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href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commandement_des_forces_des_%C3%89tats-Unis_en_Europe" title="Commandement des forces des États-Unis en Europe – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Commandement des forces des États-Unis en Europe" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EA%B5%AD_%EC%9C%A0%EB%9F%BD_%EC%82%AC%EB%A0%B9%EB%B6%80" title="미국 유럽 사령부 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미국 유럽 사령부" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="United States European Command" 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Komutanlığı" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%97%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%85_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D0%A8%D0%90" title="Європейське Командування Збройних сил США – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Європейське Командування Збройних сил США" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD%E6%AC%A7%E6%B4%B2%E5%8F%B8%E4%BB%A4%E9%83%A8" title="美国欧洲司令部 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="美国欧洲司令部" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/200px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Executive departments</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="578" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="247" data-file-height="247" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Staff</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg/40px-Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg/60px-Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg/80px-Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1811" data-file-height="1809" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_(2).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg/40px-Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg/60px-Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg/80px-Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="198" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Military departments</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/40px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="900" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">U.S. Department of the Army</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="889" data-file-height="889" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">U.S. Department of the Navy</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="356" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">U.S. Department of the Air Force</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Military services</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/40px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/60px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/80px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/40px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/40px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/40px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/60px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Command structure</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Unified combatant commands</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="590" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USEUCOM.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/40px-USEUCOM.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/60px-USEUCOM.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/80px-USEUCOM.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="220" /></a></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">European Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/40px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/60px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/80px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="419" data-file-height="420" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1025" data-file-height="1025" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="491" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="603" data-file-height="603" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg/40px-United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg/60px-United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg/80px-United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg/40px-United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="48" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg/60px-United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg/80px-United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="190" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg/40px-US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg/60px-US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg/80px-US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation Command</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Combat support agencies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Defense_Contract_Management_Agency" title="Defense Contract Management Agency">Defense Contract Management Agency</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png/40px-US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png/60px-US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png/80px-US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png 2x" data-file-width="2192" data-file-height="2192" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Defense_Health_Agency" title="Defense Health Agency">Defense Health Agency</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DISA_Seal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/DISA_Seal.png/40px-DISA_Seal.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/DISA_Seal.png/60px-DISA_Seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/DISA_Seal.png/80px-DISA_Seal.png 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="4608" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Defense_Information_Systems_Agency" title="Defense Information Systems Agency">Defense Information Systems Agency</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="127" data-file-height="127" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Agency" title="Defense Intelligence Agency">Defense Intelligence Agency</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Defense_Logistics_Agency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Seal_of_the_Defense_Logistics_Agency.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_Defense_Logistics_Agency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Seal_of_the_Defense_Logistics_Agency.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_Defense_Logistics_Agency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Seal_of_the_Defense_Logistics_Agency.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_Defense_Logistics_Agency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="105" data-file-height="129" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Defense_Logistics_Agency" title="Defense Logistics Agency">Defense Logistics Agency</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-DefenseThreatReductionAgency-Seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/US-DefenseThreatReductionAgency-Seal.svg/40px-US-DefenseThreatReductionAgency-Seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/US-DefenseThreatReductionAgency-Seal.svg/60px-US-DefenseThreatReductionAgency-Seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/US-DefenseThreatReductionAgency-Seal.svg/80px-US-DefenseThreatReductionAgency-Seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Defense_Threat_Reduction_Agency" title="Defense Threat Reduction Agency">Defense Threat Reduction Agency</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg/40px-US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg/60px-US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg/80px-US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency" title="National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency">National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</a></span></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="718" data-file-height="718" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Combat Response Agencies</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="590" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USEUCOM.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/40px-USEUCOM.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/60px-USEUCOM.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/80px-USEUCOM.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="220" /></a></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">European Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/40px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/60px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/80px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="419" data-file-height="420" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1025" data-file-height="1025" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern Command</a></li> <li><span 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title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_Armed_Forces_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States Armed Forces sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>United States European Command</b> (<b>EUCOM</b>) is one of the eleven <a href="/wiki/Unified_Combatant_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Combatant Command">unified combatant commands</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_military" class="mw-redirect" title="United States military">United States military</a>, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a>, Germany. Its area of focus covers 21,000,000 square miles (54,000,000 km<sup>2</sup>) and 51 countries and territories, including <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">The Caucasus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>. The Commander of the United States EUCOM simultaneously serves as the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Allied_Commander,_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Allied Commander, Europe">Supreme Allied Commander, Europe</a> (SACEUR) within <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>, a military alliance. During the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Northern_Watch" title="Operation Northern Watch">Operation Northern Watch</a>, EUCOM controlled the forces flying from <a href="/wiki/Incirlik_Air_Base" title="Incirlik Air Base">Incirlik Air Base</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_significant_operations">History and significant operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and significant operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to 1952, the title "European Command (EUCOM)" referred to a single-service, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> command. The senior U.S. Army administrative command in the European region had previously been designated <a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations_United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater of Operations United States Army">European Theater of Operations United States Army</a> (ETOUSA) from 8 June 1942 – 1 July 1945; United States Forces European Theater (USFET) from 1 July 1945 – 15 March 1947; and then European Command (EUCOM) 15 March 1947 – 1 August 1952. