{"id":11918,"date":"2014-11-11T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/sact-general-jean-paul-palomros-visits-the-nato-defense-college\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:10:01","slug":"sact-general-jean-paul-palomros-visits-the-nato-defense-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/sact-general-jean-paul-palomros-visits-the-nato-defense-college\/","title":{"rendered":"SACT General Jean-Paul Palom&#233;ros visits the NATO Defense College"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/125_SACT_visit_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"NDC Commandant Major General BOJARSKI (right) briefing SACT General PALOM\u00c9ROS\" \/><figcaption>NDC Commandant Major General BOJARSKI (right) briefing SACT General PALOM\u00c9ROS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On 11 November, the NATO Defense College (NDC) had the honour to welcome French Air Force General Jean-Paul PALOM\u00c9ROS, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT).<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Upon arrival, the General was <a class='photo' href='\/images\/125_SACT_visit_2_2.jpg ' rel='lightbox' title= ' Major General BOJARSKI (left) welcomes General PALOM\u00c9ROS to the NDC '>welcomed<\/a> by the NDC Commandant, Major General Janusz BOJARSKI (POL F), and by NDC Dean Dr Daria Daniels SKODNIK (SVN C).<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The main purpose of the visit was for General PALOM\u00c9ROS to have discussions with the NDC Commandant and Dean, as well as NDC Director of Management BrigGen Salvatore CARTA (ITA A) and senior members of the NDC leadership. During the <a class='photo' href='\/images\/125_SACT_visit_3_2.jpg ' rel='lightbox' title= ' Round table session with NDC Commandant, General PALOM\u00c9ROS, Dean and senior NDC leaders'>meeting<\/a>, General PALOM\u00c9ROS was briefed by the Head of the Academic Planning and Policy Division (DAPP), BrigGen Heinz-Josef FELDMANN (DEU A), about the \u2018NDC Review\u2019, the transformation of the educational system within the NDC. On behalf of the NDC Research Division, Ms Heidi REISINGER (DEU C) briefly spoke on the subject of \u2018hybrid warfare\u2019, while Dr Guillaume LASCONJARIAS (FRA C) illustrated the mission and main activities of the NDC Research Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">During a working lunch, General PALOM\u00c9ROS had the opportunity to meet some members of the Generals, Flag Officers and Ambassadors&#8217; Course (GFOAC), before further <a class='photo' href='\/images\/125_SACT_visit_5_2.jpg ' rel='lightbox' title= '(l ro r) Amb STEWART, SACT Political Advisor; Gen PALOM\u00c9ROS; MajGen BOJARSKI and Col MARSELIS,MA to the Commandant '>discussion<\/a> with NDC Commandant Bojarski.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">General Jean-Paul PALOM\u00c9ROS was confirmed by the North Atlantic Council as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation on 6 August 2012 and assumed command in Norfolk, Virginia, on 28 September 2012. He joined the French Air Force Academy in 1973 and qualified as a fighter pilot in 1976. General PALOM\u00c9ROS graduated in 1993 from the Royal Air Force Staff College, Bracknell (UK), where he was awarded the Curtis Prize by the Chief of the Air Staff of Great Britain. Throughout his career he has acquired extensive experience, both as an operational commander and, earlier, as a fighter pilot. He was Commander of Cazaux Air Force Base from 1996 to 1998. General PALOM\u00c9ROS also has considerable experience of multinational operations. He was deployed in Vicenza, Italy (1993) as Deputy Commander of the French Air Force during Operation \u2018Cr\u00e9cerelle\u2019, the French contribution to Operation \u2018Deny Flight\u2019. In Kiseljak, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1995), he was in charge of coordinating the air-ground campaign during Operation \u2018Deliberate Force\u2019. He became Head of the Studies and Strategic Plans Department of the French Air Force Staff in 1998. Promoted to Brigadier General in 2001, he was appointed Chairman of the Capability Development Committee within the French Joint Staff. In August 2002, he became the Head of the Plans and Programmes Division. In April 2005, he was appointed Vice-Chief of Staff of the French Air Force. Promoted to General, he went on to serve as Air Force Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2012. He was awarded the rank of Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honour in 2009. He is also an Officer of the National Order of Merit and holds the Aeronautical Medal.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br \/>(Prepared by Ms Sharon Orlandini , ITA C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDC Commandant Major General BOJARSKI (right) briefing SACT General PALOM\u00c9ROS On 11 November, the NATO Defense College (NDC)<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-11918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 12 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 11, 2014","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 11, 2014 13:00","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:10"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11918"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=11918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}