STAVANGER, Norway – The computer-assisted / command post exercise STEADFAST JACKAL 2023 concluded on December 7th, 2023 in Norway and Spain. The 10-day exercise was designed to train and evaluate Eurocorps as a NATO Joint Task Force Headquarters for 2024, while testing its responsiveness and out-of-area expeditionary capabilities during crisis response.
Sponsored by NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and directed by the Joint Warfare Centre, STEADFAST JACKAL involved over 800 participants from 18 NATO Allies. In addition to Eurocorps, the training audience of the exercise also included the Spanish Logistics Brigade, the Spanish Joint Force Air Component and the French-German Brigade.
In the words of Major General Piotr Malinowski, NATO’s Joint Warfare Centre Commander and Exercise Director, “STEADFAST JACKAL 2023 has been a very successful exercise to prepare Eurocorps and its associated headquarters’ operational- and tactical-level staff in the conduct of crisis response and humanitarian assistance planning. Through a range of challenging scenarios aligned with NATO’s 360-degree approach to security, the training audience rehearsed enhanced command and control, civil-military cooperation, comprehensive approach, and operational-level logistics, which are integral to their upcoming Joint Headquarters role.”
Six international/non-governmental organizations and Partner nations Jordan and Georgia participated in the exercise as well as military representatives from Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Morocco, Tunisia, and Iraq that visited the Joint Warfare Centre to observe the exercise.
NATO senior leaders and guests were invited to the Distinguished Visitors Day, on December 5th, for an exercise overview briefing, a demonstration of the Centre’s simulation media products, and a tour of its state-of-the-art training facilities.
