Joint Force Training Centre

Joint Force Training Centre
Coat of arms
Founded31 March 2004
Part ofAllied Command Transformation
HeadquartersBydgoszcz, Poland
Websitewww.jftc.nato.int
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Bogdan Rycerski
JFTC entrance

The Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC) is a NATO headquarters located in Bydgoszcz, Poland, responsible to Allied Command Transformation at Norfolk, Virginia, in the United States.

History

The Joint Force Training Centre, which started on March 31, 2004, focuses on joint and combined training at the tactical level. In particular, it focuses on the conduct of joint tactical training to achieve joint tactical interoperability at the key tactical interfaces.[1] It reached full operational capability on June 30, 2006.[2]

It cooperates with other national training centres, including Partnership for Peace training centres and the Centre of Excellence. As a priority, the JFTC provides support to the NATO Response Force (NRF) joint and component commanders in the training and exercising of the NRF, focusing on joint and combined competences.[3]

In October 2008, JFTC relocated from its home on ul. gen. Józefa Dwernickiego (gen. Józefa Dwernickiego Street) to a new simulations centre on ul. Szubińska (Szubińska Street).[4]

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Locations of NATO's two strategic commands — Allied Command Transformation (ACT) with its subordinate centres (blue marks) and Allied Command Operations (ACO), headquartered at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) and including its subordinate and joint force commands (red marks).

References

  1. ^ "Improving Interoperability through Innovation". NATO. Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ^ "NATO's Allied Command Transformation holds official signing ceremony for new Centre of Excellence, JFTC". NATO. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Brilliant Joust 2018 NATO Response Force continuity training in Poland". NATO. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. ^ "The Minister of Defence, Mr. Bogdan Klich, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Radoslaw Sikorski, and the Director of JFTC, Maj Gen Agner Rokos, marked officially the opening of the new training building at Szubinska street". NATO. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2020.