A BI-ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF ALLIED LAND COMMAND MAGAZINEFALL 2019 EXCLUSIVE CREVAL “New Approach” EXCLUSIVE SACEUR MEET Gen. Wolters COMMENTARY DETERRENCE Through Competition INSIGHTS RUSSIAN EW Capability Vigilant and Ready LAND FORCES for Deterrence and Defence. MAGAZINE MAGAZINE FALL 2019 FALL 2019 contents. Commander´s SACEUR message Gen T od Wolters Prep for TRIDENT JACKAL 19 05 08 The CREVAL “NEW APPROACH” 10 12 Commander´s message The CREVAL “New Approach” CMI and CIMIC Mobile 05 10 24Training Teams CSEL´s message NRDC-ESP Prepares For Meet the 2019 Sergeant 06 12 TRIDENT JACKAL 19 28Yahya Award Recipient CSEL´S biography The 2nd NATO Mountain North Macedonia poised Warfare Conference - to become NATO´s 30th 07 16 BELOW ZERO 30member Meet the new SACEUR Vigilance and Readiness in NATO Land Standardisation 08 General Todd Wolters 20the Land Domain 32Week 2 MAGAZINE FALL 2019 MND-SE the Road to Success 34 RUSSIAN Letter of Cooperation EW capability Georgia Defence Forces 40 48 37 Theatre SABER GUARDIAN 19: Eurocorps: Road to MND-SE & the Road to Readiness Enablement 34Success 44 Russian EW capacity How the Cyber Domain 37rapidly rises 46Supports LAND Operations LANDCOM signs letter of Theatre enablement: A Key cooperation with Georgia to Readiness 40Defence Forces 48 LANDCOM’s Joint Effects Trip Report: and Fires Branch: Current Logisticians in Kiev 42Activities 50 3 MAGAZINE FALL 2019 WELCOME Front Cover: Credit, Latvijas armija- Latvian Soldiers operating the CVRT light reconaissance vehicle during Joint let’s get Response Force training held on Salisbury Plain, UK. Rear Cover: social. Credit, NATO- A British Army Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank lays down a smoke screen during Spring LANDCOM twitter Storm 19, Estonia’s largest annual military exercise. “I believe that the soldiers and civilian personnel that support “A little bit different EU soldiers and them do a great job defending US soldiers. The atmosphere. It is good their country regardless of the thing.” government they have.” @awwwwwwwwwwwwa @EvelynSemperteg LANDCOM facebook The LANDPOWER magazine is a bi-annual publi- cation produced by Allied Land Command (LAND- COM) dedicated to the promotion of actions and “Viva la N.A.T.O. !” ideas, contributing to the improvement of the Bianchi Giovanni “Keep up the good work, god NATO Force Structure (NFS) efficiency and effec- bless you from England” tiveness. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the LANDCOM “Very impressive. 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[email protected] Postal: NATO Allied Land Command Public Affairs Office General Vecihi Akin Garrison flickr.com/photos/ @LANDCMD @Landcom alliedlandcommand/ lc.nato.int LandcomHQ 35380 Izmir / Turkey channel All articles are edited for length and content. We thank you for your support. The LANDPOWER Magazine staff: LTC Travis Dettmer (USA) - Editor and Chief LT Jonathan Bateman (GBR) - Senior Editor SFC Jonathan Fernandez (ESP) - Art Director SFC David Vivar (ESP) - Deputy Art Director 04 Mr. Jakub Klepek (POL) - Graphic Designer MAGAZINE FALL 2019 from the COMMANDER Conference (LC3) is “Vigilant and another key advantage of the Alliance. Ready Land Forces for Deterrence However, an element marked by and Defence.” During this semi- significant change over recent months. annual conference, we will discuss our At LANDCOM, CWO Kevin Mathers changing roles and responsibilities in replaced CWO Steve Rice as Command fostering vigilance and readiness to Senior Enlisted Leader and Maj. Gen. strengthen deterrence...not just in Metin Tokel replaced Maj. Gen. Erhan the land domain, but in an integrated Uzun as Chief of Staff. At 1st German- manner across all domains…thereby Netherlands Corps, Lt. Gen. Alfons manifesting decisive advantage. Mais replaced Lt. Gen. Michiel van der Laan. At the Allied Rapid Reaction In 1949, Gen. Omar Bradley Corps, Lt. Gen. Edward Smyth- stated that “peace is our goal Osbourne replaced Lt. Gen. Tim but preparedness is the price Radford. At Rapid Reaction Corps- France, Lt. Gen. Pierre Gillet replaced we must pay”. Those words continue Lt. Gen. Laurent Kolodziej. At the to ring true today. In the spirit of EUROCORPS, Lt. Gen. Laurent Kolodziej preparedness, a new NATO Military replaced Lt. Gen. Jürgen Weigt. And Strategy was unveiled this past at Multinational Division Southeast, May and we are now focused on Maj. Gen. J.J. Berdila replaced Maj. its implementation. For the land Gen. Daniel Petrescu. We thank the domain, this requires vigilance and outgoing leaders for their exceptional preparedness in baseline activities and leadership and teamwork and extend a current operations (BACO). Or in other warm welcome to the new leadership. “If