Defence Media Operations Centre 
The
Defence Media Operations Training School plans and coordinates the
delivery of media training to the whole Defence Community. The school
is staffed by military media officers, recently returned from
operations overseas, as well as professional civilian media trainers. Course Dates.
Specialist Training
Media Operations staff are important personnel in military headquarters, fulfilling a vital role in the completion of any mission. In order to prepare personnel to take on this role, DMOC Training School runs the Foundation Media Course, the Advanced Media Course, the Combat Camera Team Course and the Combat Camera Team Leaders' Course, fully preparing the students for operational commitments. All these specialist courses can last up to a week, covering interview techniques, media monitoring and fast-paced crisis-handling exercises. These courses are run in close consultation with all three Front Line Commands as well as the Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood, London.
Media Skills Training
We offer various levels of Media Skills Courses for personnel who can expect to find themselves facing the media in the course of their work; ranging from senior MOD staff to deploying formation commanders, military award winners and military sporting personalities. We can also carry out last minute bespoke MSC training for any personnel who may be exposed to heightened media scrutiny. Our Pre-Interview Training Teams may, also provide advanced, highly targeted and researched training aimed at preparing speakers for specific interviews.
Career Training
The school has excellent working relationships with the Defence Academy and the Royal College of Defence Studies, offering not only media awareness and skills training but also a total media support package for all major exercises and wargames. Further, the Training School provides media awareness training throughout military careers, through interjection in several career-training courses across all three services.
Collective Training
The School is pursuing the support of delivery of collective media training on large exercises, which is enhanced by contracted Simulated Press who create an effective media environment to exercise formation commanders. High level media advisors are posted into Force HQs and give guidance to commanders on how they can best implement their media plans to help achieve their desired effects. We have also embedded ‘real media’ into pre-deployment exercises: providing training value for troops and journalists before they arrive in operational theatres.
International Training
Overseas training, involving our NATO and EU partners is also on the agenda at the School and we have been involved in training in Iraq, Afghanistan, Oman, Kenya, Lithuania, Serbia, Malta and Italy. The School has recently trained the command group of a EU Battlegroup, as well as senior NATO ISAF personnel. Training school staff routinely deploy overseas to deliver media and communications training worldwide to help us maintain a global reach.
The school is always involved in development work in order to maintain its continuous evolution; courses are constantly under review and we are always looking to ensure we are using the most up to date training methods.
International personnel who wish to attend a DMOC course should contact the International Defence Training department of the Ministry of Defence who can discuss their requirement.
Industry Partners
Industry Partners who would like to attend a DMOC course can also speak to International Defence Training. While priority is always given to military personnel deploying on operations, where spare capacity is available DMOC may be able to accommodate.
Specialist Training
Media Operations staff are important personnel in military headquarters, fulfilling a vital role in the completion of any mission. In order to prepare personnel to take on this role, DMOC Training School runs the Foundation Media Course, the Advanced Media Course, the Combat Camera Team Course and the Combat Camera Team Leaders' Course, fully preparing the students for operational commitments. All these specialist courses can last up to a week, covering interview techniques, media monitoring and fast-paced crisis-handling exercises. These courses are run in close consultation with all three Front Line Commands as well as the Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood, London.
Media Skills Training
We offer various levels of Media Skills Courses for personnel who can expect to find themselves facing the media in the course of their work; ranging from senior MOD staff to deploying formation commanders, military award winners and military sporting personalities. We can also carry out last minute bespoke MSC training for any personnel who may be exposed to heightened media scrutiny. Our Pre-Interview Training Teams may, also provide advanced, highly targeted and researched training aimed at preparing speakers for specific interviews.
Career Training
The school has excellent working relationships with the Defence Academy and the Royal College of Defence Studies, offering not only media awareness and skills training but also a total media support package for all major exercises and wargames. Further, the Training School provides media awareness training throughout military careers, through interjection in several career-training courses across all three services.
Collective Training
The School is pursuing the support of delivery of collective media training on large exercises, which is enhanced by contracted Simulated Press who create an effective media environment to exercise formation commanders. High level media advisors are posted into Force HQs and give guidance to commanders on how they can best implement their media plans to help achieve their desired effects. We have also embedded ‘real media’ into pre-deployment exercises: providing training value for troops and journalists before they arrive in operational theatres.
International Training
Overseas training, involving our NATO and EU partners is also on the agenda at the School and we have been involved in training in Iraq, Afghanistan, Oman, Kenya, Lithuania, Serbia, Malta and Italy. The School has recently trained the command group of a EU Battlegroup, as well as senior NATO ISAF personnel. Training school staff routinely deploy overseas to deliver media and communications training worldwide to help us maintain a global reach.
The school is always involved in development work in order to maintain its continuous evolution; courses are constantly under review and we are always looking to ensure we are using the most up to date training methods.
International personnel who wish to attend a DMOC course should contact the International Defence Training department of the Ministry of Defence who can discuss their requirement.
Industry Partners
Industry Partners who would like to attend a DMOC course can also speak to International Defence Training. While priority is always given to military personnel deploying on operations, where spare capacity is available DMOC may be able to accommodate.