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s">1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first unified command in the European area was established by the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 1 August 1952. Designated the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM), it was established to provide "unified command and authority" over all U.S. forces in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to 1 August 1952, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Army presence in Europe maintained separate commands that reported directly to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. </p><p>The respective titles of the service commands were: Commander-in-Chief, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Forces in Europe">U.S. Air Forces in Europe</a> (USAFE); Commander-in-Chief, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Naval_Forces,_Eastern_Atlantic_and_Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean">U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean</a>; and Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command. In line with the creation of the joint-service European Command, the Army command in Europe has redesignated U.S. Army Europe on 1 August 1952. </p><p>The unified command structure was born of the need to address changes wrought not only by America's rapid post-war demobilization but the end of the occupation of Germany in 1949. Questions arose over the U.S. commitment to the defense of Western Europe against the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> (USSR). Providing for the common defense was a great concern, especially after the Berlin Crisis of 1948–49 when the Soviet Union blocked access to the divided city and the U.S. and <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> responded with an unprecedented airlift. In 1949 the allies established the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic Treaty Organization">North Atlantic Treaty Organization</a> (NATO). </p><p>In 1952 the <a href="/wiki/Area_of_responsibility" title="Area of responsibility">area of responsibility</a> included continental Europe, the United Kingdom, North Africa and Turkey. The AOR was subsequently expanded to include Southwest Asia as far east as Iran and as far south as Saudi Arabia. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EUCOM_Hqdrs_-_IG_Farben_Bldg.,_Frankfurt_(ca_1949-1952).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/EUCOM_Hqdrs_-_IG_Farben_Bldg.%2C_Frankfurt_%28ca_1949-1952%29.jpg/220px-EUCOM_Hqdrs_-_IG_Farben_Bldg.%2C_Frankfurt_%28ca_1949-1952%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/EUCOM_Hqdrs_-_IG_Farben_Bldg.%2C_Frankfurt_%28ca_1949-1952%29.jpg/330px-EUCOM_Hqdrs_-_IG_Farben_Bldg.%2C_Frankfurt_%28ca_1949-1952%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/EUCOM_Hqdrs_-_IG_Farben_Bldg.%2C_Frankfurt_%28ca_1949-1952%29.jpg/440px-EUCOM_Hqdrs_-_IG_Farben_Bldg.%2C_Frankfurt_%28ca_1949-1952%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1001" data-file-height="537" /></a><figcaption>The EUCOM headquarters in the <a href="/wiki/IG_Farben_Building" title="IG Farben Building">IG Farben Building</a>, Frankfurt, 1952</figcaption></figure> <p>After the Korean War began, the perceived threat to Europe grew. In early 1951, NATO established <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe" title="Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe">Allied Command Europe</a>. General <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> was called from retirement to become the first <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Allied_Commander_Europe" title="Supreme Allied Commander Europe">Supreme Allied Commander Europe</a>. The United States sent massive reinforcements to Europe to deter the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. </p><p>From 1950 to 1953 United States military personnel in Europe grew from 120,000 to over 400,000. United States Air Forces in Europe grew from three groups with 35,000 personnel to eleven wings with 136,000 personnel. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Sixth_Fleet" title="United States Sixth Fleet">Sixth Fleet</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> doubled to more than 40 warships. United States Army, Europe, grew from one infantry division and three constabulary regiments to two corps with five divisions (including two mobilized National Guard divisions) and in November 1950 activated a new field army, Seventh Army, at Patch Barracks, Stuttgart. </p><p>The Army activated the <a href="/wiki/10th_Special_Forces_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Special Forces Group">10th Special Forces Group</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bragg_(North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Bragg (North Carolina)">Fort Bragg</a> in 1952 and deployed it to <a href="/wiki/Bad_T%C3%B6lz" title="Bad Tölz">Bad Tölz</a> in November 1953 for unconventional warfare missions in the Soviet Bloc countries. To provide for national command within NATO and to help control this build-up of forces, Gen. Eisenhower proposed a separate command for all United States forces in Europe. Because the senior United States commander would continue as Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Eisenhower recommended giving "a maximum of delegated authority" to a four-star deputy. </p><p>Eisenhower returned to the United States just as the new command was established. The first United States Commander-in-Chief Europe (USCINCEUR) was General <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Ridgway" title="Matthew Ridgway">Matthew Ridgway</a>, former commander of Eighth Army and the Far East Command during the Korean War. His deputy was General <a href="/wiki/Thomas_T._Handy" title="Thomas T. Handy">Thomas T. Handy</a>, commander of United States Army, Europe. At this point the position of USCINCEUR was "dual hatted" with Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). </p><p>Headquarters EUCOM initially shared the I.G. Farben Building in Frankfurt, Germany, with Headquarters United States Army, Europe. By 1953 over 400,000 U.S. troops were stationed in Europe. In 1954, the headquarters moved to <a href="/wiki/Camp_des_Loges" title="Camp des Loges">Camp des Loges</a>, a French Army base west of <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> and a short distance from SHAPE. There, EUCOM prepared plans for the defense of Western Europe within the <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> framework against the Soviet Union and <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a>. </p><p>EUCOM used the Military Assistance Program to help its NATO partners build their military capabilities, including after 1955 the German <a href="/wiki/Bundeswehr" title="Bundeswehr">Bundeswehr</a>. In 1955, EUCOM established a Support Operations Command Europe, soon renamed Support Operations Task Force Europe (later <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Command_Europe" title="Special Operations Command Europe">Special Operations Command Europe</a>) for special operations missions. In 1961, EUCOM began operating an airborne command post, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Silk_Purse" title="Operation Silk Purse">Operation Silk Purse</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s">1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/1961_Berlin_Crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="1961 Berlin Crisis">1961 Berlin Crisis</a>, on 25 August 1961, the Department of Defense announced 148,000 reserve personnel would be called on 1 October for twelve months of active duty service. 27,000 of these would be from <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Reserve">Air Force Reserve</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> flying squadrons and support units to augment the Air Force, and 112,000 were <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Reserve">U.S. Army Reserve</a>. Many Army Reservists were sent to Europe to bring ground combat units up to full strength. </p><p>Civil war broke out in <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> in 1958 due to mounting religious and political conflicts (see "<a href="/wiki/1958_Lebanon_crisis" title="1958 Lebanon crisis">1958 Lebanon crisis</a>"). EUCOM conducted a major contingency operation, Operation Blue Bat, in response to Lebanon's request to restore stability within the government. </p><p>In 1966, following disagreements by the French with certain NATO military policies, President <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Charles de Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</a> stated that all forces within France's borders would have to come under French control by April 1969. Soon afterward, France announced that SHAPE and its subordinate headquarters must leave French territory by April 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, SHAPE moved to <a href="/wiki/Mons,_Belgium" title="Mons, Belgium">Mons, Belgium</a>, while Headquarters EUCOM moved to <a href="/wiki/Patch_Barracks" title="Patch Barracks">Patch Barracks</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stuttgart,_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuttgart, Germany">Stuttgart, Germany</a>. Headquarters Seventh Army moved to <a href="/wiki/Heidelberg" title="Heidelberg">Heidelberg</a>, where it merged with Headquarters United States Army, Europe. At Patch Barracks, EUCOM renovated the buildings, built a new operations center, and modernized communications infrastructure. </p><p>EUCOM continued to prepare for the defense of Europe and began a series of annual <a href="/wiki/Exercise_Reforger" title="Exercise Reforger">REFORGER</a> (Return of Forces to Germany) exercises in 1967. Cold War crises continued, including the 1968 <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a> <a href="/wiki/Prague_Spring" title="Prague Spring">invasion of Czechoslovakia</a>. But, because of the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, the number of the American forces in Europe slowly declined. Troop strength in Europe fell to 265,000 by 1970. