The advance detachment began in the spring of 2012 in Roffhausen near Wilhelmshaven on the site of the former Olympic works with the establishment of the office.

It has 1142 military and civil service posts at 16 locations with a focus on the Wilhelmshaven area and Eckernförde.

In Virginia Beach there is a branch that serves the connection to the United States Navy.

In addition, technical matters of the airborne weapon systems and the naval land units are processed.

[2] Department II operational support / operational testing has essentially been formed from the previous departments Kommando Marineführungssysteme [de] in the Heppenser Groden naval base and Zentrum Einsatzprüfung [de] in Eckernförde, which were incorporated into the Navy Support Command on October 1, 2012.