Allied Force Command Madrid was a unit with the

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responsible for providing Deployable Joint Staff Elements (DJSE) in support of NATO operations worldwide. HQ Allied Force Command Madrid was garrisoned at

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History

The command was established as Joint Command Southwest on 30 September 1999. It was subsequently renamed Land Component Command HQ Madrid (CC-LAND HQ MD) and had a staff of 450 soldiers from 16 countries who took part in land operations in the

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and

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. In 2005 it assisted the

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by training its troops. The last commander, General Cardona Torres, was a

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officer who took over the command in 2010. In 2010 it adopted the name Allied Force Command Madrid. It was deactivated on 1 July 2013 and replaced by a new

Allied Land Command Allied Land Command (LANDCOM) formerly Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe (LANDSOUTHEAST) is the standing headquarters for NATO land forces which may be assigned as necessary. The Commander LANDCOM is the primary land warfare advisor to Supr ...

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References

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