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MAGAZINE FOR HQ JFC BRUNSSUM - OCTOBER 2017 THIS MONTH’S FOCUS: AFGHANISTAN NATO BATTLEGROUP IN LATVIA BECOMES FULLY OPERATIONAL EXERCISES RAMSTEIN DUST II AND DYNAMIC MONARCH CYBER WARFARE: HISTORY AND EVOLUTION MILITARY DISCOUNT CENTRE WHY BUY A QUALITY CAR? 1) Quality cars are designed and manufactured to last much longer 2) Quality cars transport you and your family in the safest environment. 3) Quality cars have exceptional resale values 4) Quality cars are reliable 5) Quality cars are a pleasure to own WHY BUY BMW , VOLVO or MERCEDES? 1) BMW ,VOLVO and MERCEDES are your Quality cars 2) MASSIVE Military Discounts (Buy Quality for the price of an Average car) 3) FREE Home Shipment to the U.S.A or CANADA when you return home 4) FREE Service and Maintenance for 3 Years (U.S. Volvo models) 5) FREE European Breakdown/Recovery (incl. 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Marco Schmidl (DEU Air Force) Deputy Chief Editor and Air Force Editor 11. EFP BATTLEGROUP LATVIA Lt. Cdr. Piotr Wojtas (POL Navy) 12. DYNAMIC MONARCH 2017 Assistant Editor and Navy Editor Cpt. Aouatef Zimrani (FRA Army) 14. RAMSTEIN DUST II 2017 Assistant Editor , Army Editor, Layout 16. CYBER WARFARE CPO Jerome Claudon (FRA Navy) Editorial Staff Coordinator 18. POLISH ARMED FORCES Mr. Barry Mellor (GBR Civ) Copy Editor and Marketing Director 20. EFP COMMANDERS CONFERENCE Lt. Col. Paul Van Harten (NLD Air Force) 21. CHIEF OF STAFF TURNOVER Air Force and Host Nation Editor Cpt. Linda Schrader (NLD Army) 22. BRUNSSUM VETERANS’ DAY Army and Host Nation Editor 23. SPORT Adj. Leo Roos (NLD Army) Adj. Shirley Ham-Ter-Haar 24. DUTCH WATER GOVERNANCE (NLD Marechaussee) Photographers and Photoeditors 26. VISITS AND ACTIVITIES Col. Roberto Lanni (ITA Army) Contributing Editor CONTRIBUTORS: ABOUT THE COVER Sub-Lieutenant Melanie Aqiqi (Canadian TF An Afghan National Army non- Latvia), AIRCOM Public Affairs Office, Maas- comissioned officer instructs his soldier to tricht Rugby Club move during a clearance training drill at the Regional Military Training Center in PHOTO CREDITS: Helmand Province, Afghanistan, March eFP Battlegroup Latvia, AIRCOM, MARCOM, 8, 2017. Upon completion of training, Polish Armed Forces, Maastricht Rugby Club, th Shirley Ham-Ter-Haar, Leo Roos, the soldiers from the 215 Corps will go Marco Schmidl, Kay M. Nissen, Arkadiusz forward to support security operations in Dwulatek, Filip Modrzejewski the region. (NATO photo by Kay M. Nissen) The NORTHERN STAR is a publication, published with the assistance of ‘t Swarte Schaap, in co-operation with Submissions to the Northern Star can be e-mailed to and at no cost to HQ JFC Brunssum. Opinions herein [email protected]. 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Among the activities directly involving the HQ: the second enhanced The editorial staff of the Northern Star is part of this collective effort Forward Presence Commanders’ Conference, the turn-over of the and has delivered another issue which this time brings to you a Chief of Staff, participation in the International Veterans’ Day and challenging focus topic: the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in sporting events. Afghanistan. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to engage In the seven pages covering this topic you will find: a comprehensive us more, with feedback and contributions. To this extent, you are all overview of the mission with facts and figures, an interview with welcome to write to me, the Chief Editor, or to [email protected]. our Commander - General Salvatore Farina - sharing with us an For specific contributions we have recently set up a working e-mail enlightening outlook of the current situation, a report from his latest account which you are invited to use: [email protected]. Situational Awareness Trip to Afghanistan meeting with key leaders and troops on the ground and, finally, an interesting overview on how And now, inspired by the ‘motto’ of our Deputy Commander, I invite the Headquarters copes daily with the challenge of being the out of you to go ‘ever onwards’ and enjoy this issue of the Northern Star! theatre HQ enabling the Resolute Support Mission. 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You may have noticed that life never stands still. the Alliance today and our collective global We are surrounded by change. We are often interests. I expect that in the coming months driven by the need for change. In fact, much of we will be involved in different staffing processes our military business is about dealing with, or to produce the required outcome of this change: sometimes creating, change. So you might think a more efficient organisation. Whether it is the that, after 44 years of service in the Spanish management of structural change or simply a Army, I would be entirely comfortable with revision of process to accommodate new tasks, I change by now. But it is inevitable that we will encourage you to use this unrivalled opportunity at times be unsettled by, or wary of, change. And to ensure that our HQ becomes even more this is true no matter what nation, service, age or effective than it already is. rank we may be, and whether we are military or civilian members of staff. Although we never get For this reason, among many others, I am entirely used to change, it is nevertheless always delighted to be your Deputy Commander at positive and represents a new challenge that JFC Brunssum. supporting General Farina. helps us to grow as a person. The HQ has an excellent reputation across the Organisation and among Allies. We are known I have personally experienced a degree of change for generating innovative ideas and for making this year, just as many of you have. I was assigned a positive contribution to decision making at to JFC Brunssum at short notice following the the highest level. You will also not need me to great news that General Alejandre was appointed remind you that we are the forefront of some of to be the Spanish CHOD.