Commanding General, United States Army Europe

Commanding General United States Army Europe (USAREUR)
Incumbent LTG Ben Hodges since November 5, 2014
Website	Official Website

The Commander in Chief of United States Army Europe (CINCUSAREUR)

List of USAREUR Commanding Generals

	Name	Term began	Term ended
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.	GA Dwight D. Eisenhower	July 1, 1945	November 25, 1945
9.	GEN Joseph T. McNarney	November 26, 1945	March 14, 1947
10.	GEN Lucius D. Clay	March 15, 1947	May 14, 1949
11.	LTG Clarence R. Huebner	May 15, 1949	September 1, 1949
12.	GEN Thomas T. Handy	September 2, 1949	August 11, 1952
13.	LTG Manton S. Eddy	August 12, 1952	March 31, 1953
14.	GEN Charles L. Bolte	April 1, 1953	September 28, 1953
15.	GEN William M. Hoge	September 29, 1953	January 31, 1955
16.	GEN Anthony McAuliffe	February 1, 1955	April 30, 1956
17.	GEN Henry I. Hodes	May 1, 1956	March 31, 1959
18.	GEN Clyde D. Eddleman	April 1, 1959	October 19, 1960
19.	GEN Bruce C. Clarke	October 20, 1960	April 30, 1962
20.	GEN Paul L. Freeman, Jr.	May 1, 1962	March 17, 1965
21.	GEN Andrew P. O'Meara	March 18, 1965	May 31, 1967
22.	GEN James H. Polk	June 1, 1967	March 20, 1971
(Acting)	LTG Arthur S. Collins, Jr.	March 21, 1971	May 25, 1971
23.	GEN Michael S. Davison	May 26, 1971	June 29, 1975
24.	GEN George S. Blanchard	June 30, 1975	May 28, 1979
25.	GEN Frederick J. Kroesen, Jr.	May 29, 1979	April 14, 1983
26.	GEN Glenn K. Otis	April 15, 1983	June 23, 1988
27.	GEN Crosbie E. Saint	June 24, 1988	July 8, 1992
28.	GEN David M. Maddox	July 9, 1992	December 18, 1994
29.	GEN William W. Crouch	December 19, 1994	August 5, 1997
30.	GEN Eric K. Shinseki	August 6, 1997	November 23, 1998
31.	GEN Montgomery C. Meigs	October 18, 1999	December 2, 2002
32.	GEN Burwell B. Bell III	December 3, 2002	December 14, 2005
33.	GEN David D. McKiernan	December 15, 2005	May 2, 2008
(Acting)	LTG Gary D. Speer	May 3, 2008	August 27, 2008
34.	GEN Carter F. Ham	August 28, 2008	March 8, 2011
35.	LTG Mark P. Hertling	March 25, 2011	December 1, 2012
36.	LTG Donald M. Campbell, Jr.	December 1, 2012	November 5, 2014
37.	LTG Ben Hodges	November 5, 2014^[1]

References

↑ http://www.army.mil/article/137665/

United States Army

Leadership

Components
and
commands

Army commands	Forces Training and Doctrine Materiel

Service components	Africa Central Europe Pacific North South Special Operations Surface Deployment and Distribution Space and Missile Defense

Direct reporting units	Second Army Medical Intelligence and Security Criminal Investigation Corps of Engineers Military District of Washington Test and Evaluation Military Academy Reserve Acquisition Support Center Installation Management

Field armies	First Third Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth

Branches	Acquisition Corps Adjutant General's Corps Air Defense Artillery Branch Armor Branch Aviation Branch Army Band Chaplain Corps Chemical Corps Civil Affairs Corps Corps of Engineers Dental Corps Field Artillery Corps Finance Corps Infantry Branch Inspector General's Corps Judge Advocate General's Corps Logistics Branch Medical Corps Medical Service Corps Medical Specialist Corps Military Intelligence Corps Military Police Corps Nurse Corps Ordnance Corps Psychological Operations Quartermaster Corps Signal Corps Special Forces Transportation Corps Veterinary Corps

Installations

Training

Uniforms and
insignia

Coats of arms	Air Defense Artillery Armor Aviation Artillery Cavalry Engineer Infantry

Equipment

History and
traditions

Category
Portal

United States Armed Forces

Book
Portal
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG
Category
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG
- PHS
- NOAA
Navbox
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG

Leadership

Commander-in-chief: President of the United States
Secretary of Defense
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff:
- Chairman
- Vice Chairman
United States Congress: Committees on Armed Services:
- Senate
- House
Active duty four-star officers
Highest ranking officers in history
National Security Act of 1947
Goldwater–Nichols Act

Organization

Service departments	Department of Defense (Secretary): Army (Secretary) Navy (Secretary) Air Force (Secretary) Department of Homeland Security (Secretary): Coast Guard

Branches	Army (Chief of Staff) Marine Corps (Commandant) Navy (Chief of Naval Operations) Air Force (Chief of Staff) Coast Guard (Commandant)

Other uniformed services	Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (Surgeon General) NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps (Director)

Reserve components	Reserves: A MC N AF CG National Guard: A AF Naval militias State defense forces

Civilian auxiliaries	Military Auxiliary Radio System Merchant Marine Civil Air Patrol Coast Guard Auxiliary

Unified Combatant Command	Northern Central European Pacific Southern Africa Special Operations Strategic Transportation

Structure

United States Code
- Title 10
- Title 14
- Title 32
- Title 50
The Pentagon
Installations
Units:
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG
Logistics
Media

Operations and history

Personnel

Training	MEPS ASVAB Recruit training: A MC N AF CG Officer candidate school: A MC N AF Warrant: A MC Service academies: A (prep) N (prep) AF (prep) CG Merchant Marine PHS Junior/Reserve Officers' Training Corps: A: MJC/SMC MC/N AF Medical Other education

Uniforms	Uniforms: A MC N AF CG Awards & decorations: Inter-service A MC/N AF CG PHS NOAA Foreign International Devices Badges: Identification A MC N AF CG

Ranks	Enlisted: A MC N AF CG Warrant officers Officer: A MC N AF CG PHS NOAA

Other	Oath: Enlistment Office Creeds & Codes: Code of Conduct NCO A MC N AF CG Service numbers: A MC N AF CG Military Occupational Specialty/Rating/Air Force Specialty Code Pay Uniform Code of Military Justice Judge Advocate General's Corps Military Health System/TRICARE Separation Veterans Affairs Conscription Chiefs of Chaplains: A MC N AF CG

Equipment

Land	Individual weapons Crew-served weapons Vehicles (active)

Sea	All watercraft Ships: A N (active) AF CG MSC NOAA Weapons: N CG Aircraft: N CG NOAA Reactors

Air	Aircraft World War I active Aircraft designation Missiles Helicopter arms

Other	Electronics (designations) Flags: A MC N AF CG Ensign Jack Guidons Food WMDs: Nuclear Biological Chemical

Legend: A = Army; MC = Marine Corps; N = Navy; AF = Air Force; CG = Coast Guard; PHS = Public Health Service; NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; MSC = Military Sealift Command

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Commanding General, United States Army Europe

List of USAREUR Commanding Generals

See also

References