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1970s, force protection concerns in Europe increased as terrorist groups, such as the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army_Faction" title="Red Army Faction">Red Army Faction</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Red_Brigades" title="Red Brigades">Red Brigades</a>, targeted American facilities and personnel with bombings, kidnapping and assassinations. <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian people">Palestinian</a> terrorist organizations conducted terror operations in Europe, such as the <a href="/wiki/Munich_massacre" title="Munich massacre">kidnapping of Israeli athletes</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Summer Olympics</a> in Munich. </p><p>EUCOM and its components continued to provide military assistance throughout Europe, as well as humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, noncombatant evacuation, support to peacekeeping operations, and other non-traditional missions in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. For example, after the <a href="/wiki/Zaire" title="Zaire">Congo</a> became independent in 1960, EUCOM joined in several multinational operations in that country, including peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, and noncombatant evacuation in 1960, November 1964 (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragon_Rouge" title="Operation Dragon Rouge">Operation Dragon Rouge</a>), the 1967 <a href="/wiki/Stanleyville_mutinies" title="Stanleyville mutinies">second Stanleyville mutiny</a> and again in 1978 (during <a href="/wiki/Shaba_II" title="Shaba II">Shaba II</a>). In the Middle East, EUCOM provided military assistance to Israel and noncombatant evacuation of American citizens in 1967, 1973, and 1982–1984. </p><p>In the late 1970s, the Soviet Union deployed <a href="/wiki/SS-20" class="mw-redirect" title="SS-20">SS-20</a> intermediate-range ballistic missiles into Eastern Europe and in 1979 invaded <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>. NATO responded with a "two-track" decision to step up negotiations while deploying American intermediate-range <a href="/wiki/Pershing_II" title="Pershing II">Pershing II</a> missiles and <a href="/wiki/Ground_Launched_Cruise_Missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground Launched Cruise Missile">Ground Launched Cruise Missiles</a> (GLCM) to counter Soviet actions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cold_War_units_in_West_Germany.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cold_War_units_in_West_Germany.png/220px-Cold_War_units_in_West_Germany.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cold_War_units_in_West_Germany.png/330px-Cold_War_units_in_West_Germany.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cold_War_units_in_West_Germany.png/440px-Cold_War_units_in_West_Germany.png 2x" data-file-width="998" data-file-height="1278" /></a><figcaption>US Army units in West Germany, 1987</figcaption></figure> <p>During the 1980s, American forces in Europe increased to over 350,000. EUCOM established Fleet Marine Force Europe (later <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Corps Forces, Europe">MARFOREUR</a>) in 1980. </p><p>The 1983 <a href="/wiki/Unified_Command_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Command Plan">Unified Command Plan</a> transferred responsibility for the Middle East from EUCOM to a new combatant command, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Central_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Central Command">U.S. Central Command</a> (CENTCOM), but EUCOM retained responsibility for <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>. At the same time, EUCOM was formally assigned responsibility for Africa south of the <a href="/wiki/Sahara" title="Sahara">Sahara</a>. Thus the area of responsibility became Europe (including the United Kingdom and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>), the Mediterranean Sea (including the islands), and the Mediterranean littoral (excluding Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Goldwater-Nichols_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldwater-Nichols Act">Goldwater-Nichols Act</a> of 1986, together with <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>, Gen. <a href="/wiki/Colin_L._Powell" class="mw-redirect" title="Colin L. Powell">Colin L. Powell</a>, who served from 1989 to 1993, further strengthened the role of combatant commanders. Goldwater-Nichols also established United States Special Operations Command, which led to the activation of a new sub-unified command, Special Operations Command, Europe. </p><p>During the 1980s, negotiations continued with the Soviet Union on strategic and theater-level arms limitation. In 1987, the <a href="/wiki/Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty" title="Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty">Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty</a> (INF Treaty) called an end to the deployment of SS-20s, Pershing IIs and GLCMs. In 1990, NATO and Warsaw Pact members signed a treaty on conventional armed forces in Europe (CFE). </p><p>In 1989, the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and other Soviet Bloc countries in Eastern Europe collapsed and the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> came to an end. The citizens from both East and West Berlin began tearing down the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Wall" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a> on 9 November 1989. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a sign of reduced tensions, in 1991 EUCOM took its airborne command post off alert. Meanwhile, in 1991, EUCOM and its components provided forces -primarily <a href="/wiki/VII_Corps_(United_States)" title="VII Corps (United States)">VII Corps</a>- to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">CENTCOM</a> for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a>. </p><p>EUCOM supports programs in former Soviet Bloc countries such as the Joint Contract Team Program, NATO <a href="/wiki/Partnership_for_Peace" title="Partnership for Peace">Partnership for Peace</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a> <a href="/wiki/State_Partnership_Program" title="State Partnership Program">State Partnership Program</a>. It was also active in operations in the Balkans, including Bosnia, Macedonia and <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>. During this time, EUCOM's assigned forces were lowered below 120,000. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EulerDiagrEucomSust.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/EulerDiagrEucomSust.jpg/220px-EulerDiagrEucomSust.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/EulerDiagrEucomSust.jpg/330px-EulerDiagrEucomSust.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/EulerDiagrEucomSust.jpg/440px-EulerDiagrEucomSust.jpg 2x" data-file-width="543" data-file-height="435" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/Euler_diagram" title="Euler diagram">Euler diagram</a> of <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> alliances, partners, and competitors, denoted by their national flags,<sup id="cite_ref-eucomSites_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eucomSites-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in EUCOM's Area of Responsibility. The alliances and agreements include the following supranational bodies: <a href="/wiki/PESCO" class="mw-redirect" title="PESCO">PESCO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schengen_Area" title="Schengen Area">Schengen Area</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">EU</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Since 1990, EUCOM has hosted or co-hosted the annual <a href="/wiki/International_Military_Chiefs_of_Chaplains_Conference" title="International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference">International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference</a>, the only one of its kind in the world, working to foster cooperation among religious leaders and understanding of religion as both a force for war and a force for peace. </p><p>In 1999, changes to the command's area of responsibility were announced, after amendments to the <a href="/wiki/Unified_Command_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Command Plan">Unified Command Plan</a>. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Command" title="United States Atlantic Command">United States Atlantic Command</a> areas that had included the waters off Europe and the west coast of Africa were to be transferred to European Command.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> U.S. European Command already had responsibility for all U.S. land and air military planning in Europe and most of Africa. The change gave EUCOM the responsibility for maritime planning in the same general area of operations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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. </p><p>Immediately after <a href="/wiki/11_September_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="11 September attacks">the terrorist attacks</a> against New York and Washington, D.C., on 11 September 2001, NATO invoked Article V of the treaty and deployed NATO early warning aircraft to help monitor the skies over North America. EUCOM provided major forces for subsequent operations in Afghanistan and stepped up its efforts to protect United States interests in Europe and Africa. Subsequent terrorist attacks in the EUCOM theater in <a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a>, Madrid, London and <a href="/wiki/Algiers" title="Algiers">Algiers</a> prompted EUCOM to launch Operation Enduring Freedom Trans-Sahara in 2007 while continuing to provide rotational forces to Afghanistan and Iraq. </p><p>The 2002 <a href="/wiki/Unified_Command_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Command Plan">Unified Command Plan</a> transferred responsibility for <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> to CENTCOM, but EUCOM retained responsibility for <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, and assumed responsibility for <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> (formerly held by the Joint Staff) and for an increased portion of the North Atlantic, to include <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> and the Portuguese <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a> (formerly held by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Joint_Forces_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Joint Forces Command">U.S. Joint Forces Command</a>). The <a href="/wiki/Iceland_Defense_Force" title="Iceland Defense Force">Iceland Defense Force</a> formed part of EUCOM from 2002 until 2006 when it was disestablished. