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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 canon appeared on the parade ground, pulled...

Strasbourg (France), 15-16 May 2008

The Commanders Conference 2008 is 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 this...

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 visited the training area...

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), 8th May 2008.

During the investiture Major General SOMMAIRE, deputy commanding general Eurocorps, made Major General Fransisco PUENTES (Spain) and Brigadier General Walter SPINDLER (Germany) knights of the...

Brussels (Belgium), 5th May 2008.

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

Strasbourg (France), 4th May 2008

Headquarters Eurocorps was present at the annual Open Door of the European Parliament at Strasbourg. From 10h00 to 18h00 thousands visited our Eurocorps exposition stand and talked with...

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...

Leopoldsburg (Belgium) – 14 & 15 April 2008.

In the late afternoon of the 14th April, Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Eurocorps Commander, arrived in the garrison of the 1st Belgian Medium Brigade, one of the earmarkable...

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), 27th March 2008

Spanish Lieutenant General Pedro PITARCH, Commanding General of the Eurocorps since September 21st, 2007, has received today from Mr HAGENBACH, regional director of the ‘Crédit Industriel et...

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 president.

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...

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...

Strasbourg (France), 15 June 2007

At the training platform security is a top priority. The participants have to be able to eventually also tumble real incidents that can happen during the exercise. Training with the fire...

Strasbourg (France), 14 June 2007

Another busy day at the training platform of HQ EUROCORPS. The Multinational Command Support Brigade continues to prepare the facility for the start of operation NEMEA. The last shelters have...

Strasbourg (France), June 13th 2007

Today HQ EUROCORPS' personnel train the multinational brigades and the augmentees in the use of the specific command tools that will be used during "Common Endeavour". Practical lessons on the...

Strasbourg (France), June 11th 2007

The command post exercise "Common Endeavour 2007" started with the traditional In-Processing at the dining facilities of HQ Eurocorps at the Aubert de Vincelles compound. Early in the morning...

Strasbourg (France), June 11th 2007

In the afternoon 596 participants, soldiers from twelve different nations, gathered for the official welcome parade taking place at Aubert de Vincelles compound.

The countries represented...

Strasbourg (France), June 7th 2006

Lieutenant General Charles-Henri Delcour, Commander Eurocorps, and his flag officers visited the training facility of HQ Eurocorps for a final inspection before the start of exercise "Common...

"Common Endeavour" will start next week in HQ EUROCORPS' own barracks. From June 11th to June 22nd 2007 a command post exercise will take place, training EUROCORPS' soldiers. Through this exercise EUROCORPS' high level of...

On May 10th, Lieutenant General Charles-Henri Delcour, Commander Eurocorps, was awarded the honor of "Commandeur dans l'Ordre Grand-Ducal de la Couronne de Chêne" by the Luxembourg Minister of Defence, Mister Jean-Louis Schiltz....

Strasbourg (France), 9th May 2007.

Today was the Day of Europe. It was celebrated during a ceremony that took place at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Mrs Fabienne Keller, mayor of Strasbourg, and Mr P.Nikiforus...

Strasbourg (France), 1st May 2007.

As every year since 1993, the European Parliament opened its doors to the public on 1st of May. The theme set for this year was of course the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. Eurocorps,...

Strasbourg (France), 5th April 2007.

Major General Carlos Enrique Aocosta Perez, Vice Minister of Defense and Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Venezuela, paid a visit to Eurocorps Headquarters on April 5th 2007...

Strasbourg (France), 3rd April 2007.

Major General Giacomo Guarnera (Italy), Commander EUROFOR (HQ in Firenze, Italy), paid a visit to the Eurocorps HQ today. After an office call with Lieutenant General Charles-Henri Delcour,...

Strasbourg (France), 1st March 2007.

The Deputy President of the European Satellite Centre (EUSC), based in Torrejon (Spain), visited the HQ Eurocorps today. Mister Tomaz Lovrencic was accompanied by his Head of Operations...

