All the many local questions and practical tasks a foreign unit gets can be difficult to handle when the ship is in a foreign port or the helicopter is at a foreign air station. During DANEX 08 Master Chief Petty Officer Claus Gustafsen and Chief Petty Officer Jesper Bagge Pedersen from Operational Logistics Center (OPLOG) in Frederikshavn are attached to the German and English ships in Aalborg as well as the English and Polish helicopters and English planes placed at Air Transport Wing in Aalborg.

– We try to deal with all the tasks we are asked to handle From the smallest to something bigger. During DANEX we have helped a German crew member who was brought to Aalborg Hospital South with a broken arm. Amongst other things we provide tickets for his transport home and we have helped getting spare parts for an English helicopter, the two liaison officers explain.

During the port visit in Aalborg they are ready to give support 24 hours a day.

– Since the beginning of July I have regularly been in contact with the foreign units by e-mail to hear about their needs for support from us. Many tasks were handled long time before the ships arrived in Aalborg. And during the stay I go to the ships three times each day to stay in touch and solve here-and-now problems like for example transportation to the many activities ashore. We have even purchased toner to the ships fax, says Claus Gustafsen.
 
They deliver service to the foreign units which PR-wise is almost priceless.