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[Translate to French:] Strasbourg (France), Vendredi 4 Juillet

Madame Claude-France ARNOULD, Directeur pour les questions de défense au Secrétariat général du Conseil de l’Union Européenne s’est rendue au Corps Européen. Elle a...

Strasbourg (France), 3rd July 2008.

Today the French Air Force Lieutenant General Labaye, head of the Institute for Higher National Defence Studies, visited HQ Eurocorps. He was welcomed by Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch,...

Strasbourg (France), 2nd July 2008.

The British Lieutenant General Richard Shirreff, Commander of Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he was welcomed...

Strasbourg (France), 23rd June 2008.

The Dutch Brigadier General Van Wiggen, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations of the 1st (German/Netherlands) Corps visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he...

Strasbourg (France), 20th June 2008

At the Aubert de Vincelles Barracks during a ceremony presided by Major General Eddy Testelmans, Commander of the Belgian Landcomponent, Belgian Brigadiergeneral Eddy Staes became the new...

Strasbourg (France), 19th June 2008.

Today during a ceremony Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch handed over the post of Deputy Chief of Staff Operations to Brigadier General Eddy Staes (right side of the picture). He replaces...

Strasbourg (France), 13th June 2008.

Lieutenant Colonel (Belgian Army) DUYCK becomes the Commander of the Headquarters Support Battalion (HQ Spt Bn) of HQ Eurocorps. He replaces Lieutenant Colonel (German Army) WACHTER.

Strasbourg (France), 13th June 2008.

Today Commander Eurocorps awarded 24 of his multinational headquarters personnel for their outstanding work in the past year during a commendation parade in the Aubert de Vincelles barracks.

Strasbourg (France), 12th June 2008

Today, Lieutenant General Pedro PITARCH, Eurocorps Commander, paid Mr. Roland RIES a courtesy call. Mr. RIES is the mayor of the city of Strasbourg that hosts the multinational Headquarters...

Strasbourg (France), 12th June 2008

Today at 14h00 the exercise ended with a closing ceremony at the parade ground of the Aubert de Vincelles barracks.

Strasbourg (France), 10th June 2008.

The Polish Brigadier General Pilot Slawomir Kaluźiński, Deputy Chief of Staff Support of Allied Air Component Command (AOCC) Headquarters Ramstein visited Headquarters Eurocorps.

Strasbourg (France)

On Monday 9th June 2008 (S+3) in the afternoon the Commanding General of HQ Eurocorps, Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, accompanied by Brigadier General Georg Nachtsheim, inspected the EC's on-going CP...

Strasbourg (France), 8th June 2008

On the training platform of HQ Eurocorps at the Aubert de Vincelles barracks two different worlds can be identified: the Directing Staff (DISTAFF) with the response cells (RCs) and the Primary...

Strasbourg (France), 7th June 2008 (13h00-19h30)

Each year Headquarters Eurocorps organizes a family day in the month of June. This year it is a special occasion because we have this Eurocorps family celebration in the middle of...

Brussels (Belgium), 7th June 2008.

HQ Eurocorps was present with its exposition stand at the Open Door of the Council of the European Union in Brussels. At the European Consilium Building, in the heart of the European district...

Strasbourg (France), 7th June 2008

Seville (Perseus) Today work continued at the Initial Command Post (ICP) of Land Component Command of EUFOR AP. The Initial Command Post commands and controls the Initial Entry Forces during...

Strasbourg (France), 6th June 2008

Today Major General MARENGO, Commanding General of EMF2, payed a visit to the Eurocorps’ Exercise Command Post training II/08. At the training platform together with the Chief of Staff,...

Sevilla (Spain), 5th June 2008

In his address, General Pitarch broached several subjects: firstly he highlighted the importance for the European Defence of the development of the concept of Reinforced Cooperation and Permanent...

Strasbourg (France), 5th June 2008.

Today the participants at the Exercise Command Post training II/08 employed at the Initial Command Post (ICP) received the visit of the Exercise Commander, Brigadier General Ramirez, Deputy...

