Handover⁄takeover ceremony of the NATO Battle Group Forward Presence command from Romania

The handover/takeover ceremony of the command of NATO Battle Group Forward Presence (BGFP) deployed to Romania will take place on Saturday, 18 June, at 10.00, at “GETICA” Joint National Training Center from Cincu, Brașov County.


The French Colonel Vincent Minguet, Commander of 27th Mountain Troop Battalion deployed to Romania on March 1st, 2022 as part of the BGFP will handover the BGFP command to the French Colonel Chistophe Degand, commander of 8th Marine Infantry Paratroop Regiment.


The ceremony will be attended by the chief of Land Forces Staff, Major General Iulian Berdilã and the Commander of Headquarters Multinational Division South-East (HQ MND-SE), Brigadier General Dorin Toma, and marks the changing of the current name of the NATO Battle Group from Battle Group Forward Presence - BGFP, into Collective Defence Battle Group – CDBG.


The camera operators interested in taking filming opportunities during the ceremony are requested to send their access data (name, surname, series and number of identification documents, media institution, cell phone number, the vehicle registration number) by Friday, 17 June, 15.00, at email address isachi.andra@forter.ro.


The camera operators will be expected on Saturday, 18 June, between 8.30-9.00, at Post Control no. 2 of Military Unit 01495 Cincu. Points of contact: Lieutenant Cosmina Dinu 0726.754.405 and Sergeant First Class Andra Isachi 0757.936.585.


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The NATO Battle Group from Romania was established in May by transforming the allied multinational elements of the NATO Response Force deployed to our country.


The establishment of the battle groups (Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary) is part of the larger set of measures taken by NATO in order to consolidate its long and medium-term deterrence and defence posture following the military conflict initiated by the Russian Federation in Ukraine.


Following France’s proposal of taking over the framework nation role, the French battalion considered NATO VJTF “Spearhead” is currently making up the CDBG on our national territory by integrating, on rotational basis, Belgium’s and Netherlands’ troops. The main CDBG troops are deployed at the Joint National Training Center from Cincu where they will conduct missions and training activities jointly with the Romanian Armed Force’s structures.

The Press Office