RAMSTEIN), RAMSTEIN, GERMANY
(30). MILITARY PARTNERSHIP DIVISION, CASTEAU, BELGIUM
(31). NATO RAPID DEPLOYABLE CORPS (NRDC), ISTANBUL, TURKEY
(32). COMMAND CENTRE NATO AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING AND FORCE CONTROL HEADQUARTERS (NAEWFC HQ), GEILENKIRCHEN, GERMANY
SERVICE OF CAF MEMBERS DEPLOYED OR POSTED TO THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, WHOSE SOLE FOCUS IS TO PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT TO NATO OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THEIR PLANNING AND EXECUTION, SINCE 29 APRIL 2014:
(1). CANADIAN MILITARY REPRESENTATIVE (CANMILREP), BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
(2). NATIONAL MILITARY REPRESENTATIVE ALLIED COMMAND ORGANIZATION SHAPE (NMR ACO SHAPE), CASTEAU, BELGIUM
(3). JOINT FORCE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS (JFC HQ), NAPLES, ITALY
(4). CANADIAN NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE (CANIC) - NAPLES, NAPLES, ITALY
(5). LAND COMMAND COMMAND SENIOR ENLISTED LEADER OFFICE (LC IZMIR CSEL OFFICE), IZMIR, TURKEY
(6). JOINT FORCE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS BRUNSSUM COMMAND SENIOR ENLISTED LEADER OFFICE (JFCHQ BRUNSSUM CSEL OFFICE), BRUNSSUM, NETHERLANDS
SERVICE OF CAF MEMBERS DEPLOYED OR POSTED TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BELGIUM, GERMANY, LITHUANIA, THE NETHERLANDS, ROMANIA, SPAIN AND THE UK, IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF OP REASSURANCE SUCH AS PLANNERS, LO S AND CI PERS, SINCE 29 APRIL 2014
SERVICE IN NATO TRANSFORMATION ESTABLISHMENTS, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, NATO TRAINING, EXERCISES AND CONFERENCES, AS WELL AS OTHER SIMILAR SERVICE NOT IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF NATO OPS REMAINS EXCLUDED FROM ELIGIBILITY
