1-14 Dec. 2007
A NATO Response Force (NRF) exercise designed to test and develop NATO’s expeditionary capabilities and ensure that NATO concepts are practiced is taking place in Ulsnes, Norway from December 1 to 14.
The exercise, dubbed Steadfast Jaw 07, is a command post and computer assisted exercise, simulating activity across a wide geographical area.
The aim of the exercise is to prepare the NRF for future missions and provide challenging and realistic training opportunities and team building for all participating units.
The exercise is hosted by the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC), NATO's experimentation, analysis, and doctrine development centre, participants include other NATO Commands such as Joint Force Command Naples (JFC Naples) its sub-commands in Izmir (CC-Air Izmir) and Madrid (LCC Madrid) together with the Strike Force NATO.
Other participants from the German/Netherlands Corps in Germany, the French Maritime Force, the German Psychological Operation Centre (PSYOPS) and the German Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Joint Assessment Team are also participating.
The NATO Response Force is a high readiness force of ships, aircraft and ground troops capable of responding to a range of crisis situations at very short notice as decided by the North Atlantic Council (NAC).
The NRF provides NATO with a unique force that is able to react to crisis swiftly and with the flexibly to deploy a wide range of capabilities from humanitarian aid to combat forces depending on the crisis.
Exercise Steadfast Jaw is the final step on the certification of NRF 10 forces and it validates the capability of NATO’s Joint Force Command Naples (JFC Naples) to execute the transition from a NRF/DJTF (Deployable Joint Task Force) to a larger-scale Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF).
