- State affiliation · United States
- Vigil category device · not official insignia
Identity provenance
State affiliation: United States.
Vigil category device — drawn from this record’s own domain, echelon and role. Not an official insignia.
In brief
The US Army service component command for the European and African theatres — a single four-star headquarters at Wiesbaden formed on 20 November 2020 by consolidating US Army Europe and US Army Africa, whose published mission is to provide "ready, combat-credible land forces to deter, and, if needed, defeat aggression" in both theatres.
- Scope
- Structure, role, lineage and links. 1 subordinate record published.
- Subordination
- Subordination confirmed
- Sources
- 2 on the record
- Record state
- Partial
- Broad area of activity
- The European and African theatres from a headquarters at Wiesbaden; for this module, the eastern flank through V Corps.
- Notable history
- US Army Europe and US Army Africa were consolidated on 20 November 2020 into one four-star Army service component command serving both US European Command and US Africa Command, with the former Africa command re-designated as the Southern European Task Force, Africa, under a two-star commander who also serves as the deputy commanding general for Africa. The command publishes its mission as providing ready, combat-credible land forces to deter and, if needed, defeat aggression. Its structural bearing on the flank is V Corps, whose forward command post the United States announced in June 2022 as permanently stationed in Poland.
- Strengths
- A single theatre army headquarters for Europe with a corps beneath it that is the only permanently stationed US headquarters on the flank — a standing commitment rather than a rotation.
- Limitations
- This tree carries one child; the command's other subordinate commands and every rotational brigade are outside it by rule. The command's own pages could not be fetched, and the record does not go beyond what their indexed text states.
Subordinate formations
Rows are layout only — position and order carry no hierarchy, importance, sequence or strength. Every record shown is an immediate subordinate of the selected organisation.
Lineage & institutional history
Predecessors: United States Army Europe · United States Army Africa
Consolidated on 20 November 2020 from US Army Europe and US Army Africa into one Army service component command serving both US European Command and US Africa Command; US Army Africa became the Southern European Task Force, Africa, whose commander doubles as the deputy commanding general for Africa.
Assessed as of — 2026-09 Last reviewed — 2026-09-28
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