Bantz J. Craddock
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Bantz John Craddock is a former United States Army general. His last military assignment was as Commander, United States European Command and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe from December 2006
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Craddock speaking with a Kosovar soldier in June 1999
First meeting between Craddock and Major General Valery Yevtukhovich (left) commander of Russian Forces in Kosovo at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, on 7 July 1999
Craddock with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates in June 2009
The Supreme Allied Commander Europe is the commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Allied Command Operations and head of ACO's headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Th
Bantz J. Craddock
…Combatant Commander of United States Southern Command from 2004 until 2006. On 14 July 2006, NATO announced that Craddock would succeed James L. Jones as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) — NATO's top commander of operations in Europe. The change-of-command ceremony at Mons, Belgium, occurred on December 7, 2006. Craddock defended…
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Gen. Dwight Eisenhower in front of the flag of SHAPE on 8 October 1951
2013 SACEUR change of command at SHAPE
Eisenhower Chiefof Staff Portrait