Structure
The Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) is a multi-national (combined) and multi-service (joint) NATO organization.
The Commander Joint Warfare Centre is a two-star General, based in Stavanger, Norway, falling under the pillar of the three-star DCOS Joint Force Trainer based at Allied Command Transformation (ACT) in Virginia, Norfolk, United States.
Effective from 1 August 2010, the new Joint Warfare Centre Peacetime Establishment (PE) has 256 personnel. Currently, the personnel is made up of civilians representing 10 NATO Nations as well as military staff from 19 Contributing Nations: Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. Also represented is one Partnership for Peace (PfP) country: Finland.
JWC's PE focus is on training, doctrine/concept development and interoperability.
The "operations" output is spread across three Divisions at the Joint Warfare Centre:
- Joint Exercise Division (JED)
- Joint Training Division (JTD)
The "administrative/support" area is made up of two Divisions:
- Simulation, Modeling and C4 Division (SMC4)
- Support Division