Sevilla (Spain), 5th June 2008.

Today Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Eurocorps Commander, accompanied by Major General Hubert De Vos, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, has been received by the Delegate of the Spanish...

Badajoz (Spain), 4th June 08.

Today Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Eurocorps Commander, visited the 11 Spanish Mechanized Brigade in Badajoz, in the South-West of Spain, accompanied by Lieutenant General Virgilio Sanudo,...

Strasbourg (France), 4th June 2008

Today the participants at Exercise Command Post training II/08 were occupied with the continuation of the SICF training (a learning process in order to operate the French Forces Information and...

Sevilla (Spain), 3rd June 2008.

Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Eurocorps Commander, paid a visit to the Headquarters of the Spanish Land Forces, command level of the Spanish Army units that are assigned to HQ Eurocorps....

Strasbourg (France), 2nd June 2008

Today the bulk of the participants arrived at HQ Eurocorps and started the exercise with the traditional in-processing.

Elements from Eurocorps' Multinational Command Support Brigade (MNCS...

Strasbourg (France), 1st June 2008.

This sunny Sunday the Public Information Office of HQ Eurocorps was present at the “Fête des deux rives” from 10h00 till 18h00. They distributed information on HQ Eurocorps. They talked with...

Strasbourg (France), 27th May 2008

HQ Eurocorps will execute its Command Post exercise from the 2nd June till 13th June 2008. Some 500 soldiers will participate coming from Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg and...

Strasbourg (France), 28th May 2008.

Spanish Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Commanding General Eurocorps, went to the opening ceremony of the exercise European Endeavour in Stetten am Kalten Markt / Black Forrest in...

Thursday 22nd of May 2008, Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Commanding General of the Eurocorps, executed the imposition of the red sash on Spanish Brigade General Ramirez, Deputy Chief of Staff Support.

Especially this...

Strasbourg (France), 22nd May 2008

Today a delegation of the Defence Committee of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union (WEU), headed by the British chairman Robert WALTER, visited Headquarters Eurocorps,...

Trente sept membres de la Commission des Finances du sénat se sont rendu le mardi 20 mai au quartier général du Corps Européen pour assister à une présentation de cette unité et traiter en particulier les aspects financiers....

Strasbourg (France), 19 Mai 2008.

Ce lundi un exemple de l’application de technologie de communication moderne devenue journalière a été donné par le Corps Européen. De son bureau, le Commandant Générale du Corps Européen,...

Strasbourg (France), 15th May 2008

Today a demonstration team from the 57th Artillery Regiment of Bitche (France) surprised the members of the Commanders' Conference. A 75mm artillery gun appeared on the parade ground, pulled by...

Strasbourg (France), 15th-16th May 2008

The Commanders' Conference 2008 is being conducted on the 15th and 16th May 2008 in the Aubert de Vincelles compound in Strasbourg. The general aim of Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch with...

Strasbourg (France), 14th May 2008

The International Division of the Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIoJ), oldest established organization of professional journalists in the world, visited HQ Eurocorps. The journalists...

Strasbourg (France), 9th May 2008.

Today was the Day of Europe. It was celebrated during a ceremony that took place at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. A multinational Eurocorps detachment were the actors of the flag...

Strasbourg (France), 8 Mai 2008.

Le général de division SOMMAIRE a remis la légion d’honneur au général de division PUENTES-ZAMORA (ESP) et au général de brigade SPINDLER (ALL). Quant au colonel SCHÖBINGER (ALL), au colonel...

Brussels (Belgium), 5th May 2008.

Upon request of the President of the Subcommission for Security and Defence, Karl Von Wogau, the Eurocorps Commander for the first time officially addressed today the European Parliamentarians...

Strasbourg (France), 4 mai 2008

Le Quartier Général du Corps Européen était présent à la journée des portes-ouvertes du Parlement Européen à Strasbourg. De 10h00 à 18h00 des miliers de gens ont visité notre stand d'exposition et...

