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NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Spain Headquarters

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13 contributing nations

Contributing countries

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States and Spain

Introduction

Welcome to the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Spain Headquarters (HQ NRDC-ESP) website. This Headquarters is one of the nine Graduated Readiness Forces (Land) HQs that make up the NATO Force Structure. 

The HQ NRDC-ESP is the international part of the Spanish High Readiness Land Military Staff HQ (CGTAD in Spanish), and it represents the Spain’s main commitment to NATO.

With Spain as framework nation, currently thirteen nations are part of the HQ: Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States and Spain. This multinational environment provided by its almost four hundred military personnel from different nations is the key factor that enables this Headquarters to successfully carry out all its assigned missions as tasks.

Through this website, you will have the opportunity to learn about our history, organization, mission, facilities and our daily activities.

We hope you find useful information in our website.

Latest news of the unit

Handover of the unit standard.

Friday, June 26, 2026

Rotation of the Fuerza Kuchyňa contingent at Malacky Air Base (Kuchyňa, Slovakia)

The Corps Forward Element (CFE) of NRDC_ESP is the coordinating body for the units that make up the contingent.

Planning process  - Photo Jan Gustafsson, Swedish Armed Forces.

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

HQ NRDC-ESP supports the NATO Land Tactical Planning Course in Sweden

The HQ NRDC-ESP played a significant role in the delivery of the NATO Land Tactical Planning Course (NLTPC) at the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre (SWEDINT), Sweden, reinforcing NATO’s collective training and operational readiness.