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NATO Allied Command Transformation January 14, 2010 ACT establishes Deployable Forces Integrated Project Team By U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carla Burdt -NRF [NATO Response Force] is a highly ready and technologically advanced force made up of land, air, maritime and special forces that the Alliance can deploy quickly wherever needed as decided by the North Atlantic Council (NAC). The mission of the NRF is to provide a rapid demonstration of force and the early establishment of NATO military presence in support of an Article 5 or Crisis Response Operation. Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT) has recently undergone a reorganisation to better address issues related to deployable forces. The Expeditionary Operations Integrated Capability Team was disbanded and the NATO Response Force (NRF) Integrated Project Team has been combined with the Allied Command Transformation Deployable Joint Staff Element (DJSE) Implementation Group. The new Deployable Forces Integrated Project Team, under the leadership of Norwegian Army Brigadier General Roy Hunstok, will now serve as a single focal point within HQ SACT for all deployable forces issues. Hunstok and his team will initiate and lead the further development of NATO’s deployable forces structures and procedures, and provide guidance in the improvement of Deployable Joint Staff Element (DJSE) and NATO Response Force (NRF) capabilities. “The Deployable Forces Integrated Project Team focuses on developing NATO’s deployable forces - specifically the NRF and the command and control relationships within the deployable forces structure,” said Hunstok. The IPT is currently involved in developing a policy on how NATO forces should operate in the future. Additionally, the Deployable Forces IPT will interface closely with all ACT functional domains, as well as outside agencies to research, evaluate and validate deployable force requirements for the short-term (within five years) and longer (more than five years). “Our role in that will be to provide ACT inputs to concept development,” he said. “The IPT will also assist in deployable forces capability development efforts by coordinating and supporting all deployable force related actions coming out of Nations, Allied Command Operations (ACO), the Joint Force Commands and other relevant parts of the NATO Command Structure (NCS) and NATO Force Structure (NFS). NRF is a highly ready and technologically advanced force made up of land, air, maritime and special forces that the Alliance can deploy quickly wherever needed as decided by the North Atlantic Council (NAC). The mission of the NRF is to provide a rapid demonstration of force and the early establishment of NATO military presence in support of an Article 5 or Crisis Response Operation. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected] or [email protected] Daily digest option available. ==============================