Orzysz (Poland), 23rd April 2008

Today Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch visited the 15th Polish Mechanized Brigade in Orzysz, in the North-East of Poland.

He was welcomed by Brigadier General Zbigniew SMOK, who presented his...

Warsaw (Poland), 22nd April 2008

Today the Spanish Lieutenant General Pedro PITARCH, Eurocorps Commander, started an official visit to Poland in response to an invitation of the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed...

Bourg Léopold (Belgique), 14 & 15 Avril 2008.

Dans la soirée du 14 avril, le lieutenant général Pedro Pitarch, le général commandant du Corps Européen, est arrivé dans la ville de garnison de la 1ère Brigade, une des brigades...

Lunéville (France), 14-24 April 2008

Headquarters Eurocorps (HQ EC) conducted Exercise “Blue Gabriel” from 14 to 24 April 2008 at a French barrack near Lunéville (France), under HQ EC G6 Branch as OSE (Officer Scheduling the...

On April 2nd a wreath laying ceremony was held at the Ossuary of Douaumont near Verdun (France). Flowers were laid, the eternal flame of the Unknown Soldier was rekindled and letters from French and German soldiers from the Great...

Strasbourg/Verdun – In pursuance of further education in the field of military history, members of the multinational Eurocorps Headquarters travelled to the World War I battlefields in the proximity of Verdun at the beginning of...

Strasbourg (France), 27 Mars 2008.

Le Général de Corps d’Armée Pedro PITARCH, commandant l’Eurocorps depuis le 21 septembre dernier, a apposé sa signature, le jeudi 27 mars 2008, sur un document permettant l’ouverture d’un...

Strasbourg/Entzheim/Pau (France), 5-6 March 2008

Eurocorps activates the Fact Finding Team (FFT = 26 soldiers and 7 vehicles), its advance party for operational deployments.

The aircraft takes off from Entzheim and lands after...

Valdahon (France), 25-29 February 2008

EURETEX is EURocorps’ major Engineers Training EXercise. In preparation for a real mission in a multinational environment, it was conducted to develop and improve the interoperability of...

Strasbourg (France), 19th February 2008

Colonel Gaston Reinig, Chief of Defense Staff of Luxembourg since 21 January 2008, paid a visit to the Headquarters Eurocorps today. He was welcomed by Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch,...

On 16th January a delegation of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Security and Defence, headed by its president, Karl von Wogau, paid a visit to Headquarters Eurocorps.

Strasbourg - 11th January 2008 – This afternoon, high ranking authorities, including several Ministers of Defence from Eurocorps’s Framework Nations, visited our Headquarters.

Madrid (Spain) 18th December 2007

Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Eurocorps Commander, attended the annual meeting of the Eurocorps Common Committee chaired by the Spanish Chief of Defence, General Sanz Roldan.This year,...

Strasbourg (France), 13th December 2007

Headquarters Eurocorps celebrated Christmas during a lunch at both barracks: Aubert de Vincelles and Lizé. Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Commander Eurocorps, addressed his soldiers and...

Strasbourg (France), 10 December 2007

At the Aubert de Vincelles Barracks during a ceremony presided by Major General Testelmans, Commander of the Belgian Landcomponent, Belgian Brigadiergeneral Hubert De Vos became the new...

Brussels – 21st November 2007. This afternoon, Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Eurocorps Commander, paid a visit to the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, at the Council of the...

Wildflecken (Germany), 19 November 2007

Distinguished visitors and media (Spanish TVE television team and German local correspondents) paid a visit to Exercise Common Tenacity. High-ranking Flags, officers and Spanish Senators...

On 14 November 2007 18:00 hours, the Spanish Lieutenant General Pedro PITARCH Commanding General of the Eurocorps met during a scheduled office call the President of the European Parliament, Hans PÖTTERING.

Wildflecken (Germany), November 13th

In the afternoon the participants of exercise Common Tenacity 2007 gathered for the opening ceremony on the Eisenhower Square in Camp Wildflecken. Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Commanding...

