Joint Warfare Centre

Joint Warfare Centre
File:JWCCrest.gif Coat of arms
Active	23 October 2003–
Country	NATO
Part of	Allied Command Transformation
Headquarters	Stavanger, Norway
Website	jwc.nato.int
Commanders
Current commander	Rear Admiral Jan C. Kaack

The Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) is a NATO establishment headquartered in Stavanger, Norway.

It was established at Jåttå on 23 October 2003 as a subordinate command of Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT). The purpose of this was to have a command with responsibility for training and exercise of the NATO headquarters. The old Joint Headquarters North (JHQ NORTH) was abolished and command transferred to the Allied Command Transformation (ACT) in Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Mission

SHAPE

    AC

LC

MC

JFCBS

JFCNP

JFC NF

 JSEC

HQ SACT

JWC

JFTC

JALLC

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Locations of NATO's two strategic commands — Allied Command Transformation (ACT) with its subordinate centres (blue marks) and Allied Command Operations (ACO), headquartered at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) and including its subordinate and joint force commands (red marks).

The JWC provides NATO's training focal point for full spectrum joint operational level warfare.

JWC Mission:

• Provide operational level joint training in support of ongoing operations;
• Conduct and supports collective training of joint and combined staffs of the NATO Command Structure (NCS) and NATO Force Structure (NFS) for Major Joint Operations (MJOs) and Small Joint Operations (SJOs), integrating NATO Members' national capacities, regional security organizations' initiatives and Partnership for Peace (PfP);
• Provide key leader training capability;
• Support adherence to joint operational warfare doctrine and standards;
• Assist the developmental and experimental work of Allied Command Transformation (ACT) on new concepts, technologies, modeling and simulation;
• Performs joint analysis, collects lessons learned and feeds them back into the transformational network through the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned (JALLC).

Commanders and Directors

The Commanders and Directors of the Joint Warfare Centre:

Generalmajor Jean-Fred Berger, Commander JWC June 2011 to June 2013

Nr.	Name	Country	Commencement of post	End of post
9	Konteradmiral Jan C. Kaack	Germany	July 2019
8	Generalmajor Andrzej Reudowicz	Poland	July 2016	July 2019
7	Generalmajor Reinhard Wolski	Germany	September 2014	July 2016
6	Generalleutnant Erhard Bühler	Germany	June 2013	September 2014
5	Generalmajor Jean-Fred Berger	France	June 2011	June 2013
4	Generalleutnant Wolfgang Korte	Germany	July 2007	June 2011
3	Air Marshal Peter Brett Walker	United Kingdom	February 2005	July 2007
2	Major General James Short	United Kingdom	September 2004	February 2005
1	Generalleutnant Thorstein Skiaker	Norway	October 2003	September 2004

References

• Gundersern, Nils (2004). "Et viktig treningssenter" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on September 25, 2005. Retrieved February 26, 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

• Joint Warfare Centre official website