Joint Warfare Center

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The Joint Warfare Center (JWC) is a NATO education and training center in Jåtten near Stavanger , Norway . It is located in a protected bunker that extends over three underground floors and 70 meters deep into the rock.

It was established on October 23, 2003 and is a sub-command of the Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk , United States . The reason for the establishment of the JWC was the formation of a command that is specifically dedicated to training the NATO headquarters. The full operational capability (FOC) took place in June 2006.

Since June 2006, up to four joint armed forces exercises have been held in Stavanger each year on an operational level. These are each planned, prepared and carried out over a period of up to 18 months. The Joint Warfare Center has 250 soldiers from 16 nations. Of these, the German Bundeswehr, with currently 36 soldiers, has the largest share in a NATO comparison.

assignment

The Joint Warfare Center trains the full range of joint warfare on an operational level. This includes:

  • training of joint operational management to support current missions;
  • supporting the training of joint staffs of the NATO Command Structure (NCS) and the NATO Armed Forces Structure (NFS) for medium and small joint operations;
  • the training of appropriate mentors;
  • support in maintaining and further developing common standards for operational warfare;
  • supporting the development and experimental trials of the Allied Command Transformation (ACT) with a view to new concepts, technologies, models and simulation;
  • Gathering experience and feeding it back to the transformation network via the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned (JALLC).

Commanders and directors

The commanders and directors of the Joint Warfare Center were:

Major General Jean-Fred Berger , Commander of the JWC June 2011 to June 2013
No. Surname country Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
9 Rear Admiral Jan C. Kaack GermanyGermany since July 2019
8th Major General Andrzej Reudowicz PolandPoland July 2016 July 2019
7th Major General Reinhard Wolski GermanyGermany September 2014 July 2016
6th Lieutenant General Erhard Bühler GermanyGermany June 2013 September 2014
5 Major General Jean-Fred Berger FranceFrance June 2011 June 2013
4th Lieutenant General Wolfgang Korte GermanyGermany July 2007 June 2011
3 Air Marshal Peter Brett Walker United KingdomUnited Kingdom February 2005 July 2007
2 Major General James Short United KingdomUnited Kingdom September 2004 February 2005
1 Lieutenant General Thorstein Skiaker NorwayNorway October 2003 September 2004

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Visit of the NATO Secretary General to the German commander of the Joint Warfare Center in Stavanger at www.bundeswehr.de
  2. ↑ www.jwc.nato.int/

Coordinates: 58 ° 54 ′ 20.8 "  N , 5 ° 43 ′ 18.8"  E