U.S. Army In Europe Force Structure Changes

[Henk Voortwijs]

The Department of Defense announced today that Germany-based elements of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team will relocate within Germany and to Italy in summer 2013. A total of four battalions will be relocated. Two battalions will relocate from Germany to Italy; the brigade's headquarters and one infantry battalion will relocate from Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, to the Army's new facility in Del Din (formerly known as Dal Molin) in Vicenza. The other two battalions will relocate from Schweinfurt and Bamberg, Germany, to Grafenwoehr, Germany. In addition to the previously announced inactivation of V Corps Headquarters and the 170th and 172nd Infantry Brigades, the disposition of 2,500 enabling forces are provided as follows:

In 2012:

170th Infantry Brigade, Smith Barracks, Baumholder, Germany – Inactivated

167th Medical Detachment (Optometry), Grafenwoehr, Germany – Inactivated

In 2013:

535th Engineer Company, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany – Inactivates

12th Chemical Company, Conn Barracks, Schweinfurt, Germany – Inactivates

V Corps Headquarters, Clay Kaserne, Wiesbaden, Germany – Inactivates

172nd Infantry Brigade, Grafenwoehr, Germany – Inactivates

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 391st Combat Service Support Battalion, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany – Inactivates

B Detachment, 106th Finance Company, Katterbach Kaserne, Ansbach, Germany – Inactivates

42nd Engineer Company, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany – Returns to the United States.

99th Movement Control Team, Aviano Air Base, Italy – Returns to the United States.

In 2014:

Headquarters, 18th Engineer Brigade, Conn Barracks, Schweinfurt, Germany – Inactivates

243 Engineer Detachment, Conn Barracks, Schweinfurt, Germany – Inactivates

54th Engineer Battalion, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany – Inactivates

370th Engineer Company, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany – Inactivates

7th Signal Brigade, Ledward Barracks, Schweinfurt, Germany – Inactivates

72nd Signal Battalion, Ledward Barracks, Schweinfurt, Germany – Inactivates

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 95th Military Police Battalion, Sembach Kaserne, Kaiserslautern – Inactivates

630th Military Police Company, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany – Inactivates

464th Military Police Platoon, Camp Ederle, Italy – Inactivates

511th Military Police Platoon, Livorno, Italy – Inactivates

541st Engineer Company, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany – Returns to the United States.

In 2015:

230th Military Police Company, Sembach Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germany – Inactivates

3rd Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment (Airfield Operations Battalion), Storck Barracks, Illesheim, Germany – Returns to the United States.

In 2016:

69th Signal Battalion, Grafenwoehr, Germany – Inactivates

525th Military Police Detachment (Military Working Dogs), Baumholder, Germany -- Returns to the United States.

1st Battalion, 214th General Support Aviation Regiment structure is reduced at Clay Kaserne, Wiesbaden, by 190 soldier spaces and at Landstuhl Heliport by 50 soldier spaces.

Information on the disposition of other units in the closing U.S. military communities of Bamberg and Schweinfurt will be provided in the near future, as those force structure actions are determined. These actions are part of DOD's ongoing restructure of resources worldwide in line with our national defense strategy and in support of combatant commanders, NATO and our European allies.

Credits: AL STERN Satellite Beach FL (MilRadioComms Group)