2015-06-01 protection of the population, ensuring critical societal functions and to support the Armed Forces. The total defence therefore requires a broad commitment and support in the community. The civil defence should: - protect the civilian population, - ensure the most important societal functions and, - contribute to the ability of the Armed Forces in an armed attack. Military Units All parts of the Armed Forces that have assigned tasks during a raised status of alert or in war will be organised as units and will be included in the order-of-battle of the Armed Forces The single and most important goal in the upcoming defence bill is to increase the operational warfighting capability of the military units and the overall operational capability of the Swedish total defence. This requires that the capabilities are ready to be used in peacetime as well as in raised alert and war. The defence will be used in peace, crisis and war. Military units that are organised and prepared to face an armed attack will serve as the basis for solving tasks in peacetime, such as safeguarding territorial integrity and the participation in international crisis management operations. Such units must be manned, equipped and trained. All units will have duties in peace time, as well as in times of raised alert or war. The ability of the units to maintain their warfighting capability is fundamental. Maintaining their warfighting capability refers to how well the military units as a whole can solve their tasks immediately after mobilisation in the case of a raised status of alert. Contingency requirements mean that all units with their existing war fighting capability should be able to mobilize within a week after a decision of to raise the status of alert. All parts of the Armed Forces that have assigned tasks during a raised alert or in war will be organised as units and will be included in the order-of-battle of the Armed Forces. All units will be given operational requirements regarding their warfighting capabilities. The order-of-battle of the Swedish Armed Forces consists of standing units, reserve units and units in the Home Guard. In addition to the order-of-battle there is a pool of personnel and equipment roughly equivalent to four mechanised battalions with no assigned readiness but with the ability to be activated within three years of a governmental decision and depending on additional funding. An additional pool of personnel is also being maintained. Swedish units should be able to fight in Swedish climate conditions including winter conditions. No units or garrisons will be disbanded. 7