HQ NRDC-ESP

Arrival Jaime I base (Bétera)

Visit to command post (operations center)

Command post

Admiral General Teodoro E. López Calderón, Chief of the Defense Staff (CHOD), made on July 22^nd his first official visit to the NATO Rapid Deployment Headquarters (HQ NRDC-ESP) to the Bétera Military Base “Jaime I” and to Santo Domingo barracks in Valencia.

During his visit to both facilities, he was accompanied by the Chief of the Army General Staff (JEME), Army General Francisco J. Varela Salas, and by the Commander of HQ NRDC-ESP Lieutenant General Fernando García-Vaquero Pradal.

Upon his arrival at the Bétera base, he has moved to the HQ NRDC-ESP Command Post deployed on protected tents (COLPRO) at the same base, where he has been informed about the composition, organization and capabilities of the headquarters. Subsequently, he has made a tour around the command post where he has been exposed to some military capabilities in which the HQ NRDC-ESP exercises a leadership role, as a result of its multinational experience, preparation and permanent adaptation to new scenarios and threats. The visit ended with the signature in the Unit's honor book.

HQ NRDC-ESP is one of the three First Level command structures of the Spanish Army that can be placed at the disposal of the CHOD, contributing to the joint action of the Spanish Armed Forces.