• General Information
• United States Army
• United States Navy
• United States Air Force
• United States Marine Corps

General Information

U.S. European Command, in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany, is responsible for 13 million square miles in 89 countries and territories. This area of responsibility begins at the North Cape of Norway and extends through the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas, through most of Europe and parts of the Middle East, to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. The Command's mission is to support and advance US interests and policies throughout the region and to provide combat ready land, maritime, and air forces to Allied Command Europe or to US Unified Commands.

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United States Army

Seventh Army Training Command, the "Army's training center is Europe," is located in Grafenwoehr, Germany and is home to both the 7th Army Training Command and the 100th Area Support Group.

U.S. Army Tropic Test Center, Fort Clayton, Panama, became a testing center for Army systems in 1962. The Center's mission is to plan and conduct tropic environmental development tests on a wide variety of military systems, materials, weapons, and equipment of all conceivable types, sizes, configurations, and uses. The center’s laboratory facilities provide detailed information on tropic-induced failures and other environmental effects.

U.S. Army Central Command-Saudi Arabia represents one of three forward deployed elements in the Persian Gulf region from Army Forces Central Command/3rd United States Army. Subordinate organizations to ARCENT-SA include deployed units rotating as task forces for various missions from home bases in the United States or Europe. The Command's first stated mission is to provide antiballistic missile defense to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Emirate of Kuwait, and, on order, to other locations and allies in Southwest Asia using US Patriot Missile units.

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United States Navy

Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe is responsible for providing overall command and operational control of all Naval forces assigned to the Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command. US Naval Forces Europe coordinates with other US and allied forces operating within its area of responsibility to accomplish operational missions as assigned by the US European Command.

Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet includes approximately 200 ships, 2,000 aircraft, and 250,000 Sailors and Marines and covers more than 50% of the earth's surface, just over 100 million square miles. Each day, Pacific Fleet ships are at sea in the Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans, from the west coast of the U.S. to the Arabian Gulf. The Fleet's primary mission is to support the U.S. Pacific Command's theater strategy, and to provide interoperable, trained and combat-ready naval forces to the Pacific Fleet and other U.S. unified commanders.

Navy Guam is responsible for an area in the Western Pacific almost as large as the United States. This Command provides support to the operating forces of the Seventh Fleet and to the shore activities and members of the numerous Navy commands on Guam. In addition, the Command coordinates actions by the Pacific Command service components located in Guam and throughout Micronesia in matters of concern with the host governments.

Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland is the host Command for the NATO Base in Iceland. The Command's primary mission is to maintain and operate the Station's facilities and to provide services and material to support aviation activities and units of the operating forces of the Navy, as designated by the Chief of Naval Operations.

Naval Support Activity, Naples, Italy provides the administrative and logistic support to over 100 tenant commands and activities throughout the Mediterranean region which includes personnel assigned to NATO and forces of the Sixth Fleet. The Commanding Officer, and the Executive Officer, manage and direct the overall operation from Capodichino and are assisted through offices located throughout Naples and the U.S. Navy Element, Headquarters AFSouth in Bagnoli, Italy.

U.S. Naval Station, Rota, Spain is located halfway between Gibraltar and the border of Portugal. American facilities at the Naval Station are wide-ranging and diversified in their primary role of supporting the US Sixth Fleet operating in the Mediterranean. While the Fleet tackles the increasingly complex task of promoting peace and stability in the Mediterranean area, the Naval Station and its tenant commands keep fuel, oil, ammunition and spare parts flowing to the operating forces.

U.S. Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan operates and maintains base facilities for the logistic support of the six ships forward deployed to Sasebo, Operating Forces of the US Pacific Fleet, and designated tenant activities. The Command also receives, renovates, maintains, stores, and issues ammunition, explosives, expendable ordnance items, weapons, and technical ordnance materials. The Command is also home to both Amphibious Group One and to Amphibious Squadron Eleven, the only permanently forward deployed amphibious squadron in the Navy.

U.S. Seventh Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed US fleets, with 50-60 ships, 350 aircraft, and 60,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Established in 1943, the Fleet operates in the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Arabian Gulf and, with the support of its Task Force Commanders, directly supports the three principal elements of US national security strategy: deterrence, forward defense, and alliance solidarity. The fleet thereby promotes peace and stability in this increasingly important part of the world.

Naval Air Station Sigonella Italy, is known as the "Hub of the Med!" It is a high tempo, multi-faceted base with a critical mission. Due to its highly strategic location - at the very center of the Mediterranean - NAS Sigonella plays a vital role in supporting joint and combined naval operations in the Mediterranean theater.

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United States Air Force

Aviano Air Base, Italy, is home to approximately 3100 military and more than 800 civilian personnel who are permanently assigned to the base, which is the only U.S. Air Force base in Italy. The Base is home to the Sixteenth Air Force and to the 31st Fighter Wing.

Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia-Herzegovina, plays an integral role in the peacekeeping effort in the area. The Base has the busiest airfield in the Balkans and is the primary cargo and passenger hub for Multi-National Division North, one of three regions of the United Nations’ Stabilization Force.

Incirlik Air Base is located in southeastern Turkey. The Base is a Turkish Air Force base, but it has a large US presence. The host US Air Force unit is the 39th Wing, and its operational counterpart, the 39th Air and Space Expeditionary Wing, supports Operation Northern Watch, also headquartered here.

Kadena Air Base at Okinawa, Japan, the "Home of the Shoguns," has as its mission the defense of US and Japanese mutual interests by providing a responsive staging and operational air base with integrated, deployable, forward based airpower.

Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, is located on the western side of the Korean peninsula, 150 miles south of Seoul. Known as the "Home of the Wolf Pack," the base houses the 8th Fighter Wing and has as its mission to deliver lethal airpower when and where directed by the Air Component Commander.

Misawa Air Base, Japan, is located in the southeastern portion of Aomori Prefecture on northern Honsyu Island. The Base is unique in that it is the only combined, joint service installation in the western Pacific. Units representing all four U.S. services are assigned here, with the 35th Fighter Wing serving as the host unit for the U.S. service members who call Misawa home.

Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, is home to the 51st Figher Wing and to the 7th Air Force.

Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is home to the 86th Airlift Wing and has as its mission to provide rapid mobility and agile combat support for US forces and to enhance the quality of life for all Americans.

Taszar Air Base, Hungary, is home to the 406th Expeditionary Air Base Group. The primary mission is to maintain vital airfield operations that provide airlift support, as well as reconnaissance operations, for Operation JOINT FORGE.

Yokota Air Force Base, Japan, is located on the island of Honshu, Japan, on the Kanto Plain, 28 miles northwest of Tokyo at the foothills of the Okutama Mountains. The Base is home to the 374th Airlift Wing, which is the only airlift wing in the Far East. The wing provides airlift support to all Department of Defense agencies in the Pacific theater of operation. It also provides transport for people and equipment throughout the Kanto Plain and the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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United States Marine Corps

USMC Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, is located approximately 45 kilometers south of Hiroshima and is home to the fixed wing strike assets of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.

USMC Headquarters Battalion, Camp Fuji, Japan, is located at the base of Mount Fuji and is dedicated to coordinating the use of ranges and training facilities within the Fuji Maneuver Area, and to providing necessary support for using units.