Maj. Mehmet Turk, of the Turkish Army instructs a course on NATO Crisis Management at the Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 8-11, 2014. The NATO Staff Officer / NCO Orientation Course prepared JMRC Soldiers to conduct NATO training ev...

JMRC Soldiers and the NATO instructors at the four day NATO Staff Officers Course, conducted at the Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 8-11, 2014. The NATO Staff Officer / NCO Orientation Course prepared JMRC Soldiers to conduct NATO...

Mr. Diego Ruiz Palmer, NATO Special Advisor to the Secretary General for Economic and Security Concerns, opens the NATO Staff Officer Course, conducted at the Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 8-11, 2014. The NATO Staff Officer / NCO...

Maj. Mehmet Turk, of the Turkish Army instructs a course on NATO Crisis Management at the Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 8-11, 2014. The NATO Staff Officer / NCO Orientation Course prepared JMRC Soldiers to conduct NATO training ev...

Hohenfels Training Area

HOHENFELS, Germany (Dec. 11, 2014) -- From Dec. 8-11, the Joint Multinational Readiness Center hosted the NATO Staff Officer / NCO Orientation Course for over 100 assigned JMRC Soldiers. The NATO Orientation course, known locally as "NATO 101" provides students with a rapid, multi-layered overview of NATO, its history and operational framework. According to CPT James Walton, an Observer-Coach/Trainer at JMRC, the course gave him "good tools to speak the language of NATO" and provided a framework on how to "capture multinational interoperability issues learned at JMRC and provide tactical feedback to NATO."

As part of the course, the NATO Special Advisor to the Secretary General for Economic and Security Concerns, Mr. Diego Ruiz Palmer, opened the conference and provided the first day's lectures. Civilian and military experts provided instruction for the rest of the week. By bringing this course to Hohenfels, JMRC hopes its Observer-Coach/Trainers gain a strong understanding of the NATO mission that will enhance interoperability with our NATO allies and European partners.

About us: The Joint Multinational Readiness Center is the only Europe-based Combat Training Center (CTC). JMRC maintains a world-wide mobile training capability, and trains leaders, staffs, and units up to Brigade Combat Teams(+), and multinational partners, to dominate in the conduct of Unified Land Operations (ULO) anywhere in the world, now and in the future. For more information, go to http://www.eur.army.mil/jmrc/