Strasbourg (France), 8th February 2007.

The attendees to the General Staff Officers course of the Belgian Royal Defense College paid a visit to Eurocorps Headquarters today. They were accompanied by Lieutenant-General Michel...

Strasbourg (France), 25th January 2007.

On 25th January, at the invitation of Lieutenant General Charles-Henri Delcour, Commanding General of the Eurocorps, numerous civilian authorities of the Alsace region, the city of...

Strasbourg (France), 23rd January 2007.

Mr. Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian Prime Minister, paid for the first time a visit to the Eurocorps headquarters. He was welcomed at Entzheim airport by Mr. Jean-Paul Faugère, Préfet of...

On 23rd January 2007, Mr. Guy Verhofstad, Belgian Prime Minister, paid for the first time a visit to the Eurocorps HQ. The Minister of Defence, Mr. André Flahaut, accompanied him. After a few briefings, Lieutenant General...

Strasbourg (France), 10th January 2007

The 7th rotation of the NATO Response Force (NRF) ends today, after a six month long operational standby period. Eurocorps assumed the Command of the Land Component of this NRF7...

Strasbourg (France), 20th December 2006

City Mayor Mrs Fabienne Keller and Lieutenant General Charles-Henri Delcour met briefly under the Place Kléber's Grand Sapin (large christmas tree) for the hand over occasion this...

Berlin (Germany), 14th December 2006

At the Common Committee meeting in Berlin Eurocorps was heartily congratulated on its NRF-preparation and standby period. The Common Committee, composed of the political directors of the...

Strasbourg (France), 12th December 2006.

During one of the first cold days of this winter, the Eurocorps met in a short but official ceremony. Lieutenant General Charles-Henri Delcour, Commanding General Eurocorps, commended 22...

Strasbourg (France), November 10th 2006

The Headquarters Eurocorps had it autumn cross-country on the 10th November 2006. All available Eurocorps personnel ran at this cold and fresh but sunny morning. The start and the arrival...

Valdahon (France),7th November 2006

Lieutenant-General Charles-Henri Delcour, Commander Eurocorps, visited units of the French-German Brigade in the French training area of Valdahon. The 110 French Régiment d'Infanterie and the...

Strasbourg (France), 24th October 2006.

Some 50 high ranking military visitors will amongst other witness the Fact Finding Team  (FFT) training of the NRF Land Component today. The ongoing exercise Common Tenacity...

Strasbourg (France), 22nd October 2006.

One of the main objectives of Common Tenacity 2006 is to integrate the newcomers who have joined the Eurocorps in the second half of 2006, and are now committed with their elder colleagues...

Eurocorps Headquarters Aubert de Vincelles, 16th October 2006.

In the early morning hours Eurocorps has started its exercise nicknamed "Common Tenacity 06". After the inprocessing sequence and a series of briefings setting the...

Strasbourg (France), 11th October 2006.

Because the national days of some of Eurocorps’ framework nations are close one to another, the Eurocorps community celebrates them together. In Germany the 3rd of October or “Tag der...

Strasbourg (France), 27th September 2006

The organization of this event, the number of participants and a nice weather made it a success. The first aim was to welcome the summer rotation newcomers’ families and to inform them...

Strasbourg (France), 26-27 September 2006

The Eurocorps NATO Response Force-7 (NRF) Land Component Commanders Conference III/2006 was conducted on the 26th and 27th September 2006 in the Aubert de Vincelles compound in...

The French-German Brigade (FGB) is a bi-national major unit. The Brigade covers the entire mission spectrum of European Union (EU) and NATO operations. They provide the core of an Initial Entry Force, primarily in a Eurocorps-led...

BERGEN (Germany), 13th September

Commander Eurocorps, Lieutenant General Charles-Henri Delcour, witnessed a Field Training Exercise (FTX) from the French-German Brigade on the 12th and 13th September 2006.The Brigade is...

Strasbourg (France)