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• Joint Nordic Committee for Military United Nations Matters; NORDSAMFN; NordSamFN [responsible for advanced training courses in peace-keeping given in the four Nordic Countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland)]

• joint staff; JS [Can.] [ The staff of a commander of a unified or specified command, or of a joint task force, which includes members from the several Services comprising the force. These members should be assigned in such a manner as to insure that the commander understands the tactics, techniques, capabilities, needs, and limitations of the component parts of the force. Positions on the staff should be divided so that Service representation and influence generally reflect the Service composition of the force. ]

• joint task force; JTF [US concept, bringing together Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine units for a specific mission]

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