HOHENFELS, Germany -- The Joint Multinational Readiness Center's realistic, scenario driven training executed at here, is proven to develop unit confidence, camaraderie, and a unit's cohesion, while building appropriate expectations. JMRC's attention to implementing NATO standards is particularly important for future training and integration of allied military personnel.
Standardization, of nomenclature, procedures and operations, is a key step to enhance interoperability for all 28 members of the alliance, and training it at the tactical level is a key function of exercises at JMRC.
Recently, Soldiers from JMRC attended an orientation course to gain deeper familiarity in NATO operations at the NATO standardization office (NSO), Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 22.
"The course educated standards implemented by NATO doctrine across all war fighting functions," said Lt. Col Frank Adkinson, Operations Officer for JMRC. "Knowledge of NATO doctrine and standards enhances tactical training plans for JMRC's incoming rotational training units (RTU), increasing U.S. and allied forces' interoperability."
According to the NSO, NATO standardization documents (STANAG) specify an agreement of member nations to implement a standard, in whole or in part, with or without reservation, in order to meet an interoperability requirement.
"We are institutionalizing NATO standards training across the JMRC teams, ensuring our observer, coach, trainers will train and develop as subject matter experts in U.S. and NATO doctrine standards," said Adkinson.
"JMRC's 22 soldiers in attendance trained an operating procedure during the NSO orientation to provide information to the NSO from our lessons learned from multinational rotational training units," continued Adkinson.
NSO invited JMRC's team to advise them on current lessons from the training center and to provide input at a tactical level regarding NATO doctrine's scope pertaining to training and warfighting.
"This is a huge move in JMRC's history," said Adkinson, as the ability of JMRC to implement and mentor U.S. units and European allies on NATO standards will provide an extra level rigor to the already challenging multinational exercises they conduct.
Planning, execution and support of military operations requires a clearly understood and implemented doctrine. This is most important when multiple allies train and fight together.
"Personnel within JMRC work in an environment with countries who are mostly NATO members and partners," said Lt. Col. Brandon Iker, JMRC's Chief of Training. "Most of the tactical exercises performed in Hohenfels Training Area aren't NATO exercises."
JMRC is working to enhance the allied tactical and warfighting exercises training model, and also testing standards by implementing NATO training standards, he added.
"Implementing a NATO approved checklist of training functions tremendously helps training a multinational unit," said Iker.
This historical and necessary move shows JMRC's dedication to allied and multinational interoperability, while training all soldiers to the highest standard.
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