NATO

Military centers under subordination of ACT

Last modified: 2010-02-27 by zoltan horvath
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by Željko Heimer

• Overview
• Joint Warfare Centre - JWC - Stavanger
• Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre - JALLC - Monsanto
• NATO Joint Force Training Centre - JFTC - Bydgoszcz
• NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center - NMIOTC - Souda Naval Base
• NATO Undersea Research Centre - NURC - La Spezia
• NATO School - Oberammergau

See also:

• NATO
• Strategic Commands
• Operational Commands
• Component Commands
• Military missions
• Former military missions
• NATO Rapid Deployable Corps
• Other Staffs and Commands Responsible to SACEUR

NATO military commands and some other organization also have flags. Almost all commands have their own flags (or banners), which have a great importance in all military units, and they have a special role during ceremonies held in occasions of changes of commanders. It is a subject of hand-over ceremony when former commander gives the flag into new commander's hand. It is a formal moment of transfer of his authority to new one.

All commands and other organizations has a badge or crest, generally it is placed on a monocoloured (blue, white, or green) flag as a command's flag. The official NATO military structure is a good base to introduce flags of various military commands, organizations and NATO-led military missions. More information on NATO structure:
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/structure.htm
Zoltan Horvath, 11 February 2010

by Zoltan Horvath, 24 February 2010

Headquarters Allied Forces North Europe was established on 1 July 1994 in the same location where Vikings defended themselves against aggressors hundreds of years earlier. Following numerous efforts to reshape NATO's command structure, on 3 March 2000, the Command was renamed Joint Command North (JCN) to reflect its new role as a third level headquarters, subordinate to Allied Forces North Europe (AFNORTH) in Brunssum, the Netherlands. And finally on 12 June 2003, Alliance Defence Ministers approved a historic reform of NATO's command structure, to include the establishment of a new command, Allied Command Transformation (ACT) headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, and ACT commands the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) in Stavanger. JWC is to promote and conduct NATO's joint and combined experimentation, analysis, and doctrine development to maximize transformational synergy and to improve NATO's capabilities and interoperability. It assists Allied Command Transformation's developmental work on new technologies, modelling and simulation.

by Zoltan Horvath, 24 February 2010

The Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre - JALLC is NATO's lead agency for the analysis of operations, exercises, training and experiments, and for the collection and communication of lessons learned. JALLC deploys teams worldwide to support NATO, analysing all aspects of the Alliance's work at the operational and strategic levels. JALLC's base in Monsanto, near Lisbon in Portugal. It is a subordinated agency of Joint Warfare Centre - JWC. JALLC currently works with NATO's operations in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan and on maritime security operations in the Mediterranean. They support NATO exercises for the NRF, and the training of troops prior to deployment on NATO operations. JALLC has also contributed analysis expertise during NATO's humanitarian relief efforts following the Pakistan earthquake in 2005, and security operations during the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004.

by Zoltan Horvath, 24 February 2010

The Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC) is NATO's focal point for tactical level training and transformation. JFTC is part of Allied Command Transformation's (ACT) training network together with the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) in Norway and the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (JALLC) in Portugal. Together with the two other centres they are committed to providing the Alliance with up-to-date training support for exercises and preparation for live missions. It supports the Alliance transformation through training, experimentation and doctrine development. It is located in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

by Zoltan Horvath, 25 February 2010

The NATO School serves as a centre for individual education and training for military and civilian personnel from NATO, Partnership for Peace, Mediterranean Dialogue, and NATO cooperation countries. This education requires a high degree of discussion between and among all students and faculty members. The NATO School mission is to conduct courses in support of the current and developing NATO strategy and policy, including cooperation and dialogue with military and civilian personnel from Non-NATO countries. The NATO School provides resident courses of instruction in four main disciplines: Operations and Plans, Joint Operations, WMD threats, and Policy. Most courses are one week duration and there are many subjects from which to choose. School is located inside a barracks complex in the beautiful village of Oberammergau, Germany.