On 1st October 2013, after the suppression of the 1st Defence Forces Command of Vittorio Veneto (that was already 5th Army Corps) and the elevation of the "Veneto" Army Military Command to the rank of Army Corps, it was formed in Padova the Northern Interregional Defence Forces Command.
On 1st October 2016 it changed its name into Northern Operational Forces Command, passing at the dependencies of the Chief of General Staff of the Army.