National Territory Land Command (France)


The National Territory Land Command is a military command of the French Army.
The National Territory Land Command, of Divisional level, was established on 1 June 2016 as part of the Army Reorganization Plan named "Au Contact". It is under the authority of the Army Major-General. Its mission is to prepare the operational commitment of the forces of the Army throughout the French national territory.
The National Territory Land Command is installed at the Ecole Militaire de Paris, and it is the functional authority for 10,000 personnel of the French Army. His first and current commander is Major General Gaëtan Poncelin de Raucourt.

Mission

According to the official page, the Command is intended to become a "pole of excellence" and a support force dedicated to anticipation, preparation and operational engagement on the national territory. Its designed missions and tasks are:
The command, with an operational component, will also have to be able, as necessary, to urgently reinforce the Joint Chiefs of Staff responsible for the conduct of operations on the national territory.

Organization

The Command constitutes a headquarters organized in two divisions:
In addition, during the EURO 2016, the Command experimented a geographic information system prototype that aims to promote the interoperability of armies with the security forces of the Ministry of the Interior via data sharing.

Subordinate units

Directly reporting units of the NTLC include the following Army units: