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Dec 14 2020
Composite Special Operations Component Command certification, assuming its role in the NATO Response Force
MONS, Belgium - As part of NATO’s Exercise Steadfast Jupiter-Jackal 2020, NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ), which is NATO’s Theatre SOF Component, validated the Composite Special Operations Component Command’s (C-SOCC) NATO Response Force (NRF) certification on Monday Dec 7, 2020.
The C-SOCC is now ready to assume its role as the first multinational special operations component command for NATO. This historic step started during the NATO Defence Ministers meeting in June 2018, the Defence Ministers of Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the creation of the (C-SOCC).