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joint_Task_Force_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Task Force East">Joint Task Force East</a> provided from forces rotating from the continental United States through bases in Bulgaria and Romania, was initially intended to be provided by a rotating US-based brigade. Two bases at <a href="/wiki/Constan%C5%A3a" class="mw-redirect" title="Constanţa">Constanţa</a>, Romania was developed, apparently with the main facility at <a href="/wiki/Mihail_Kog%C4%83lniceanu_International_Airport" title="Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport">Mihail Kogălniceanu Airfield</a>. Initially, however, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Task_Force_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Task Force East">Joint Task Force East</a> was to have been provided by a rotational 2nd Cavalry Regiment Stryker squadron. The Task Force was originally planned to be called the Eastern Europe Task Force. However, since the stresses of the Iraq and Afghan deployments, the army provision of the Joint Task Force East has been replaced by a Marine force known as the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_Rotational_Force" title="Black Sea Rotational Force">Black Sea Rotational Force</a>. </p><p>In 2003, the headquarters reorganized to establish the EUCOM Plans and Operations Center (EPOC). From 2006 to 2008, EUCOM helped stand-up a new geographic unified combatant command, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">United States Africa Command</a> (AFRICOM), which moved to nearby <a href="/wiki/Kelley_Barracks" title="Kelley Barracks">Kelley Barracks</a> and took over responsibility for Department of Defense activities in Africa on 1 October 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 15, 2021, EUCOM transferred coordination of military activities for Israel to CENTCOM.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline">Timeline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/United_States_European_Command" title="Special:EditPage/United States European Command">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2011</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>1967:</b> U.S. European Command headquarters moves to Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany.<br /> <b>1970:</b> 265,000 US troops stationed in Europe.<br /> <b>1980:</b> 350,000 US troops stationed in Europe.<br /> <b>1983:</b> U.S. Central Command is established and takes over responsibility for DoD activities in the Middle East from EUCOM.<br /> <b>1990:</b> <a href="/wiki/VII_Corps_(United_States)" title="VII Corps (United States)">VII Corps</a> (US Army) and other USAREUR units are deployed from EUCOM to Saudi Arabia for the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>. <br /> <b>1992:</b> <a href="/wiki/VII_Corps_(United_States)" title="VII Corps (United States)">VII Corps</a> (US Army) after redeploying from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait is withdrawn from EUCOM and inactivated. <br /> <b>1999:</b> US troops stationed in Europe fall below 120,000.<br /> <b>2002:</b> <a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_States)" title="V Corps (United States)">V Corps</a> (US Army) is deployed from EUCOM to Kuwait for the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>.<br /> <b>2003:</b> General James L. Jones becomes the first US Marine to be EUCOM Commander.<br /> <b>2006:</b> <a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_States)" title="V Corps (United States)">V Corps</a> (US Army) is deployed from EUCOM to Iraq as the command and control element for <a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Corps_%E2%80%93_Iraq" title="Multi-National Corps – Iraq">Multi-National Corps–Iraq</a>.<br /> <b>2008:</b> U.S. Africa Command is established and takes over responsibility for DoD activities in Africa from EUCOM.<br /> <b>2009:</b> Navy Admiral <a href="/wiki/James_G._Stavridis" title="James G. Stavridis">James G. Stavridis</a> becomes EUCOM's 15th Commander and the first Navy Admiral to lead the HQ.<br /> <b>2012:</b> <a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_States)" title="V Corps (United States)">V Corps</a> (US Army) is deployed from EUCOM to <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, providing command and control of all United States ground forces engaged in the theater.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <b>2013:</b> <a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_States)" title="V Corps (United States)">V Corps</a> (US Army) is inactivated after redeploying from Afghanistan, leaving EUCOM without a Corps HQ for the first time since 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <b>2020:</b> <a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_States)" title="V Corps (United States)">V Corps</a> (US Army) is reactivated in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Knox" title="Fort Knox">Fort Knox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mcConville_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcConville-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Corps forward headquarters is to be in <a href="/wiki/Pozna%C5%84" title="Poznań">Poznań</a>, Poland.<sup id="cite_ref-poznan_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poznan-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operations">Operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following list details all operations in which EUCOM has been involved since its inception.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>1950s</dt></dl> <ul><li>Lebanon Crisis 1958 – USEUCOM transported 2,000 troops and more than 4.5 million tons of equipment to Lebanon.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1960s</dt></dl> <ul><li>Congo Crisis 1960 – USEUCOM transported UN troops and cargo to the Congo.</li> <li>Cyprus Crisis 1964 – USEUCOM positioned ships near the island to conduct evacuation of non-military personnel and deterrent operations if needed.</li> <li>Congo Crisis 1964 – USEUCOM transported Belgian paratroopers in a rescue operation in the Congo.</li> <li>Cyprus Crisis 1965 – Airlifted UN peacekeepers and equipment to Cyprus.</li> <li>Congo Crisis 1967 – Provided airlift support for supplies, Congolese troops, and refugees.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1970s</dt></dl> <ul><li>Jordan Hostage Crisis 1970</li> <li>Operation Nickel Grass 1973 – Support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War.</li> <li>Operation Night Reach 1973 – Transported UN peacekeepers to Middle East at end of Yom Kippur War.</li> <li>Cyprus Crisis 1974</li> <li>Operation Nimrod Spar 1974/1975 – Cleared the Suez Canal.</li> <li>Airlift 1978 – Airlifted multinational forces to Zaire to counter invasion by Angola.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1980s</dt></dl> <ul><li>Iranian Hostage Crisis 1981 – Release of 52 hostages held for 444 days.</li> <li>Hostage Crisis 1982 – Italy – Release of Brigadier General James L. Dozier.</li> <li>Operation Arid Farmer 1983 – Supported in the Crisis in Chad.</li> <li>Beirut Bombing 1983 – USEUCOM coordinated evacuation and treatment of wounded Marines and identified and returned to CONUS the remains of 241 Marines killed.</li> <li>Beirut Air Bridge 1984–1998 – Provided administrative and logistical support the US Embassy in Beirut.</li> <li>Operation Eldorado Canyon 1986 – USAF and USN air strikes on Libya in retaliation for terrorist bombing of La Belle Disco in West Berlin.</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>1990s</dt></dl> <ul><li>Operation Steel Box/Golden Python 1990 – Supported withdrawal of chemical munitions from Germany and coordination of delivery/transport to Johnson Atoll.</li> <li>Hostage Situation 1990–1992 – Hostage release support for Americans kidnapped and held in the Middle East.</li> <li>Desert Storm and Proven Force 1991 – War to remove Iraq from Kuwait.</li> <li>Provide Comfort II 1991 – Kurdish security zone in northern Iraq.</li> <li>Operation Restore Hope 1992–1994 – Assisted in US Somalian security efforts.</li> <li>Operation Deny Flight 1993–1995 – Support to UN/NATO enforcement of no-fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina.</li> <li>Operation Sharp Guard 1993–1996</li> <li>Operation Able Sentry/Sabre 1993–1999 – Task force attached to UN Preventive Deployment Force in Macedonia to monitor border activity.</li> <li>Operation Vigilant Warrior 1994 – Response to Iraqi buildup along Kuwait border.</li> <li>Operation United Shield 1995 – Support of US withdrawal from Somalia.</li> <li>Operation Quick Lift 1995 – Support of NATO Rapid Reaction Force and Croatia forces deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina.</li> <li>Operation Nomad Vigil 1995 – deployment to Albania in support of Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.</li> <li>Operation Deliberate Force 1995 – NATO air strikes on Bosnian Serb military forces.</li> <li>Operation Desert Strike 1996 – Missile Strikes on Iraq.</li> <li>Operation Northern Watch 1997–present – Enforcement of No Fly Zone over northern Iraq.</li> <li>Operation Assured Lift 1997 – In support of Liberian cease-fire monitoring.</li> <li>Operation High Flight 1997 – Search and Rescue effort at Windhoek, Namibia.</li> <li>Operations Phoenix Scorpion I & II 1997–1998 – support to UN weapons inspectors in Iraq.</li> <li>Operation Auburn Endeavor 1998 – relocation of uranium fuel from Tbilisi, Georgia.</li> <li>Operation Determined Falcon 1998 – Show of Force over Albania near Kosovo.</li> <li>Operation Calm Support 1998–1999 – Support to <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Diplomatic_Observer_Mission" title="Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission">Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission</a> mission to Kosovo.</li> <li>Operation Resolute Response 1998 – Support to US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.</li> <li>Operation Flexible Anvil/Sky Anvil 1998 – Planning for Balkan/Kosovo operations.