“The execution saw participation from 23 organizations across 12 NATO Nations, and included players from NATO HQ, the NATO Command Structure, the CIMIC CoE, industry, a NATO national joint headquarters, and a NATO Nation’s centre for security,” said Major Melissa Sawyer, the JWC’s Wargaming Branch Head. The Centre achieved IOC status in wargame design in February 2021 following a pilot wargame with the Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence (CIMIC CoE), focusing on the impact of operational level civil-military interaction (CMI) on national resilience. Naval Postgraduate School’s mobile training team to deliver two separate courses to the JWC staff in October 2020. The planning for IOC began in early 2020 with familiarization of wargaming processes, training a core team on the basics of wargaming, and developing the JWC’s first-ever Standing Operating Instruction (SOI) in wargame design.ĭuring this period, there were multiple workshops and training events, mostly virtual, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “In view of multiple threats and challenges in our security environment, the JWC’s ability to offer flexible training and education options, such as wargaming, comes at the best possible time,” the Commander added. Major General Malinowski underlined that the JWC’s wargame design capability was fully in line with the NATO 2030 initiative, which ensures that the Alliance “remains ready today to face tomorrow’s challenges”. We are tightly integrated into the longer term effort to define and deliver a formal wargaming capability package to NATO through Supreme Allied Commander Transformation’s (SACT) Warfare Development Agenda.” “Declaring internal Full Operational Capability today does not mean that we will stop developing this capability. “In August 2019, the JWC started the journey of creating a wargame design capability to offer a flexible and agile training and education tool to the Alliance,” said Major General Piotr Malinowski, Commander JWC. STAVANGER, Norway – NATO Joint Warfare Centre’s (JWC) wargame design capability celebrated its Full Operational Capability (FOC) status on Januin a ceremony here, following an intense Initial Operational Capability (IOC) period.
The Joint Warfare Centre declares Full Operational Capability for wargame design
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