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This headquarters is akin to SHAPE/ACO and is considered a co-equal to it. Located in Norfolk Virginia (USA), it helps the Alliance run major military exercises and education programs the world over to help create standards across NATO member nations. Though nations have their own exercise and training programs, this does not necessarily translate to interoperability among Alliance member nations. ACT looks to stress the forces during significant and realistic exercises to help prepare NRF standby nations with realistic full-spectrum events to help forces work out kinks to ensure interoperability (especially with communications systems) before assuming standby status. Moreover, it also prepares headquarters rotating into contemporary operations like those in Kosovo and Afghanistan. It also captures lessons learned and runs a major training center.
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Weaver, J.M. (2021). Allied Command Transformation (ACT). In: NATO in Contemporary Times. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68731-1_11
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