Deputy Commander (DCOM) of the 1 (GE/NL) [German/Netherland] Corps Major General Werner Kullack paid a visit to Headquarters Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC NE) on 24-25 August 2011 to familiarize with Corps tasks and mission as well as to share information about Comprehensive Approach in the perspective of his Corps.
On the invitation of the Commander of MNC NE Lieutenant General Rainer Korff the delegation headed by DCOM of 1 (GE/NL) Corps Major General Werner Kullack assisted by his Military Advisor Major Wolf Baasch and a Staff Officer from G5 - Plans Division Lieutenant Colonel Jakob Brosky spent two days in the Szczecin Corps.
On the first day of their visit the delegation got an opportunity to learn all details about the Baltic Barracks (BB) and the Corps itself. The presentation provided by Policy Branch Chief Lieutenant Colonel Volker Quante from G-5 Division contained not only information about the structure, tasks and history of HQ but also about MNC NE’s role in NATO, Afghanistan and the Region as well as trainings, exercises and challenges for upcoming years.
The main effort of the second day of the visit was put on giving a presentation to the key personnel from the Corps in Szczecin. Major General Werner Kullack supported by Subject Matter Expert Lieutenant Colonel Jakob Brosky gave a very detailed presentation about the Comprehensive Approach in the perspective of 1 (GE/NL) Corps mainly focused on the exercise “Common Effort” which they are going to execute in September.
“The presentation oriented MNC NE key personnel at the current situation in 1 (GE/NL) Corps and the status of preparations for the exercise “Common Effort” especially on the vision how we are going to implement Comprehensive Approach in NATO operations, cooperate with different kind of civilian organizations.” said Major General Werner Kullack. “We invited for this exercise representatives from different International Organizations, Governmental Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations as well as agents from foreign Dutch and German ministers. Definition of Comprehensive Approach is nothing else then talking to each other, sharing information. To receive useful information you also have to provide information. And during the exercise we will try exactly to train how to implement it.” - he added.
Presentation was followed by a panel discussion in which personnel were mainly interested in similarities and differences between the implementation of the Comprehensive Approach in 1 (GE/NL) Corps and reality during their deployment at ISAF Joint Command (IJC) in Afghanistan in the frame of the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) mission in 2010.
Additional aim of the visit was to tighten cooperation between both Corps, which are really multinational in NATO environment. In the 1st GE/NL Corps there are representatives from 12 nations whereas in MNC NE, from 11.
