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.

Structural changes began in June 1993, when CENTAG and the Northern Army Group (NORTHAG), Mönchengladbach, Germany were deactivated and combined to form Allied Land Forces Central Europe (LANDCENT), which was activated in Heidelberg on 1 July 1993.

[3] LANDCENT's mission was to:[4] At the lower level, all strictly national corps in the central region were superseded, in wartime plans terms at least, by the mid 1990s.

The dual command of USAREUR and LANDCENT allowed the continued integration of American forces into NATO's post-Cold War structure.

The departure from the Cold War era brought the implementation of a new NATO Military Command Structure and LANDCENT was formally designated as Joint Headquarters Centre (JHQ CENT) in a ceremony held in March 2000.

In July 2004, JHQ CENT was once again reorganised and designated as Component Command-Land Headquarters, Heidelberg (CC-Land HQ HD).

To augment the current operational level commands, NATO experimented with the use of Deployable Joint Staff Elements (DJSE).