Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast
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| native_name = Comandamentul Multinațional de Divizie Sud-Est
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| dates = 1 September 2015 – present
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| command_structure = Multinational Corps Southeast
| garrison = Bucharest
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| motto = SEMPER VIGILANTES
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| website = {{url|https://mndse.ro/}}
| commander1 = Major General Dorin Toma (RO)
| commander1_label = Commander
| commander2 = Colonel Ciprian Balica (RO)
| commander2_label = Chief of Staff
| commander3 = Brigadier General Loïc Girard (FR)
| commander3_label = Deputy Commander
| commander4 = Staff Senior Warrant Officer Michal Banasik (PL)
| commander4_label = Command Senior Enlisted Leader
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Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast (HQ MND-SE) is NATO's command and control military body in the South-East region under the Multinational Corps Southeast. The operational control is handled by the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). The headquarters are located in Bucharest, Romania. Established on 31 August 2015, the HQ MND-SE is the restructure of the former Romanian 1st Infantry Division.{{Cite web |url=http://www.romania-insider.com/who-is-the-new-commander-of-natos-multinational-division-southeast-in-romania/154633/ |title=Who is the new commander of NATO's Multinational Division Southeast in Romania? |access-date=1 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230020319/http://www.romania-insider.com/who-is-the-new-commander-of-natos-multinational-division-southeast-in-romania/154633/ |archive-date=30 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.forter.ro/ministerul-apararii-nationale/comandamentul-diviziei-multina%C5%A3ionale-sud-est/24272|title=Comandamentul Diviziei Multinaţionale Sud-Est|language=ro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903045017/http://www.forter.ro/ministerul-apararii-nationale/comandamentul-diviziei-multina%C5%A3ionale-sud-est/24272|archive-date=3 September 2020|author=Romeo Feraru|website=forter.ro}}{{cite web|title=NATO activates new Multinational Division Southeast headquarters in Bucharest|url=http://www.nato.int/cps/in/natohq/news_125356.htm?selectedLocale=en|website=NATO|date=3 December 2015}}
History
After the Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014, a NATO Readiness Action Plan was decided upon during the 2014 Wales summit. To implement this decision, Romania offered to form the Multinational Division South-East Headquarters (MND-SE HQ). This was approved by the Romanian Parliament on 23 June 2015. The 1st Infantry Division handed over the command to the Multinational Division on 31 August 2015, and a day later, the Multinational Division was officially inaugurated. The Division Headquarters were activated several months later, in December. Initial operational capability was achieved in 2016. During exercise LOYAL LEDA 18, the Division was declared fully operational in March 2018 after a ceremony held at the Training Center in Cincu.
On 20 January 2023, the command and control over the Multinational Division was transferred to the Multinational Corps Southeast.{{cite web|url=https://mncse.ro/webroot/en/events/view/77|title=Multinational Corps South-East Assumes the Command and Control of NATO Land Forces Deployed in Bulgaria and Romania|website=mncse.ro|date=21 January 2023}}
Role
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The role of the Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast is to coordinate NATO's operations in Romania and Bulgaria, and is able to coordinate NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force during an Article 5 operation.{{cite magazine|url=https://mncse.ro/webroot/fileslib/upload/files/Fortis%20in%20Unum%202022%20(1).pdf|title=MND-SE – 7 Years of Challenges and Excellence|magazine=FORTIS IN UNUM Multinational Corps South-East Magazine|publisher=Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy Publishing House|date=December 2022|page=26}} Within NATO's Black Sea security architecture, the Multinational Division complements the allied command and control structure based on the implementation of the Readiness Action Plan.{{cite web|url=https://universul.net/pentagonul-plan-de-130-mil-dolari-pentru-a-transforma-romania-intr-o-fortareata-la-marea-neagra/|title=Pentagonul, plan de 130 mil. dolari pentru a transforma România într-o fortăreață la Marea Neagră|language=ro|website=universul.net|author=Andrei Basarab|date=10 July 2020}}
According to Lieutenant General Alain Parent, Allied Joint Force Command Naples Deputy Commander "This new headquarters, led by Romanian armed forces members, will assure NATO allies of an increased readiness and capability, not only for the Southeast region, but for all NATO territories."
Structure and personnel
- Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast – HQ Bucharest{{Cite web |url=https://mndse.ro/about-us/ |title=About Us |access-date=5 May 2023}}
- Multinational Brigade South-East - headquartered in Craiova, Romania
- French Brigade Forward Command Element - headquartered in Bucharest
- Multinational Battlegroup Romania - headquartered in Cincu, Romania{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/operations/DP_AIGLE.pdf|title=Press Kit - Mission AIGLE|language=fr|publisher=Ministère des Armées|date=July 2023}}
- Multinational Battlegroup Bulgaria - headquartered in Novo Selo, Bulgaria
- 300th Support Battalion "SARMIS" - headquartered in Bucharest{{cite web|url=https://forter.ro/ministerul-apararii-nationale/aniversarea-20-de-ani-de-la-%C3%AEnfiin%C8%9Barea-batalionului-300-sprijin-%E2%80%9Esarmis%E2%80%9D/40779|title=Aniversarea a 20 de ani de la înființarea Batalionului 300 Sprijin "SARMIS"|website=forter.ro|language=ro|access-date=5 May 2023}}
- 45th Communications and Information Battalion "Captain Grigore Giosanu" - headquartered in Bucharest{{cite web|url=http://presamil.ro/batalionul-45-comunicatii-si-informatica-110-ani-de-la-infiintare/|title=Batalionul 45 Comunicații și Informatică, 110 ani de la înființare|language=ro|website=presamil.ro|date=2019-11-07}}
The officer corps of HQ MND-SE (including warrant officers and non-commissioned officers) is made up of personnel from 14 contributing nations: Albania, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, as well as Romania which acts as the framework nation.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/hqmndse/posts/pfbid0Ziwy7RbWZt8Nsr81vyuo9whkDZCPUTHqwVqdK6s5ZwApdS3J2UWXS2kqbnyUb9eCl|title=Welcome to HQ MND-SE, Montenegro!|publisher=HQ MNDSE|date=25 November 2024|website=facebook.com}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://mndse.ro/ Official website]
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