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Eye_(Kosovo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Eagle Eye (Kosovo)">Operation Eagle Eye</a> 1998–1999 – Monitoring compliance with <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1199" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1199">United Nations Security Council Resolution 1199</a> in Kosovo.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Fox">Operation Desert Fox</a> 1998 – Air Strikes on Iraq.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Allied_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Allied Force">Operation Allied Force</a> JTF Noble Anvil 1999 – Air war over Serbia to withdraw forces from Kosovo.</li></ul> <dl><dt>2000s</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Essential_Harvest" title="Operation Essential Harvest">Operation Essential Harvest</a> 2001 – Successful NATO program to disarm NLA in Macedonia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a> 2001–present – USEUCOM theater planning and execution of the Global War on Terrorism.</li> <li>Operation Avid Recovery 2002 – Explosive Ordance Disposal support to Nigeria.</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main service component commands of EUCOM are the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Europe">United States Army Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Forces_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Forces Europe">United States Naval Forces Europe/U.S. Sixth Fleet</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Corps Forces, Europe">United States Marine Corps Forces, Europe</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Europe">United States Army Europe</a> (formerly Seventh Army) is based in Germany. It controls two brigades, one aviation brigade, and several supporting units while also providing support to other Army units in Europe. Previously it had two divisions, although for almost all of the Cold War it controlled two corps of two divisions each. <a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_States)" title="V Corps (United States)">V Corps</a> was deactivated in 2013 upon its return from Afghanistan. <a href="/wiki/VII_Corps_(United_States)" title="VII Corps (United States)">VII Corps</a> was deactivated in 1992 after returning to Germany after the Gulf War. </p><p>The Sixth Fleet provides ships to NATO <a href="/wiki/Joint_Force_Command_Naples" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Force Command Naples">Joint Force Command Naples</a>' <a href="/wiki/Operation_Active_Endeavour" title="Operation Active Endeavour">Operation Active Endeavour</a>, deterring threats to shipping in the <a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Gibraltar" class="mw-redirect" title="Straits of Gibraltar">Straits of Gibraltar</a> and the remainder of the Mediterranean. <a href="/wiki/Joint_Task_Force_Aztec_Silence" title="Joint Task Force Aztec Silence">Joint Task Force Aztec Silence</a>, a special operations force established under the command of Commander, Sixth Fleet, has been involved in fighting <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_-_Trans_Sahara" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara">Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara</a>. It also has a growing role around the shores of West and East Africa, under the direction of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">United States Africa Command</a>. It previously had a significant <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> presence function against the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Navy" title="Soviet Navy">Soviet Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/5th_Operational_Squadron" title="5th Operational Squadron">5th Operational Squadron</a> (Mediterranean Squadron, effectively fleet sized), and for most of the Cold War was the most powerful maritime striking force along NATO's southern flank. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a>, the Wing-support command, and <a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a>, USAFE's Warfighting Headquarters are both based at <a href="/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base" title="Ramstein Air Base">Ramstein Air Base</a> in Germany. They are now much reduced from their high Cold War strength and provide a pool of airpower closer to many trouble spots than aircraft flying from the United States. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Corps Forces, Europe">United States Marine Corps Forces, Europe</a> is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Panzer_Kaserne" title="Panzer Kaserne">Panzer Kaserne</a> in Böblingen (Stuttgart), Germany, and serves as the Marine Corps component of EUCOM. MARFOREUR is integral in the planning and execution of <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_Rotational_Force" title="Black Sea Rotational Force">Black Sea Rotational Force</a>. </p><p>A subordinate unified command of EUCOM is SOCEUR (Special Operations Command Europe), headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Patch_Barracks" title="Patch Barracks">Patch Barracks</a> in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany. Special forces units within the AOR include the <a href="/wiki/352nd_Special_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="352nd Special Operations Group">352nd Special Operations Group</a> of the USAF, based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Mildenhall" title="RAF Mildenhall">RAF Mildenhall</a> in the UK, a <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy_SEALs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy SEALs">U.S. Navy SEALs</a> unit, and Naval Special Warfare Unit 2 and 1st BN, <a href="/wiki/10th_Special_Forces_Group_(United_States)" title="10th Special Forces Group (United States)">10th Special Forces Group</a> located at <a href="/wiki/Panzer_Kaserne" title="Panzer Kaserne">Panzer Kaserne</a>, Germany. </p><p>EUCOM is also headquartered at Patch Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a>-<a href="/wiki/Stuttgart-Vaihingen" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuttgart-Vaihingen">Vaihingen</a>, Germany. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kaiserslautern_Military_Community" title="Kaiserslautern Military Community">Kaiserslautern Military Community</a> is the largest U.S. community outside of the U.S., while the <a href="/wiki/Landstuhl_Regional_Medical_Center" title="Landstuhl Regional Medical Center">Landstuhl Regional Medical Center</a> is the largest U.S. military hospital overseas, treating wounded Soldiers from <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> and <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Service_components">Service components</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Service components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_footnotes_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-More_footnotes_needed" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/40px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/60px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/80px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article includes a list of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#General_references" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">general references</a>, but <b>it lacks sufficient corresponding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Inline_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">inline citations</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Reliability" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Reliability">improve</a> this article by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:When_to_cite" title="Wikipedia:When to cite">introducing</a> more precise citations.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2011</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Europe">United States Army Europe</a> (USAREUR) (<a href="/wiki/Lucius_D._Clay_Kaserne" title="Lucius D. Clay Kaserne">Lucius D. Clay Kaserne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wiesbaden" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a>, Germany):<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)">2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment</a>: Rose Barracks, Vilseck, Germany<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/173rd_Airborne_Brigade_Combat_Team_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (United States)">173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team</a>: Vicenza, Italy<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Combat_Aviation_Brigade_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Combat Aviation Brigade (United States)">12th Combat Aviation Brigade</a>: Katterbach Kaserne, Ansbach, Germany<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Multinational_Command_Training_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Multinational Command Training Center">7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command</a>: <a href="/wiki/Grafenwoehr" class="mw-redirect" title="Grafenwoehr">Grafenwoehr</a>, Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/US_Army_NATO_Brigade" title="US Army NATO Brigade">US Army NATO Brigade</a>: Heuberg Kaserne, Sembach, Germany</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=19th_Battlefield_Coordination_Detachment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="19th Battlefield Coordination Detachment (page does not exist)">19th Battlefield Coordination Detachment</a>: Kaiserslautern, Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Army_Air_%26_Missile_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command">10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command</a>: Kaiserslautern, Germany<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Theater_Sustainment_Command" title="21st Theater Sustainment Command">21st Theater Sustainment Command</a>: Panzer Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, Germany <ul><li><a href="/wiki/16th_Sustainment_Brigade" title="16th Sustainment Brigade">16th Sustainment Brigade</a>: Smith Barracks, Baumholder, Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Military_Police_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Military Police Brigade">18th Military Police Brigade</a>: Grafenwoehr, Germany</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=30th_Medical_Brigade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="30th Medical Brigade (page does not exist)">30th Medical Brigade</a>: Sembach, Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Mission_Support_Command" title="7th