Zarqa River
The Central Command was created after a major army reorganization in 1977. The units that make up the command were transferred from the former 4th Mechanized Division which was disbanded. The units of the command are currently deployed from Zarqa River, north of as-Salt to the Dead Sea in order to protect Jordan on its Israeli border. In 2000 King Abdullah II initiated further restructuring of Jordanian Armed Forces when the remaining Divisions were transformed into lighter, more mobile forces, based largely on a brigade structure and considered better capable of rapid reaction in emergencies.