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, US.
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 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.
Commanders and Directors The Commanders and Directors of the Joint Warfare Centre:
Nr. Name Country Commencement of post End of post11 Generalmajor Ruprecht von Butler September 202410 Generał dywizji Piotr Malinowski October 2021 September 20249 Konteradmiral Jan C. Kaack July 2019 October 20218 Generał dywizji Andrzej Reudowicz July 2016 July 20197 Generalmajor September 2014 July 20166 Generalleutnant Erhard Bühler June 2013 September 20145 Général de division Jean-Fred Berger June 2011 June 20134 Generalleutnant July 2007 June 20113 Air Marshal Peter Walker February 2005 July 20072 Major-General James Short September 2004 February 20051 Generalløytnant Thorstein Skiaker October 2003 September 2004
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