Joint Warfare Centre
The Joint Warfare Centre 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. The purpose of this was to have a command with responsibility for training and exercise of the NATO headquarters. The old Joint Headquarters North was abolished and command transferred to the Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Mission
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 and NATO Force Structure for Major Joint Operations and Small Joint Operations, integrating NATO Members' national capacities, regional security organizations' initiatives and Partnership for Peace ;
- 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.
Commanders and Directors
, Commander JWC June 2011 to June 2013
| Nr. | Name | Country | Commencement of post | End of post |
| 9 | Konteradmiral Jan C. Kaack | July 2019 | ||
| 8 | Generał dywizji Andrzej Reudowicz | July 2016 | July 2019 | |
| 7 | Generalmajor | September 2014 | July 2016 | |
| 6 | Generalleutnant Erhard Bühler | June 2013 | September 2014 | |
| 5 | Général de division Jean-Fred Berger | June 2011 | June 2013 | |
| 4 | Generalleutnant | July 2007 | June 2011 | |
| 3 | Air Marshal Peter Brett Walker | February 2005 | July 2007 | |
| 2 | Major-General James Short | September 2004 | February 2005 | |
| 1 | Generalløytnant Thorstein Skiaker | October 2003 | September 2004 |