United States Army Europe and Africa
United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) is an Army Service Component Command (ASCC) /Theater Army responsible for directing United States Army operations throughout the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility.
A M-60A3 near Giessen in West Germany, 1985.
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Christopher G. Cavoli in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany on June 26, 2015
DCG for Interoperability Adam Joks (Poland) visits soldiers of the US and Ukraine, 10 Dec 2021
United States European Command
The United States European Command (EUCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States military, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Its area of focus covers 21,000,000 square miles (54,000,000 km2) and 51 countries and territories, including Europe, The Caucasus, Russia and Greenland. The Commander of the United States EUCOM simultaneously serves as the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) within NATO, a military alliance. During the Gulf War and Operation Northern Watch, EUCOM controlled the forces flying from Incirlik Air Base.
The EUCOM headquarters in the IG Farben Building, Frankfurt, 1952
An Euler diagram of European alliances, partners, and competitors, denoted by their national flags, in EUCOM's Area of Responsibility. The alliances and agreements include the following supranational bodies: PESCO, Schengen Area, EU, and NATO.
Attendants during the playing of the Armed Forces Medley at the USEUCOM change of command ceremony on 1 July 2022, where Christopher G. Cavoli (second from right) assumed command from Tod D. Wolters (far right).
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter (far left), outgoing combatant commander Philip M. Breedlove (far right), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford (background, obscured) applaud the new commander, Curtis Scaparrotti at the USEUCOM change of command ceremony on 3 May 2016.
