This month, the JALLC celebrates its 15th anniversary. Over the past 15 years the JALLC has contributed to NATO's transformation in many ways including conducting over 200 analytical studies covering a wide range of topics in support of nearly every major NATO operation, exercise or event, including International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, NATO Training Mission – Iraq (NTM-I), Kosovo Force (KFOR), Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR, Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR, Operation OCEAN SHIELD,NATO Disaster Relief to Pakistan, the ALLIED ACTION and STEADFAST series of NRF exercises and a number of Multi-National Experiments. In addition to its analysis capability, the JALLC has also been instrumental to NATO's Lessons Learned Process in developing, managing, and maintaining the NATO Lessons Learned Portal and by conducting hundreds of outreach activities, travelling all over the Alliance and beyond to advise and assist other organizations in developing their Lessons Learned processes as well as understanding NATO's.
The JALLC's history has been one of evolution as it has continuously adapted to meet the needs of the Allies. The centre’s future looks set to continue this trend as it now focuses more sharply on NATO's Lessons Learned Process and how it can increase the value it provides to NATO in this area.
To mark the 15th anniversary and the next step in its evolution, the JALLC has developed a new shield which is intended to reflect its current activities while retaining a link with its past. The new emblem on the shield, the owl, represents wisdom, and its wings are spread to show how the JALLC helps move the Alliance forward into the future. The new shield will be introduced on 20 September when the JALLC formally celebrates its 15th Anniversary.
The full explanation about the shield, its history, why and how it has changed, will be included in a special edition of The Explorer which will be published in conjunction with the anniversary celebrations on 20 September. But for now, the teaser video gives a taste of what is to come.
"Progress is impossible without change". George Bernard Shaw