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United StatesArmed Forces. The United States European Command (EUCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States military, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Its area of focus covers 21,000,000 square miles (54,000,000 km 2) and 51 countries and territories, including Europe, The Caucasus, Russia and Greenland.
[21] [22] The creation of the command was introduced to African military leaders by General William E. "Kip" Ward who traveled to various African countries. [7] On 28 September, the U.S. Senate confirmed General Ward as AFRICOM's first commander and AFRICOM officially became operational as a sub-unified command of EUCOM with a separate ...
C-21A, C-37A, C-130J. Tanker. KC-135R. The United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) is a United States Air Force (USAF) major command (MAJCOM) and a component command of both United States European Command (USEUCOM) and United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM). [5] As part of its mission, USAFE-AFAFRICA commands ...
A new joint, multi-service United States European Command was established in Frankfurt, Germany on 1 August 1952. General Matthew B. Ridgway became commander and Gen. Thomas T. Handy deputy commander. On that day, the U.S. Army headquarters at Heidelberg, formerly known as EUCOM, became Headquarters, United States Army, Europe.
t. e. The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) [6][7] is the unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Pacific region. It is the oldest and largest of the unified combatant commands. Its commander, the senior U.S. military officer in the Pacific, is responsible for more than 375,000 service ...
Emblem of the United States European Command This is a list of all commanders, deputy commanders, senior enlisted leaders, and chiefs of staff of the United States European Command . Current headquarters staff
The change gave EUCOM, and NAVEUR, the responsibility for maritime planning in the same general area of operations. The changes were made effective on 1 October 2000. The Atlantic Command areas that presently include the waters off Europe and the west coast of Africa were also transferred to European Command.
The commanding general of United States Army Europe and Africa (CG USAREUR-AF) [a] was formerly known as the commander-in-chief of United States Army Europe (CINCUSAREUR). [b] Prior to 8 May 1945 the official title was Commander, European Theater of Operations, United States Army. From 1953 to 1967 the commanding general of USAREUR was "dual ...