operations in 2008. In 2009, the Corps deployed to Afghanistan providing the core staff of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the ISAF Joint Command. The Corps also provided national troop contributions, most notably a 40-man contingent to Regional Command South. From mid 2013 until January 2014, some 200 multi-national Staff Officers and soldiers deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, to contribute to the ISAF HQ, ISAF Joint Command and other units. In 2015, 1GNC was on stand-by for the NRF for the third time. Following the decisions taken in Cardiff, Wales, additionally the Corps was tasked to develop and test the Initial Very High Readiness Task Force concept, which resulted in deployment of units from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, The Netherlands and Norway to the Zagan training Area in Poland to conduct exercise Noble Jump. Due to the security situation at that moment, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, SACEUR General Philip Breedlove, four Ministers of Defence as well as some 200 journalists visited the exercise. Currently, apart from its Staff Support Battalion and Command Information Systems Battalion, the Corps does not have assigned units any longer. Following a (NATO) Force Generation Process, the Corps will get multinational units assigned to create a tailor-made organisation capable of meeting the given tasks. The Corps served as Land Component Command for the NATO Response Force in 2005, 2008, 2015, 2019. In 2023, 1GNC assumed responsibility as Land Component Command NATO Response Force (NRF). Commanders Current structure In an emergency the corps must be able to deploy and lead a military mission inside and outside NATO territory within twenty to thirty days and in case of being on stand-by for NRF (NATO Response Force) or VJTF (Very High Readiness Joint Task Force) first elements will be deployed within 2 days. The following units are permanently part of 1GNC: Staff Support Battalion (Münster) Communication and Information Systems (CIS) Battalion (Eibergen and Garderen) Both these units are fully binational, manned with German and Dutch soldiers. See also Franco-German Brigade Notes External links Official website Official Facebook-Account Lt. Gen. Andreas Marlow, German Army, and Lt. Col. Wilson C. Blythe Jr., U.S. Army, "Multi-Domain Warfighting in NATO: The 1 German-Netherlands Corps View", Military Review (May-June 2022): https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/May-June-2022/Blythe/ Army corps of the Bundeswehr Army units and formations of the Netherlands Multinational army units and formations Germany–Netherlands military relations Military units and formations established in 1995 NATO Rapid Deployable