NATO Rapid Deployable Corps

Last modified: 2010-02-27 by zoltan horvath
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by Željko Heimer

• Overview
• Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) - Rheindalen
• EUROCORPS HQ - Strasbourg
• Multinational Corps Northeast - Szczecin
• Rapid Deployable Italian Corps - Milan
• Rapid Deployable Turkish Corps - Istanbul
• Rapid Deployable German-Netherlands Corps - Münster
• Rapid Deployable Spanish Corps - Valencia
• NATO Deployable Corps – Greece

See also:

• NATO
• Strategic Commands
• Operational Commands
• Component Commands
• Military missions
• Former military missions
• Other Staffs and Commands Responsible to SACEUR
• Military centers under subordination of ACT

NATO military commands and some other organization also have flags. Almost all commands have their own flags (or banners), which have a great importance in all military units, and they have a special role during ceremonies held in occasions of changes of commanders. It is a subject of hand-over ceremony when former commander gives the flag into new commander's hand. It is a formal moment of transfer of his authority to new one.

All commands and other organizations has a badge or crest, generally it is placed on a monocoloured (blue, white, or green) flag as a command's flag. The official NATO military structure is a good base to introduce flags of various military commands, organizations and NATO-led military missions. More information on NATO structure: http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/structure.htm
Zoltan Horvath, 11 February 2010

by Zoltan Horvath, 21 February 2010

Allied Rapid Reaction Corps is a multinational NATO Headquarters, currently located in Rheindalen, Germany. But headquarters of ARRC and its intimate supporting elements are going to move to Innsworth, UK in the summer of 2010.

by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 8 February 2002

The flag of the Eurocoprs is blue with the Eurocorps emblem in the middle. The blue shade of the flag field appears to be closer to the United Nations blue than the European Union blue.

Marc Pasquin, 8 February 2002

On the Eurocorps website, you can find a gallery with a lot of flag images. One of these images shows the Eurocorps flag with the emblem of the Eurocorps light blue on a dark blue field.

Jean Patrick Fischer, 15 July 2003

The emblem, which is undoubtedly to be worn as a shoulder patch, is a lineal descendant of the one worn by Eisenhower in 1944.

Al Kirsch, 9 February 2002

The Eurocorps was the honour guest of the 14 July 2003 military parade which took place on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. Every year, the foreign guests open the parade, although being not part of it. The military governor of Paris opens the parade, behind the foreign guests which cannot be included in the official parade since they are not under French command.

In the parade, the Eurocorps was represented by an unit per member nation. I cannot remember having seen the Eurocorps flag. Every unit bore its unit flag (and not the national flag as said on TV), but the French unit was the only one to salute the President of the Republic by dipping its flag.

Ivan Sache, 14 July 2003

by Zoltan Horvath, 20 February 2010

Multinational Corps Northeast was founded in 1999 in Szczecin, Poland. There were many factors that contributed to the establishment of a new NATO Corps and its headquarters in Poland. Apart from geographical and military reasons, the Corps was also to serve as a political symbol that would significantly accelerate the integration of the Armed Forces of Poland and other new partners into the multinational NATO structure, thus fostering the stability in Europe. It became a NATO Graduated Readiness Forces (Land) in February 2006.

by Zoltan Horvath, 21 February 2010

NRDC-ITA is a multinational HQ based in Solbiate Olona (Varese Province), close to Milan, with Italy as the framework nation. It is one of NATO designated corps could be formed as a NRF formation. It is involved in ISAF mission in Afghanistan.

by Zoltan Horvath, 20 February 2010

NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Turkey (NRDC-T) is one of the NATO high readiness force HQ. It is to be prepared to deploy to an area of operation designated by SACEUR, and assume command of assigned units to conduct combined, joint military operations across NATO's entire mission spectrum including NRF and Combined Joint Operations (CJFLCC) in order to support crisis management options or s ustain extant operations. It is located in Ayazaga, north from Istanbul.

by Zoltan Horvath, 22 February 2010

NATO Deployable Corps - Greece (NDC - GR) is one of the NATO certified Readiness Forces. The C' Army Corps (parent HQ of NDC - GR) is a historic Hellenic Army formation. It was first established in August 1913 in the city of Ioannina and in December 1913 moved its HQ to Thessaloniki. Since then it has successfully participated in all national campaigns, including WW I, WW II, etc. In recent times, C' Corps units have participated in NATO, UN and EU peace operations in the Balkans. Following the NATO Military Committee (MC) and the Niece's EU summit decisions in November and December 2000 respectively, the Hellenic Army General Staff (HAGS) decided to offer the C' Corps HQ as Deployable Land Headquarters for Forces at Lower Readiness -FLR (L) HQ, named NATO Deployable Corps (NDC) - GR HQ.