Wildflecken (Germany), 12 November 2007

This weekend a stormy weather front coming from the East hit the Rhön Mountains in Germany. At an altitude of 600 meter, Camp Wildflecken experienced heavy snowfall. In no time the command...

Wildflecken (Germany), 10 November 2007

Some 200 participants at exercise Common Tenacity train since 3 days on the Communication and Information System (CIS) and on the KORA (Corps level Simulation Model) of the German Army...

On 7 November 2007, the Spanish Lieutenant General Pedro PITARCH Commanding General of the Eurocorps since September 21rst paid a visit to the Chief of Staff of the Luxemburg Army, Colonel Nico RIES to discuss on the situation of...

Strasbourg (France), November 6th 2007

Today, Lieutenant General Pedro PITARCH, Spanish Commanding General of the Eurocorps Headquarters since September 21st, paid Mr Philippe RICHERT a courtesy call. Mr RICHERT is the...

Wildflecken (Germany), November 5th 2007

Today the bulk of the participants arrived at the training area in Camp Wildflecken, the German Army Warfighting Simulation Center. For three weeks some 1000 soldiers from 11 different...

Madrid (Spain), Oct 29th 2007

the Spanish Lieutenant General Pedro PITARCH Commanding General of the Eurocorps since September 21rst paid a visit to the Chief of Defence Staff of the Spanish Armed Forces General Felix Sanz...

Paris (France), October 25th 2007

The Spanish Lieutenant General Pedro PITARCH Commanding General of the Eurocorps since September 21rst paid a visit to the Chief of Defense (Chef d’état-major des armées) of the French Armed...

Strasbourg (France), October 24th 2007

General PITARCH Eurocorps Commander has presided the ceremony in commemoration of the Federal Constitutional Law on the permanent neutrality of Austria passed on 26 October 1955 . For this...

October 24th 2007, 1140 am

Two mirages 2000 from Nancy airbase (FRA) and four F-16 from Florennes airbase (BEL) flow over the Eurocorps HQ to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Air Representation to the Eurocorps.

This...

Berlin (Germany), October 23rd 2007

The Commanding General of the Eurocorps, Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, paid a visit to the Chief of Staff (Generalinspekteur) of the German Bundeswehr General Wolfgang Schneiderhan in...

Strasbourg (France), October 19th 2007

Lieutenant General PITARCH visited Monsieur Jean-Paul COSTA, French judge , President of the Europeen Human Right Court since 19 January 2007 after five years of service as vice...

Strasbourg – Lieutenant General Pitarch, Eurocorps Commander, has held today a meeting with a Japanese press delegation interested for this European Unit.

LTG Pitarch and his Chief of Staff, General Nachtsheim, have received...

Madrid (Spain), October 12th 2007

Eurocorps Commander, LTG Pedro Pitarch, attended the military parade in Madrid on the Spanish National Day.After the parade, LTG Pitarch attended the reception given by the King of Spain to...

Strasbourg (France), October 10th 2007

It is traditional for a new commander to pay tribute to the Strasbourg citizens who died for their country. Today Lieutenant General PITARCH laid a wreath at the Memorial on place de la...

October 10th 2007, at the Aubert de Vincelles barracks in Strasbourg (France), a ceremony to celebrate the Spanish and German National Days has been organized.

Because the national days of these two Eurocorps’ framework nations...

Strasbourg (France), October 9th 2007

Today, Lieutenant General Pedro PITARCH,Eurocorps Commander, paid Mrs Fabienne KELLER a courtesy call. Mrs KELLER is the mayor of the city of Strasbourg that hosts the multinational...

Müllheim (Germany), October 4th 2007

Today, Lieutenant General Pedro PITARCH, Commanding General of Headquarters Eurocorps, payed a visit to the German-French Brigade, the spear point of  Eurocorps’ combat forces. The...

Strasbourg (France), October 3rd 2007

Today, Lieutenant General Pedro PITARCH, Commanding General of Headquarters Eurocorps, met for an office call with the Préfet de la Région Alsace, Préfet du Bas Rhin, Mister Jean Marc...

