Allied Force Command Heidelberg

Allied Force Command Heidelberg
Central Army Group (CENTAG) Badge
Active	CENTAG: 1952-1993 LANDCENT: 1993-2000 JHQ CENT: 2000-2004 CC-Land HQ HD: 2004-2010 HQ FC HD: 2010-2013
Allegiance	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Part of	Joint Force Command Brunssum, Brunssum, the Netherlands
Headquarters	Campbell Barracks, Germany
Engagements	IFOR SFOR KFOR ISAF

Allied Force Command Heidelberg (HQ FC HD) was a unit with the NATO Military Command Structure responsible for providing Deployable Joint Staff Elements (DJSE) in support of NATO operations worldwide. HQ FC HD was garrisoned at Campbell Barracks, Germany and reported to Joint Force Command Brunssum, the Netherlands. HQ FC HD provided command and control elements for the International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan. It was closed down in a ceremony on 14 March 2013.

The Central Army Group (CENTAG) was established in 1952 and assigned to work with United States Army Europe at Campbell Barracks, Heidelberg, Germany. When the Bundeswehr was activated in 1955, some German personnel were assigned to the plans section of CENTAG.

In April 1959, the plans section of CENTAG became Headquarters, Central Army Group and was commanded by an American general. It remained at Campbell Barracks and was charged with defending southern Germany against any prospective Soviet attack. It consisted of the , the German III Corps, the US V Corps, and the US VII Corps.

In August 1961, CENTAG was relocated to Hammonds Barracks, (formerly Loretto Kaserne) Mannheim-Seckenheim, Germany and remained there until December 1980 when NATO determined coordination was better when three headquarters were located on the same installation. CENTAG was returned to Campbell Barracks to be collocated with the Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force (4 ATAF) and the Allied Command Europe Mobile Force-Land (AMF(L)).