[1] The establishment of a joint command that would unify the SOF units of the armed forces had been subject of debate for numerous years.

[2] On 5 December 2018, the command was formally founded with a ceremony at Gilze-Rijen Air Base.

Although NLD SOCOM is responsible for deployments, the SOF units (KCT and NLMARSOF) administratively remain part of their respective branches, the Royal Netherlands Army and the Royal Netherlands Navy.

[5] Within the C-SOCC, the Netherlands is the lead nation of the Composite Special Operations Air Task Group (C-SOATG).

[6] In addition, the Netherlands and Belgium will provide a joint Composite Special Operations Maritime Task Group (C-SOMG) in 2026.