you don’t like change, you’ll words, deterrence through realistic and Despite such significant change in like irrelevance even less.” rigorous demonstration of collective names and faces, rest assured that the defence based on decisive combined General Eric Shinseki thread of continuity is commitment to arms, multi-domain operations. readiness, excellence and teamwork. Maintaining strong linkage between oday’s security environment the NATO Command Structure (NCS) is marked by a return of and NATO Force Structure (NFS) Having recently celebrated NATO’s great power competition, to ensure coherency and cohesion, 70th anniversary as the strongest increasing complexity, growing change management is fully underway and most successful Alliance in the Tuncertainty and a rapidly changing to increase our warfighting capabilities, world, we can be rightfully proud of character of warfare. While land power including the NATO Readiness Initiative land power’s vital role in deterrence remains central to deterrence and (NRI) and Adapted NATO Response Force and collective defence. As we lead defence, it must also adapt to retain (aNRF); Joint, Domain, and Functional historic change, let us remember the competitive advantage over potential Command and Control (C2) concepts wise words of SACEUR, who reminds adversaries. Within the NATO land of operation; a Joint Fires and Targeting that readiness means being responsive, domain, I am encouraged by the framework; Theatre Enablement; being resilient, and being lethal. positive embrace of changes designed and a refined Training, Exercise, and to ensure we remain fit for purpose Evaluation program that reflects #LandPower! #StrongerTogether! and can act at the speed of relevance. realism. These initiatives along with on- #WeAreNATO! Ultimately, it is about promoting going standardisation, interoperability a culture of readiness to compete, and modernisation efforts will ensure deter, and if necessary, fight and win. our continued success as an Alliance. For the Soldier! LC Building and sustaining land power Leadership remains the most decisive readiness remains our main effort. and dynamic element of combat It is our primary contribution to power. Across the NATO land domain, deterrence. Accordingly, the theme we continue to be blessed with for the 15 th Land Corps Commanders an abundance of strong leaders... J.T. THOMSON LANDCOM Commander 05 MAGAZINE FALL 2019 from the CSEL Commander’s intent. As warriors, we What does this mean for me and my coun- train for lethality and fully accept the terparts? NCO talent management is the expectation of unlimited liability – the job of the command’s CSEL. The CSEL is willingness to give the ultimate sacrifice – the empowered NCO leader linked delib- and remain vigilant as a result. erately to the commander. They are com- mitted to fulfilling the commander’s intent As experts of human terrain, NCOs in the through impartial, multi-level communica- land domain must be empowered to enable tions, advising where and when necessary, and build capacity within LANDCOM, and and monitoring critical vulnerabilities. The by extension, the land domain. I expect CSEL is uniquely positioned to champion responsible junior and senior NCOs to all NCO training, professional education, embody the professionalism needed for and self-development, and ensure we leaders in the ground fight. provide the right person at the right time to take advantage of these prerequisites, #WeAreNATO is not merely a catchy these professionalising opportunities, us- hashtag. It identifies that we are NATO, ing a team of dedicated and empowered the most powerful military alliance in NCOs. I look forward to forming that team. history. For the NCOs of this command, The way ahead MY PERSPECTIVE: TWO MONTHS INTO it is the way of life as we prepare the land LANDCOM forces in their training and preparation for So far I have been thoroughly impressed the defence of the Alliance. A mentally by the tireless efforts of the entire team On the 21st of June I had the distinct honour and physically tough NCO is an undeniably here at LANDCOM. I’m sincerely proud of of assuming the incredible responsibility as intimidating source of deterrence against the dedicated members of our command Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL) of our adversaries. Take it from none other who are busy preparing, planning and NATO Allied Land Command. The outgoing than the Supreme Allied Commander creating training objectives for our CSEL, Canadian Chief Warrant Officer Europe, Gen. Tod Wolters, who, during ambitious training and capacity building Stephen Rice, went to great lengths to the International Senior Enlisted Seminar series of LANDCOM-lead supported and prepare me to assume the position.