United Kingdom Army Major General Simon L. Porter CBE, SACT Representative in Europe, visited NATO’s Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) on Friday 19 October.
Here, he was greeted by French Army Major General Jean-Fred Berger, Commander JWC and Norwegian Army Brigadier Gunnar E. Gustavsen, the Commander’s Special Advisor. The visit programme included an office call with the Commander, a series of briefings on the current activities of the JWC and the Centre’s new organizational Vision for 2014 and beyond, JWC’s comprehensive exercise and training programme now and in the future, the Training Team composition and organization as well as a detailed Computer and Information Systems (CIS) overview and its challenges. The official visit ended with a guided tour of the JWC’s state-of-the-art training facility.
Major General Porter was appointed as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation’s Representative in Europe in July 2010.