Description NATO held its biennial command post exercise, WINTEX-CIMEX (Winter Exercise-Civil Military Exercise), in 1987. A JCS-directed, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe (SHAPE), and European Command (EUCOM) sponsored, NATO-wide CPX, it was held in February and March 1987 to train civil authorities and military commands in the use of operation plans and to test procedures and communications for NATO command and control functions in time of crisis.