Mission Support Command">7th Mission Support Command</a>: Kaiserslautern, Germany</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_Human_Resources_Sustainment_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st Human Resources Sustainment Center (page does not exist)">1st Human Resources Sustainment Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/405th_Army_Field_Support_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="405th Army Field Support Brigade">405th Army Field Support Brigade</a>: Daenner Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/409th_Contracting_Support_Brigade" title="409th Contracting Support Brigade">409th Contracting Support Brigade</a>: Kaiserslautern, Germany</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=266th_Financial_Management_Support_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="266th Financial Management Support Center (page does not exist)">266th Financial Management Support Center</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Forces_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Forces Europe">United States Naval Forces Europe</a> (NAVEUR) (<a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a>, Italy): <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Sixth_Fleet" title="United States Sixth Fleet">United States Sixth Fleet</a> (<a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a>, Italy)</li> <li>Navy Region Europe (<a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a>, Italy)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a> (USAFE) (<a href="/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base" title="Ramstein Air Base">Ramstein Air Base</a>, Germany): <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base" title="Ramstein Air Base">Ramstein Air Base</a>, Germany) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/31st_Fighter_Wing" title="31st Fighter Wing">31st Fighter Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aviano_Air_Base" title="Aviano Air Base">Aviano Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Fighter_Wing" title="48th Fighter Wing">48th Fighter Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Lakenheath" title="RAF Lakenheath">RAF Lakenheath</a>, United Kingdom</li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Fighter_Wing" title="52nd Fighter Wing">52nd Fighter Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spangdahlem_Air_Base" title="Spangdahlem Air Base">Spangdahlem Air Base</a>, Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/86th_Airlift_Wing" title="86th Airlift Wing">86th Airlift Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base" title="Ramstein Air Base">Ramstein Air Base</a>, Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th Air Refueling Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Mildenhall" title="RAF Mildenhall">RAF Mildenhall</a>, United Kingdom</li> <li><a href="/wiki/435th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="435th Air Expeditionary Wing">435th Air Expeditionary Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base" title="Ramstein Air Base">Ramstein Air Base</a>, Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/435th_Air_Ground_Operations_Wing" title="435th Air Ground Operations Wing">435th Air Ground Operations Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base" title="Ramstein Air Base">Ramstein Air Base</a>, Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/501st_Combat_Support_Wing" title="501st Combat Support Wing">501st Combat Support Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Alconbury" title="RAF Alconbury">RAF Alconbury</a>, United Kingdom</li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Air_Base_Wing" title="39th Air Base Wing">39th Air Base Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Incirlik_Air_Base" title="Incirlik Air Base">Incirlik Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_Airlift_Wing" title="Heavy Airlift Wing">Heavy Airlift Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1pa_Air_Base" title="Pápa Air Base">Pápa Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Corps Forces, Europe">United States Marine Corps Forces, Europe</a> (MARFOREUR) (<a href="/wiki/Panzer_Kaserne" title="Panzer Kaserne">Panzer Kaserne</a>, Böblingen, Germany)</li></ul> <p>U.S. European Command administers the low-profile U.S. military storage installations in Israel. <a href="/wiki/William_Arkin" title="William Arkin">William Arkin</a> in his book <i>Code Names</i> revealed the locations of some of the American bases in Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arkin writes that the sites do not appear on maps, and their exact locations are classified. According to the book, some of the sites are located at <a href="/wiki/Ben_Gurion_Airport" title="Ben Gurion Airport">Ben Gurion Airport</a>, Nevatim, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ovda_air_base&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ovda air base (page does not exist)">Ovda air base</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/Herzliya_Pituah" title="Herzliya Pituah">Herzliya Pituah</a>. </p><p>The sites are numbered as "site 51," "site 53," "site 54," "site 55" and "site 56." Some of the depots are underground, others were built as open hangars. According to Arkin, site 51 holds ammunition and equipment in underground depots. Site 53 is munitions storage and war reserve vehicles at <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a> bases, site 54 is an emergency military hospital near Tel Aviv with 500 beds, and Sites 55 and 56 are ammunition depots. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subordinate_unified_commands">Subordinate unified commands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Subordinate unified commands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Command_Europe" title="Special Operations Command Europe">Special Operations Command Europe</a> (SOCEUR) – (<a href="/wiki/Panzer_Kaserne" title="Panzer Kaserne">Panzer Kaserne</a>, Böblingen, Germany)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Additional_supporting_units">Additional supporting units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Additional supporting units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_C._Marshall_European_Center_for_Security_Studies" title="George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies">George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garmisch" class="mw-redirect" title="Garmisch">Garmisch</a>, Germany)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NATO_School" title="NATO School">NATO School</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oberammergau" title="Oberammergau">Oberammergau</a>, Germany)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Intelligence_Operations_Center_Europe_Analytic_Center" title="Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe Analytic Center">Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe Analytic Center</a> (<a href="/wiki/RAF_Molesworth" title="RAF Molesworth">RAF Molesworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huntingdonshire" title="Huntingdonshire">Huntingdonshire</a>, UK)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_commanders">List of commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_European_Command&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: List of commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Leadership_of_the_United_States_European_Command" title="Leadership of the United States European Command">Leadership of the United States European Command</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2022_USEUCOM_Change_of_Command_220701-Z-JY390-006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/2022_USEUCOM_Change_of_Command_220701-Z-JY390-006.jpg/220px-2022_USEUCOM_Change_of_Command_220701-Z-JY390-006.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/2022_USEUCOM_Change_of_Command_220701-Z-JY390-006.jpg/330px-2022_USEUCOM_Change_of_Command_220701-Z-JY390-006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/2022_USEUCOM_Change_of_Command_220701-Z-JY390-006.jpg/440px-2022_USEUCOM_Change_of_Command_220701-Z-JY390-006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5011" data-file-height="2819" /></a><figcaption>Attendants during the playing of the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Medley" title="Armed Forces Medley">Armed Forces Medley</a> at the USEUCOM change of command ceremony on 1 July 2022, where <a href="/wiki/Christopher_G._Cavoli" title="Christopher G. Cavoli">Christopher G. Cavoli</a> (second from right) assumed command from <a href="/wiki/Tod_D._Wolters" title="Tod D. Wolters">Tod D. Wolters</a> (far right).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Change_of_Command_EUCOM_2016.6.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Change_of_Command_EUCOM_2016.6.JPG/220px-Change_of_Command_EUCOM_2016.6.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Change_of_Command_EUCOM_2016.6.JPG/330px-Change_of_Command_EUCOM_2016.6.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Change_of_Command_EUCOM_2016.6.JPG/440px-Change_of_Command_EUCOM_2016.6.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3348" data-file-height="2234" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Ash_Carter" title="Ash Carter">Ash Carter</a> (far left), outgoing combatant commander <a href="/wiki/Philip_M._Breedlove" title="Philip M. Breedlove">Philip M. Breedlove</a> (far right), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Dunford" title="Joseph Dunford">Joseph Dunford</a> (background, obscured) applaud the new commander, <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Scaparrotti" title="Curtis Scaparrotti">Curtis Scaparrotti</a> at the USEUCOM change of command ceremony on 3 May 2016.</figcaption></figure> <p>Previously, this position held the title "<a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief">Commander-in-Chief</a> (CINC), United States European Command". However, following an order dated 24 October 2002 by <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> <a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a>, all CINCs in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_military" class="mw-redirect" title="United States military">United States military</a> were retitled "Commanders" and the use of "CINC" as an acronym for anyone other than the President was forbidden.