{"id":13484,"date":"2022-09-16T11:08:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T10:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/norwegian-organization-of-war-academy-trained-officers-awato-visits-the-nato-defense-college-ndc\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:36:40","slug":"norwegian-organization-of-war-academy-trained-officers-awato-visits-the-nato-defense-college-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/norwegian-organization-of-war-academy-trained-officers-awato-visits-the-nato-defense-college-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Organization of War Academy Trained Officers (AWATO) visits the NATO Defense College (NDC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/141-NOR-AWATO_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo with the Norwegian Organization of War Academy Trained Officers (AWATO) delegation\" \/><figcaption>Group photo with the Norwegian Organization of War Academy Trained Officers (AWATO) delegation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On the 15 of September 2022, the <a href=\"https:\/\/kol.no\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"AWATO web site\">Norwegian Organization of War Academy Trained Officers (AWATO)<\/a> visited the NATO Defense College (NDC). LGEN (Ret.) Arne B\u00e5rd Dalhaug, former Commandant of the NDC, led the delegation. The aim of the visit was to gain an understanding of the NATO Defense College, its organization, mission, and activities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Upon arrival, AWATO and LGEN (Ret.) Arne B\u00e5rd Dalhaug were welcomed by the NDC Dean, Dr Christopher M. Schnaubelt, and signed the Guest Book.  Afterwards, LGEN Dalhaug had an office call with the NDC Dean, which included a gift exchange.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">In the afternoon, the Norwegian delegation were able to see the workings of the NDC first-hand, as they attended one of the Senior Course 141 lectures on \u201cTechnology as a Driver of Change in the Global Context\u201d in the NDC Main Auditorium, followed by a comprehensive briefing on the history, structure and main activities of the NDC and a Q&#038;A session. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Association of War Academy Trained Officers (AWATO) was founded in 1909. Its main purpose is to work for the advancement of its members with regard to pay and working conditions. AWATO strives to ensure that the Armed Forces can count on highly qualified, highly skilled and competitive personnel. The Association is composed of officers and civilians with higher degree education, bachelor or equivalent and higher, operating under the umbrella of The Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations (Akademikerne). <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br>(Prepared by Mr David Lucio Rossi, ITA C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group photo with the Norwegian Organization of War Academy Trained Officers (AWATO) delegation On the 15 of September<\/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-13484","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 4 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le septembre 16, 2022","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le septembre 16, 2022 11:08","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:36"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13484","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=13484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13484"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=13484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}