Joint Force Training Centre | |
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Founded | 31 March 2004 |
Type | Military education and training |
Role | Executing joint tactical level training for NATO and Partner forces |
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Headquarters | Poniatowski Barracks , Bydgoszcz, Poland |
Website | www |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Major General Bogdan Rycerski |
Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff | BRG Zoltan Barany, ![]() |
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.
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]
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]
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]
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