History
This act of congress formally established Special Operations Command, Europe or SOCEUR in 1986.
What is the Goldwater-Nichols act?
U.S. Air Forces Europe, also known as USAFE is headquartered at this European installation.
What is Rammstein Air Base?
This organization, headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany coordinates security assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
What is Security Assistance Group - Ukraine?
Ceremonial guards belonging to this European nation can be seen wearing distinct Bearskin hats, made from real black bear fur.
What is the United Kingdom?
These are the colors in chronological order represented in the rainbow on the shoulder insignia redesignated for United States Army Europe and Africa on January 22nd 2021
What are Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, and Blue?
This U.S. Army Europe formation that including two armored divisions, deployed from Germany to Saudi Arabia for DESERT SHIELD Phase II.
What is VII Corps?
In 2020, this V Corps established its forward headquarters in this EUCOM AOR country.
What is Poland?
This current exercise series is focused on the strategic deployment of U.S.-based forces, employment of Army prepositioned stocks, and interoperability with Allies and partners at exercise locations across Europe.
What is DEFENDER Europe?
The EUCOM Commander is dual-hatted in this role, and maintains two HQs in two separate countries.
What is Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR)?
This country in the EUCOM AOR has a flag consisting of a yellow cross on a field of royal blue.
What is Sweden?
This large force exercise series ran annually from 1969 until 1993 allowed EUCOM to continue to prepare to defend Europe and reassure allies.
What is REFORGER (REturn FORces to GERmany)?
This island is the southern-most nation in the EUCOM AOR
What is Cyprus?
On March 11, two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortresses participating in Bomber Task Force Mission VIKING NEBULA conducted the first live weapons drop in this country, the first since joining NATO.
What is Sweden?
In early 1951, NATO established Allied Command Europe. This individual was called from retirement to become the first Supreme Allied Commander Europe, setting up a unified command structure in 1952.
Who is General Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This country's flag is a combination of three older national flags: The red cross of St. George, the white saltire of St. Andrew, and the red saltire of St. Patrick
What is the United Kingdom?
This newest component of EUCOM was activated on December 8th, 2023
What is U.S. Space Forces Europe and Africa component command
This is the only EUCOM service component command that does not have its headquarters in Germany.
What is US Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR)?
(Naples, Italy)
These two operations, conducted by the US Air Force and the Royal Air Force came to be collectively known as the Berlin Airlift
What is Operation VITTLES and Operation PLANEFAIRE?
This European nation's armed forces can sometimes be seen sporting the tarbuch, also called fez, a cylindrical red felt hat, made in a single piece and decorated with a black tassel and the emblem of the Regular Forces
What is Spain?
This EUCOM AOR countryhas a three color flag. The blue represents the clear sky, the Baltic Sea, and freshwater lakes, while the black symbolizes fertile soil and thick forests.
What is Estonia?
This US President approved the Outline Command Plan in 1946, the first Unified Command Plan for U.S. forces, that led to the creation of EUCOM.
Who is President Harry S. Truman?
EUCOM HQ was established in this European city in 1954, before moving to Stuttgart, Germany in 1967 due to policy disagreements with the host nation.
What is Paris?
Though principally a NATO exercise, the 2024 iteration featured a large contingent of EUCOM assets and was the largest since REFORGER 1988. It included 90,000 NATO troops from over 30 countries.
What is Steadfast Defender?
This European nation's "Royal Guards" can be seen wearing a broad-brimmed, black bowler hat inspired by the traditional uniform hat for Italian light infantry. The same nation is also famous for Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of the Bouvet Islands, its penguin mascot
What is Norway?
One of only three EUCOM AOR nations with the color orange in its national flag. Double points if you can name all three.
What is Ireland, Armenia, and Cyprus?