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U.S. Africa Command completed fiscal year 2010 with approximately 2,000 assigned personnel, which includes military, civilian, contractor, and host nation employees. About 1,500 work at the command's main headquarters in Stuttgart.
In February 2007, Kelley Barracks was designated to house the Transition Team of United States Africa Command and became the permanent headquarters when the command was activated on October 1, 2008. Kelley Barracks was scheduled to close in 2009, but the Army has spent hundreds of millions of dollars upgrading the base for Africa Command, while ...
Seal of the United States Africa Command This is a list of all commanders, deputy commanders, senior enlisted leaders, and chiefs of staff of the United States Africa Command . Current headquarters staff
a unified command Headquarters Commander Portrait Name Geographic combatant commands. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) October 2008 [b] Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany ‡ General Michael E. Langley USMC: Central Command (USCENTCOM) January 1983: MacDill Air Force Base, Florida ‡ General Michael E. Kurilla USA: European Command (USEUCOM) August ...
The Army element of the joint European Command headquarters was initially called Headquarters, U.S. Ground and Service Forces, Europe." [6] On 15 March 1947, HQ USFET was formally redesignated Headquarters, European Command (HQ EUCOM) (not to be confused with the present joint command, "USEUCOM", which was formed on 1 August 1952).
IX Air Service Command (later European Air Materiel Command): c. 15 August 1945 – 10 November 1947; IX Air Defense Command (1945–46) European Aviation Engineer (Provisional): 22 December 1945 – 20 November 1946; Headquarters, Command, USAFE (Provisional): 12 October 1946 – 1 July 1948
Connected with this effort, a new geographic combatant command, United States Africa Command, is being stood up and is scheduled for completion in September 2008, which may mean a realignment of USN responsibilities for the West African area. As a result, NAVEUR is now sometimes referred to as US Naval Forces Europe-Africa and even NAVAF.
The Southern European Task Force was formally activated during a ceremony October 25, 1955. On 3 December 2008 in Rome, Italy, an official announcement by the U.S. and Italian governments stated that SETAF would become USARAF, and one week later on 9 December 2008 USARAF was established as the Army Service Component Command of AFRICOM.