The Headquarters Joint Force Command (JFC) at Brunssum is an operational NATO headquarters located in that small town in the Limburg province of the Netherlands. The history of this HQ stems from 1967 when the Allied Forces Central Europe Command (AFCENT) was established there. In March 2000, HQ AFCENT stood down, and the new Regional Headquarters, Allied Forces Northern Europe (RHQ AFNORTH), assumed command of and responsibility for Northern Europe. As a result of the Prague Summit in November...