GERMANY - The 1st Panzer Division is preparing to lead the NATO Response Force (NRF) Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) in 2019, when Germany becomes the framework nation for its land component (VJTF-L).  The VJTF-L comprises a multinational combat brigade with three to five combat battalions, plus support troops and air and naval forces. In Germany's case, it will be reinforced by the Bundeswehr's logistics command, central medical service, and the new Cyber and Information Domain Command (Kommando Cyber- und Informationsraum).  The German Army will lead the VJTF-L based "on the already established and proven co-operation with the Netherlands and Norway for VJTF 2015", said Major General Markus Laubenthal, commander of the 1st Panzer Division.