On 19th Mar 2025 the MCCE Operations team conducted an engagement visit to the Danish Armed Forces JMTO, at Karup Air Base in Denmark.
The team was led by Chief Operations and supported by the respective Cell Chiefs from Inland Surface Transport and Sea Transport Cells, and the Deputy Air Transport Cell.
We had a full day of reciprocal briefings which led to some really interesting deep dives into several topics that emerged. Our working level engagement visits with our respective operational colleagues allows us to discuss at length any areas where we feel there are potential opportunities for future cooperations and synergies with the planned activity of our other Participant Nations.
Denmark is a consistently strong supporter of the MCCE Network and many of the Nations can take advantage of existing capacity within their flexible contractual arrangements with access to commercial services. The very strong relationship between the JMTO desk officers and the MCCE is built on trust and reliability. Whilst we have very good relations and regular contact through the Ops meetings with our Danish counterparts, we appreciated the dedicated time during the engagement visit to exclusively explore the national requirements. During the open discussion the different approaches amongst the partner nations were also discussed.
Chief Operations took the opportunity to reiterate that we are here to meet the nations’ needs and MCCE should be used as friendly forces and a source of advice as well as providing movements options and courses of action. We also had the chance to see several of the wider JMTO team and were able to give them the general Ops brief.
The team enjoyed a fantastic working lunch hosted by the JMTO team and are grateful for the excellent hosting and very open discussions. We look forward to seeing the team at future Ops meetings.
