Headquarters Multinational Corps Southeast | |
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Comandamentul Corpului Multinațional de Sud-Est | |
Active | 23 July 2020 – present |
Country | Romania |
Allegiance | NATO |
Part of | Allied Joint Force Command Naples |
Garrison/HQ | Sibiu |
Motto(s) | FORTIS IN UNUM |
Website | mncse |
Commanders | |
Commander | Major General Cristian-Daniel Dan (RO) |
Chief of Staff | Brigadier General Valentin Brînzei (RO) |
Deputy Commander | Major General Abdullah Soydemir (TR) |
Deputy Chief of Staff | Brigadier General Ivan Ivanov (BG)[1] |
Command Senior Enlisted Leader | Chief warrant officer Eric Normand (CA) |
The Headquarters Multinational Corps Southeast (HQ MNC-SE) in Sibiu, Romania, is a NATO corps-level command and control structure under the operational control of the Allied Joint Force Command Naples. With Romania as the framework nation, the Corps is integrated within NATO's military command structure.
It was formed on 23 July 2020, and is the second NATO Multinational Corps on the Eastern flank after Multinational Corps Northeast from Poland.[2][3] The Corps is part of the security architecture on the Eastern flank of the Alliance in the Black Sea region. It is designed to provide corps-level command and control for NATO land operations during crises or war.[4]