Transformation Through Training • Issue No: 10 • September 2017 • 3 Publishing Institution: Joint Force Training Centre Bydgoszcz (JFTC) Managing director: Brigadier General Ladislav JUNG, JFTC Deputy Commander / Chief of Staff Editor-in-Chief: LTC Eric PARTHEMORE, JFTC Director of Management Publishing Editor: Ms. Radosława KUBICZEK, JFTC Public Affairs Specialist Editorial Board: Mrs. Kamila SIERZPUTOWSKA, PhD, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland Advisory Support: Mr. Tomasz OCIŃSKI, JFTC Language Specialist Editorial Contact Information: Public Affairs Office Joint Force Training Centre ul. Szubińska 2 Bydgoszcz, 85-915, Poland. E-mail: pao@jftc.nato.int © JFTC 2017 ISSN: 2084-8358 „Transformation Through Training“ Scan the QR code with your mobile device. This will take you to the archive of Transformation Through Training magazine. The aim of this magazine is to provide a forum for exchange of information and expertise among training and educational institutions across NATO in the area of training, military professional education, and related technological support. In the context of The NATO “Smart Defense” approach, there is growing importance for cooperation with partner states and internationalorganizations,suchastheUnitedNations, the European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and others. With the above in mind, the JFTC invites authors from countries and institutions beyond the NATO environment, to publish in the Transformation Through Training magazine. The magazine will focus on the best practices in the areas of command and staff training, professional military education, simulations and simulation technologies, distributed training, military training development as well as other related areas. The JFTC also welcomes recommendations for the application of the most recent experience and lessons learned from ongoing operations, training events and recent innovations in the field of simulations and information technologies. The magazine will also briefly cover the life of the international community at the JFTC with the aim of promoting the centre within NATO and among the partner nations. The magazine will be published twice a year, during the spring and fall, by the NATO Joint Force Training Centre in Bydgoszcz. The articles published in this magazine represent opinions of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of NATO.