Joint Force Training Centre

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Joint Force Training Centre
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Coat of arms
Founded31 March 2004
Type Military education and training
RoleExecuting joint tactical level training for NATO and Partner forces
Part of Emblem of Allied Command Transformation.svg Allied Command Transformation
Headquarters Poniatowski Barracks  [ pl ], Bydgoszcz, Poland
Website www.jftc.nato.int
Commanders
Current
commander
Major General Bogdan Rycerski
Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff BRG Zoltan Barany, War Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungarian Ground Forces [1]

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.

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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. [2] It reached full operational capability on June 30, 2006. [3]

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. [4]

Location

POLITICAL-STRATEGIC LEVEL:
NATO OTAN landscape logo.svg North Atlantic Council
(NAC)
NATO Headquarters, Brussels, BEL
Secretary-General
(SECGEN)
NATO Headquarters, Brussels, BEL
International Staff
(IS)
NATO Headquarters, Brussels, BEL
MILITARY-STRATEGIC LEVEL:
Coat of arms of the International Military Staff.svg International Military Staff
(IMS)
NATO Headquarters, Brussels, BEL
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Military Committee
(MC)
NATO Headquarters, Brussels, BEL
STRATEGIC COMMANDS:
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Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
Allied Command Transformation (ACT)
Norfolk, U.S.
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Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Allied Command Operations (ACO)
Mons, BEL
TRANSFORMATION COMMANDS:
OPERATIONAL COMMANDS:
Coat of arms of the Joint Warfare Centre.svg Joint Warfare Centre
(JWC)
Stavanger, NOR
Coat of arms of Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum.svg Joint Force Command Brunssum
(JFC Brunssum)
Brunssum, NLD
Coat of arms of the Allied Air Command.svg Allied Air Command
(AIRCOM)
Ramstein, DEU
Coat of arms of the Joint Force Training Centre.svg Joint Force Training Centre
(JFTC)
Bydgoszcz, POL
Coat of arms of Allied Joint Force Command Naples.svg Joint Force Command Naples
(JFC Naples)
Naples, ITA
Coat of arms of the Allied Land Command.svg Allied Land Command
(LANDCOM)
İzmir, TUR
Coat of arms of the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre.svg Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre
(JALLC)
Lisbon, PRT
Coat of arms of Joint Force Command Norfolk.jpg Joint Force Command Norfolk
(JFC Norfolk)
Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Coat of arms of the Allied Maritime Command.svg Allied Maritime Command
(MARCOM)
Northwood, GBR
Coat of arms of Joint Support and Enabling Command.png Joint Support and Enabling Command
(JSEC)
Ulm, DEU

In October 2008, JFTC relocated from its home on ul. gen.Józefa Dwernickiego (Gen. Józef Dwernicki Street) to a new simulations centre on ul. Szubińska (Szubińska Street). [5]

NATO Territory Map.svg
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LC
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MC
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  JSEC
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JWC
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).

Bydgoszcz, which is already a strategic hub of NATO activities, hosts the NATO Force Integration Unit, NATO Signal Battalion, NATO Military Police Centre of Excellence, NATO Communications and Information Support Centre, and JATEC (Joint Analysis, Training and Education Center – NATO-Ukraine military-civilian working level organization). The International School of Bydgoszcz, where children of NATO officers and employees are educated, is also located in the city. [6]

References

  1. "JFTC Welcomes the New Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff". JFTC. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  2. "Improving Interoperability through Innovation". NATO. Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. "NATO's Allied Command Transformation holds official signing ceremony for new Centre of Excellence, JFTC". NATO. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. "Brilliant Joust 2018 NATO Response Force continuity training in Poland". NATO. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. "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.
  6. "Bydgoszcz – the NATO Capital of Poland". The Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC). Retrieved 31 July 2025 via www.jfts.nato.int.

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