Strasbourg (France), September 21st 2007

At the Aubert de Vincelles barracks the change of command is executed with symbolism. The pennant of HQ Eurocorps plays a primary role. The Belgian Lieutenant General Charles-Henri...

Strasbourg (France), September 21st 2007

Today, during a ceremony presided by the Spanish Chief of Defence General Félix Sanz Roldán, the change of command at Headquarters Eurocorps took place. Spanish Lieutenant General Pedro...

Lieutenant General Pitarch graduated from the Military Academy of Zaragoza as a First Lieutenant of Infantry in 1968. His first assignments include: platoon leader and company commander in the Infantry Regiment “Aragón”, teacher...

Strasbourg (France), September 14th 2007

Today, during a ceremony presided by Lieutenant General Charles Henri DELCOUR, Commanding General of HQ Eurocorps, the change of command at the Multinational Command Support Brigade took...

Strasbourg (France), 4th September 2007

Today, presided by Lieutenant General Gérard VAN CAELENBERGE, commander of the Belgian Air Component, the Air Representation at Eurocorps changed command. Spanish Colonel LLANOS handed his...

Brussels (Belgium), 21st July 2007

After an inspection by the King of the Belgians, HRH Albert II, a multinational Eurocorps detachment marched as part of a “EU 50 Years group” through the crowded streets of Brussels and in...

Peutie (Belgium), July 20th 2007

A multinational Eurocorps detachment integrated in the ‘EU 50 Years’ group, an important and symbolic part of this year’s Belgian National Day parade. Together with the other marching...

Nijmegen (The Netherlands), July 18th 2007

The 91st “Nijmeegse Vierdaagse” started without problems on Tuesday July 17th. Eight soldiers of Headquarters Eurocorps participate in this traditional four days march together with...

Strasbourg (France), July 12th 2007

European Parliament President Hans-Gert PöTTERING was welcomed in front of a multinational honour guard by Lieutenant General Charles-Henri Delcour. The President of the European Parliament...

Strasbourg (France), July 11th 2007

To celebrate the Belgian, French and Luxembourg national days, a military ceremony was organized at the Eurocorps Headquarters barracks Aubert de Vincelles today. After Lieutenant General...

Strasbourg (France) - Brussels (Belgium), July 2007.

A very specific training schedule gathered Eurocorps Headquarters’ soldiers on the parade ground of the Aubert de Vincelles barracks these days. One could hear parade...

Strasbourg (France), June 26th 2007

Every year some 2000 to 3000 civilians pay a visit to headquarters Eurocorps to be briefed by its public information officers. The visitors are mostly students invited by the European...

Buchholz (Beachland), 21st June 2007

EXERCISE

EURO LAB forces successfully completed the first phase of operation NEMEA today. This afternoon the fictitious scenario of Eurocorps exercise Common Endeavour will come to a...

Strasbourg (France), 20th June 2007

Lieutenant General Wolfgang OTTO, Commander German Army Forces Command at Koblenz (Germany), and Lieutenant General Jan OERDING, Commander Response Force Operation Command at Ulm (Germany)...

Strasbourg (France), 19th June 2007

Today Spanish Army Chief General Carlos VILLAR TURRAU visited Headquarters Eurocorps and the ongoing exercise Common Endeavour. He was welcomed by Lieutenant General Charles-Henri DELCOUR,...

EXERCISE

Early 2006 the situation of ethnic minorities in both BEACHLAND and AMBERLAND aggravated.

Incidents including artillery fires occurred between the two armed forces along the borders. The armed ethnic group Scorpions...

Celle (Coastland), 17th June 2007

Brigade units of the EUFOR LAB Land Forces started deploying into an area of 6 kilometres on both sides of the cease-fire line between Beachland and Amberland. The fictitious and generic...

Strasbourg (France), 16th June 2007

Helicopter pilot Theodoros KAPETANIOS is a Eurocorps Staff Officer from the Peloponnesus. In Common Endeavour he is handling all army aviation related matters. “It is the first exercise where...