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th> <th rowspan="2">Service branch </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Duration </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">As Commander-in-Chief (CINC), United States European Command </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GEN_Matthew_Ridgway,_Supreme_Allied_Commander_Europe_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Matthew Ridgway"><img alt="Matthew Ridgway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/GEN_Matthew_Ridgway%2C_Supreme_Allied_Commander_Europe_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-GEN_Matthew_Ridgway%2C_Supreme_Allied_Commander_Europe_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/GEN_Matthew_Ridgway%2C_Supreme_Allied_Commander_Europe_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-GEN_Matthew_Ridgway%2C_Supreme_Allied_Commander_Europe_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/GEN_Matthew_Ridgway%2C_Supreme_Allied_Commander_Europe_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-GEN_Matthew_Ridgway%2C_Supreme_Allied_Commander_Europe_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1004" data-file-height="1317" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Ridgway, Matthew</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Ridgway" title="Matthew Ridgway">Matthew Ridgway</a></b><br /><small>(1895–1993)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 May 1952</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 July 1953</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002407000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 42 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alfred_Maximilian_Gruenther.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alfred Gruenther"><img alt="Alfred Gruenther" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Alfred_Maximilian_Gruenther.jpg/100px-Alfred_Maximilian_Gruenther.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Alfred_Maximilian_Gruenther.jpg/150px-Alfred_Maximilian_Gruenther.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Alfred_Maximilian_Gruenther.jpg/200px-Alfred_Maximilian_Gruenther.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1051" data-file-height="1304" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gruenther, Alfred</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Gruenther" title="Alfred Gruenther">Alfred Gruenther</a></b><br /><small>(1899–1983)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 July 1953</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 November 1956</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003122800000000000♠"></span>3 years, 132 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Lauris_Norstad.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Lauris Norstad"><img alt="Lauris Norstad" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/General_Lauris_Norstad.JPG/100px-General_Lauris_Norstad.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/General_Lauris_Norstad.JPG/150px-General_Lauris_Norstad.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/General_Lauris_Norstad.JPG/200px-General_Lauris_Norstad.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5831" data-file-height="7619" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Norstad, Lauris</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Lauris_Norstad" title="Lauris Norstad">Lauris Norstad</a></b><br /><small>(1907–1988)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 November 1956</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 January 1963</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003223300000000000♠"></span>6 years, 42 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GEN_Lyman_L._Lemnitzer,_portrait_as_SACEUR_(cropped_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lyman Lemnitzer"><img alt="Lyman Lemnitzer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/GEN_Lyman_L._Lemnitzer%2C_portrait_as_SACEUR_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/100px-GEN_Lyman_L._Lemnitzer%2C_portrait_as_SACEUR_%28cropped_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/GEN_Lyman_L._Lemnitzer%2C_portrait_as_SACEUR_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/150px-GEN_Lyman_L._Lemnitzer%2C_portrait_as_SACEUR_%28cropped_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/GEN_Lyman_L._Lemnitzer%2C_portrait_as_SACEUR_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/200px-GEN_Lyman_L._Lemnitzer%2C_portrait_as_SACEUR_%28cropped_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2057" data-file-height="2617" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Lemnitzer, Lyman</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Lyman_Lemnitzer" title="Lyman Lemnitzer">Lyman Lemnitzer</a></b><br /><small>(1899–1988)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 January 1963</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1969</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003237300000000000♠"></span>6 years, 181 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrew_Goodpaster_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Andrew Goodpaster"><img alt="Andrew Goodpaster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Andrew_Goodpaster_portrait.jpg/100px-Andrew_Goodpaster_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Andrew_Goodpaster_portrait.jpg/150px-Andrew_Goodpaster_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Andrew_Goodpaster_portrait.jpg/200px-Andrew_Goodpaster_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2013" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Goodpaster, Andrew</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Goodpaster" title="Andrew Goodpaster">Andrew Goodpaster</a></b><br /><small>(1915–2005)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1969</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 December 1974</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003199300000000000♠"></span>5 years, 167 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Alexander_M._Haig,_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alexander M. Haig Jr."><img alt="Alexander M. Haig Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/General_Alexander_M._Haig%2C_Jr.jpg/100px-General_Alexander_M._Haig%2C_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/General_Alexander_M._Haig%2C_Jr.jpg/150px-General_Alexander_M._Haig%2C_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/General_Alexander_M._Haig%2C_Jr.jpg/200px-General_Alexander_M._Haig%2C_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3415" data-file-height="4281" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Haig, Alexander</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_M._Haig_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander M. Haig Jr.">Alexander M. Haig Jr.</a></b><br /><small>(1924–2010)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 December 1974</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003165900000000000♠"></span>4 years, 198 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GEN_Bernard_W._Rogers,_SACEUR.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bernard W. Rogers"><img alt="Bernard W. Rogers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/GEN_Bernard_W._Rogers%2C_SACEUR.jpg/100px-GEN_Bernard_W._Rogers%2C_SACEUR.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/GEN_Bernard_W._Rogers%2C_SACEUR.jpg/150px-GEN_Bernard_W._Rogers%2C_SACEUR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/GEN_Bernard_W._Rogers%2C_SACEUR.jpg/200px-GEN_Bernard_W._Rogers%2C_SACEUR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2843" data-file-height="3705" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Rogers, Bernard</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Bernard_W._Rogers" title="Bernard W. Rogers">Bernard W. Rogers</a></b><br /><small>(1921–2008)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 June 1987</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003291700000000000♠"></span>7 years, 360 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Galvin,_official_military_photo,_1991.JPEG" class="mw-file-description" title="John Galvin"><img alt="John Galvin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/John_Galvin%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1991.JPEG/100px-John_Galvin%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1991.JPEG" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/John_Galvin%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1991.JPEG/150px-John_Galvin%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1991.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/John_Galvin%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1991.JPEG/200px-John_Galvin%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1991.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="1967" data-file-height="2391" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Galvin, John</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_Galvin_(general)" title="John Galvin (general)">John Galvin</a></b><br /><small>(1929–2015)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 June 1987</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 June 1992</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003182400000000000♠"></span>4 years, 363 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_John_Shalikashvili_military_portrait,_1993.JPEG" class="mw-file-description" title="John Shalikashvili"><img alt="John Shalikashvili" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/General_John_Shalikashvili_military_portrait%2C_1993.JPEG/100px-General_John_Shalikashvili_military_portrait%2C_1993.JPEG" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/General_John_Shalikashvili_military_portrait%2C_1993.JPEG/150px-General_John_Shalikashvili_military_portrait%2C_1993.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/General_John_Shalikashvili_military_portrait%2C_1993.JPEG/200px-General_John_Shalikashvili_military_portrait%2C_1993.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2329" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Shalikashvili, John</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_Shalikashvili" title="John Shalikashvili">John Shalikashvili</a></b><br /><small>(1936–2011)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 June 1992</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 October 1993</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002486000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 121 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_A._Joulwan,_1997.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="George Joulwan"><img alt="George Joulwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/George_A._Joulwan%2C_1997.jpeg/100px-George_A._Joulwan%2C_1997.jpeg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/George_A._Joulwan%2C_1997.jpeg/150px-George_A._Joulwan%2C_1997.