The United States Army has over 40 military installations in Germany, two of which are scheduled to close. Over 220 others have already been closed, mostly following the end of the Cold War in the 1990s. Many were positioned strategically to serve as forward posts, in any war against the USSR.
The United States Armed Forces were initially organized as USEFT (United States Force European Theater), from 1 August 1945 to 28 February 1946 A.D., in Berlin and Frankfurt am Main, in the I.G. Farben building. On 15 March 1947, they were reassigned to EUCOM (European Command) in Frankfurt. In 1948, they moved from Frankfurt to the Campbell Barracks from Heidelberg. On 1 January 1950, it was reorganized as USAREUR (United States Army Europe). USAREUR was subordinate to USEUCOM (United States European Command), since 1967, at the Patch Barracks from Stuttgart-Vaihingen.
Existing installations
- Artillery Kaserne, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Barton Barracks, Ansbach
- Bismarck Kaserne, Ansbach
- Bleidorn Housing Area, Ansbach
- Coleman Army Airfield/Coleman Barracks, Mannheim
- Daenner Kaserne, Kaiserslautern
- Dagger Complex, Darmstadt Training Center Griesheim (scheduled to close after the new one in Wiesbaden is built)
- Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Lucius D. Clay Kaserne (formerly Wiesbaden Army Airfield), Wiesbaden-Erbenheim
- Franken Kaserne, Near Westheim, Bavaria
- Germersheim Army Depot, Germersheim
- Grafenwöhr Training Area, Grafenwöhr/Vilseck
- Grunstadt Depot, Grunstadt
- Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels (Upper Palatinate)
- Husterhoeh Kaserne, Pirmasens
- Kaiserslautern Military Community Base System, Kaiserslautern
- Katterbach Kaserne, Ansbach
- Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart
- Kleber Kaserne, Kaiserslautern
- Lampertheim training area, Lampertheim, Hesse
- Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl
- McCully Barracks, Wackernheim
- Miesau Army Depot, Miesau
- Oberdachstetten Storage Area, Ansbach
- Panzer Kaserne, Kaiserslautern
- Panzer Kaserne, Böblingen
- Patch Barracks, Stuttgart
- Pulaski Barracks, Kaiserslautern
- Ramstein Air Base, Ramstein-Miesenbach, Rhinland-palatinate
- Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern
- Robinson Barracks, Stuttgart
- Rose Barracks, Vilseck
- Sembach Kaserne, Kaiserslautern
- Sheridan Barracks, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Shipton Kaserne, Ansbach
- Smith Barracks, Baumholder
- Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Spangdahlem
- Storck Barracks, Illesheim
- Stuttgart Army Airfield, Filderstadt
- Mainz-Kastel Storage Station
- U.S.A.G. Wiesbaden Military Training Area, Mainz, Gonsenheim/Mombach
- U.S.A.G. Wiesbaden Training Area, Mainz Finthen Airport
- U.S.A.G. Wiesbaden Radar Station, Mainz Finthen Airport
- Urlas Housing and Shopping Complex, Ansbach (converted from Urlas Training Area in early 2010s)
- Tower Barracks Dülmen, Dülmen
- Wetzel barracks, Baumholder
Former installations
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