The Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) is a

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establishment headquartered in

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. 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

The JWC provides NATO's training focal point for full spectrum joint operational level warfare. The mission of the Joint Warfare Centre is to: * 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 Allied Command Transformation (ACT) (French: ''Commandement allié Transformation'') is a military command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), formed in 2003 after restructuring. It was intended to lead military transformation of ...

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 Centre The Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (JALLC) is a NATO body located in Monsanto (Lisbon), Portugal. The Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre was commissioned on 2 September 2002. Its mission is to serve as NATO's centre for perform ...

Commanders and Directors

The Commanders and Directors of the Joint Warfare Centre: MG Berger (6898081104)

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Joint Warfare Joint warfare is a military doctrine which places priority on the integration of the various service branches of a state's armed forces into one unified command. Joint warfare is in essence a form of combined arms warfare on a larger, national ...

Organisations based in Stavanger NATO installations in Norway {{norway-mil-stub