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Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation,...14 Apr. 2005 in place some very important new capabilities like the NRF, the NATO Response Force; we discussed at length this morning. But we are still short of some critical capabilities such as long-range air and sealift. And I must say that is more particularly | Opinion |
Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the NATO Annual Conference14 Apr. 2005 and reach. We have achieved Initial Operating Capability of the NRF, within two years. And it is a substantial capability. This is a robust and fully joint force that is at high readiness, technologically advanced, deployable within 5 to 30 days | Opinion |
Introductory remarks by Constanze Stelzenmüller, Die Zeit, at the NATO Annual Conference14 Apr. 2005 the Allies. And I think nowhere was this more evident today than in the ambiguousness of the discussion about the potential uses in practice of the NRF and in the ambiguousness of the discussion of the future division of labour, or the relationship | Opinion |
Wrap up session by NATO Secretary General at the NATO Annual Conference14 Apr. 2005 capabilities if our decision making process at the political level remains too slow and will inhibit the use of these capabilities. If we discuss the NRF as we have done and if we say it should be deployable within five days, we need, not only political | Opinion |
Opening remarks by Sir Paul Lever, Chairman, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) at the NATO Annual Conference14 Apr. 2005 Transformation and the achievements of an initial NRF, demonstrate NATO's readiness to adapt its structures, its force posture and indeed its military mindset as well. So far though much of the emphasis has been on capabilities; there is still some uncertainty | Opinion |
Address by Admiral Edmund Giambastiani, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation at the NATO Annual Conference14 Apr. 2005 that the NRF will need. Then in General Jones and I, in January of 2004, co-hosted in Norfolk Allied Reach 2004 where NATO's military leaders, over 90 percent of all flag and general officers and their immediate staffs within the Alliance, built | Opinion |
Speech by Søren Gade, Minister of Defence of Denmark at the NATO Annual Conference14 Apr. 2005 initiative . The ships are already sailing, and they have been assigned to the NRF. How have we been able to do this within the same budget? The answer is tough choices allowing a transformation of historic dimensions. First of all, we decided | Opinion |
Remarks by General James L. Jones, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) at the NATO Annual Conference14 Apr. 2005 Command structure, the NATO Command structure, the establishment of the Prague Capability Commitments, the creation of the NRF, the recognition that we need to acquire some capabilities that we don't have. And all of that is quantifiable and measurable. We | Opinion |
NATO Response Force goes to sea11 Apr. 2005 The maritime capabilities of the NATO Response Force (NRF) were tested in exercise Loyal Mariner 05, held in the North Sea from 11 to 29 April | News |
"Afghanistan's transformational challenge" by Diego A. Ruiz Palmer, head of the Planning Section in NATO's Operations Division01 Apr. 2005 associated with its leadership fell primarily on the lead nation. Secondly, because the GRF corps committed to ISAF also provide the land component command of the NRF, the ISAF and NRF missions combine to have a transformational impact on these formations | Opinion |