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/George_A._Joulwan%2C_1997.jpeg/200px-George_A._Joulwan%2C_1997.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Joulwan, George</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/George_Joulwan" title="George Joulwan">George Joulwan</a></b><br /><small>(born 1939)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 October 1993</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 July 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003135800000000000♠"></span>3 years, 262 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Wesley_Clark_official_photograph,_edited.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wesley Clark"><img alt="Wesley Clark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/General_Wesley_Clark_official_photograph%2C_edited.jpg/100px-General_Wesley_Clark_official_photograph%2C_edited.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/General_Wesley_Clark_official_photograph%2C_edited.jpg/150px-General_Wesley_Clark_official_photograph%2C_edited.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/General_Wesley_Clark_official_photograph%2C_edited.jpg/200px-General_Wesley_Clark_official_photograph%2C_edited.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Clark, Wesley</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Clark" title="Wesley Clark">Wesley Clark</a></b><br /><small>(born 1944)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 July 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 May 2000</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003102700000000000♠"></span>2 years, 297 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Ralston,_official_military_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Joseph Ralston"><img alt="Joseph Ralston" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Joseph_Ralston%2C_official_military_photo.jpg/100px-Joseph_Ralston%2C_official_military_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Joseph_Ralston%2C_official_military_photo.jpg/150px-Joseph_Ralston%2C_official_military_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Joseph_Ralston%2C_official_military_photo.jpg/200px-Joseph_Ralston%2C_official_military_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="1763" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Ralston, Joseph</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Ralston" title="Joseph Ralston">Joseph Ralston</a></b><br /><small>(born 1943)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 May 2000</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 January 2003</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002989000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 259 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_L._Jones_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James L. Jones"><img alt="James L. Jones" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/James_L._Jones_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-James_L._Jones_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/James_L._Jones_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-James_L._Jones_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/James_L._Jones_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-James_L._Jones_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2098" data-file-height="2862" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Jones, James</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/James_L._Jones" title="James L. Jones">James L. Jones</a></b><br /><small>(born 1943)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 January 2003</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 December 2006</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003142000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 324 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/75px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/113px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/150px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a></td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">As Commander, United States European Command </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bantz_J._Craddock_EUCOM.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bantz J. Craddock"><img alt="Bantz J. Craddock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Bantz_J._Craddock_EUCOM.jpg/100px-Bantz_J._Craddock_EUCOM.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Bantz_J._Craddock_EUCOM.jpg/150px-Bantz_J._Craddock_EUCOM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Bantz_J._Craddock_EUCOM.jpg/200px-Bantz_J._Craddock_EUCOM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1924" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Craddock, Bantz</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Bantz_J._Craddock" title="Bantz J. Craddock">Bantz J. Craddock</a></b><br /><small>(born 1949)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 December 2006</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 July 2009</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002938000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 207 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stavridis_EUCOM.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James G. Stavridis"><img alt="James G. Stavridis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Stavridis_EUCOM.jpg/100px-Stavridis_EUCOM.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Stavridis_EUCOM.jpg/150px-Stavridis_EUCOM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Stavridis_EUCOM.jpg/200px-Stavridis_EUCOM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Stavridis, James</span>Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/James_G._Stavridis" title="James G. Stavridis">James G. Stavridis</a></b><br /><small>(born 1955)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 July 2009</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 May 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003141100000000000♠"></span>3 years, 315 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/75px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/113px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/150px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Breedlove_2013_HR.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Philip M. Breedlove"><img alt="Philip M. Breedlove" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Breedlove_2013_HR.jpg/100px-Breedlove_2013_HR.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Breedlove_2013_HR.jpg/150px-Breedlove_2013_HR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Breedlove_2013_HR.jpg/200px-Breedlove_2013_HR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2416" data-file-height="3383" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Breedlove, Philip</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Philip_M._Breedlove" title="Philip M. Breedlove">Philip M. Breedlove</a></b><br /><small>(born 1955)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 May 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 May 2016</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003108700000000000♠"></span>2 years, 357 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scaparrotti_EUCOM.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Curtis M. Scaparrotti"><img alt="Curtis M. Scaparrotti" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Scaparrotti_EUCOM.jpg/100px-Scaparrotti_EUCOM.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Scaparrotti_EUCOM.jpg/150px-Scaparrotti_EUCOM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Scaparrotti_EUCOM.jpg/200px-Scaparrotti_EUCOM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2745" data-file-height="3432" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Scaparrotti, Curtis</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Curtis_M._Scaparrotti" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtis M. Scaparrotti">Curtis M. Scaparrotti</a></b><br /><small>(born 1956)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 May 2016</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 May 2019</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003109400000000000♠"></span>2 years, 364 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen._Tod_D._Wolters_EUCOM.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tod D. Wolters"><img alt="Tod D. Wolters" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Gen._Tod_D._Wolters_EUCOM.jpg/100px-Gen._Tod_D._Wolters_EUCOM.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Gen._Tod_D._Wolters_EUCOM.jpg/150px-Gen._Tod_D._Wolters_EUCOM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Gen._Tod_D._Wolters_EUCOM.jpg/200px-Gen._Tod_D._Wolters_EUCOM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2551" data-file-height="3189" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Wolters, Tod D.</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Tod_D._Wolters" title="Tod D. Wolters">Tod D. Wolters</a></b><br /><small>(born 1960)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 May 2019</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 2022</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003115500000000000♠"></span>3 years, 59 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/150px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen._Christopher_G._Cavoli_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Christopher G. Cavoli"><img alt="Christopher G. Cavoli" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Gen._Christopher_G._Cavoli_%283%29.jpg/100px-Gen._Christopher_G._Cavoli_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Gen._Christopher_G._Cavoli_%283%29.jpg/150px-Gen._Christopher_G._Cavoli_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Gen._Christopher_G._Cavoli_%283%29.jpg/200px-Gen._Christopher_G._Cavoli_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Cavoli, Christopher G.</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Christopher_G._Cavoli" title="Christopher G. Cavoli">Christopher G. Cavoli</a></b><br /><small>(born <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1965</span>)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 2022</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002875000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 144 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/75px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/113px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, 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