Joint Warfare Centre

Joint Warfare Centre
Insignia
Active	23 October 2003–
Country	NATO
Part of	Allied Command Transformation
Headquarters	Stavanger, Norway
Website	jwc.nato.int
Commanders
Current commander	Major General Reinhard Wolski [1]

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).^[2] 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

The JWC provides NATO's training focal point for full spectrum joint operational level warfare.^[2]

JWC Mission:^[2]

• 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).

References

1. "JWC Biographies". 2015-10-07.
2. "JWC mission statement". 2014-01-02.

• Gundersern, Nils (2004). "Et viktig treningssenter" (in Norwegian). Retrieved February 26, 2006.

External links

• Joint Warfare Centre official website

Coordinates: 58°54′27″N 5°43′18″E / 58.90750°N 5.72167°E