The
spectrum of possible missions for Eurocorps covers all types of
operations: disaster relief, humanitarian aid, security assistance, low
intensity conflicts, peace keeping, medium intensity conflicts, peace
restoring and enforcing up to high intensity conflicts. The Eurocorps
command posts are capable of commanding multiple battalions, brigades,
divisions and army corps level troops.
These capacities are available for the security and defense needs of the European Union, NATO, the UN, the OSCE or the framework nations.
Headquarters Eurocorps was declared operational in November 1995, just two years after the arrival of the first commanding general. The founding fathers intention was realized as Eurocorps was available for the "Petersberg" missions and through the SACEUR agreement also ready for use by NATO. The following years Eurocorps' presence at missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan have proven the operational qualities of this multinational unit. NATO evaluated Eurocorps as an excellent headquarters capable of mastering difficult missions. All these missions make of Eurocorps one of the most deployed headquarters in Europe.
The changing geo-political environment and the proposed adaptations by the North Atlantic Council to cope with these new challenges had an important influence on Eurocorps. In June 1999 at the NATO Summit in Prague the creation of Rapid Reaction Corps was decided. After a long preparation and substantial changes Eurocorps was certified as such a High Readiness Force in 2002. The following decision concerning even more reactive forces, NATO Response Force, was implemented in Eurocorps in 2006. The changes resulting from the new NATO Command Structure (decision in Lisbon 2010) already results in preparations for a Joint Task Force.
These capacities are available for the security and defense needs of the European Union, NATO, the UN, the OSCE or the framework nations.
Headquarters Eurocorps was declared operational in November 1995, just two years after the arrival of the first commanding general. The founding fathers intention was realized as Eurocorps was available for the "Petersberg" missions and through the SACEUR agreement also ready for use by NATO. The following years Eurocorps' presence at missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan have proven the operational qualities of this multinational unit. NATO evaluated Eurocorps as an excellent headquarters capable of mastering difficult missions. All these missions make of Eurocorps one of the most deployed headquarters in Europe.
The changing geo-political environment and the proposed adaptations by the North Atlantic Council to cope with these new challenges had an important influence on Eurocorps. In June 1999 at the NATO Summit in Prague the creation of Rapid Reaction Corps was decided. After a long preparation and substantial changes Eurocorps was certified as such a High Readiness Force in 2002. The following decision concerning even more reactive forces, NATO Response Force, was implemented in Eurocorps in 2006. The changes resulting from the new NATO Command Structure (decision in Lisbon 2010) already results in preparations for a Joint Task Force.
press release
Exercise JOINT SPIRIT 13
4 December 2013
From
24 November to 06 December 2013, Eurocorps is organising exercise «
JOINT SPIRIT 2013 » at the Aubert de Vincelles barracks in Strasbourg
(France). « JOINT SPIRIT 2013 » is the third of five exercises of the JTF concept validation cycle which started in 2013 and will end in November 2014.
The aim is to train and evaluate Eurocorps’ capacity to command a Joint Task Force (JTF) in the early entry phase of a multinational mission under UN mandate.
As a multinational Army Corps, available for both NATO and EU, Eurocorps permanently engages in responding to NATO’s challenging ambitions. The Eurocorps staff is following a certification process allowing it to acquire command and control capacities on an operational level (land-air-sea).
On 4 December 2013 from 09h00 a media day is organized in the Aubert de Vincelles Barracks (route du Corps européen, Strasbourg) for the international, national and regional press. At 09h15 the program starts with a presentation of the exercise followed by a visit to the JTF Command Post and the opportunity to meet the commanding officers.
Working at HQ Eurocorps
The majority of the jobs at HQ Eurocorps are filled with military personnel. The framework nations agreed to provide the personnel. Therefore the nations select their candidates for a job at HQ Eurocorps among their armed forces.If you would like to work at HQ Eurocorps, you should become a soldier, NCO or officer of the armed forces of one of the framework nations (Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg or Spain). In order to enlist please check at your national recruitement offices or the web site of your national Ministry of Defence.
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JTSP13 - Closing Ceremony
5 December 2013
Lieutenant General Guy Buchsenschmidt, Commanding
General of Eurocorps, showed the troops during the closing ceremony of
the exercise Joint Spirit 13. During his speech he thanked all the
participants, externals and from Eurocorps, as training audience or as
real life support, for their individual effort to add to the success of
the third validation exercise. Another important step, on its way to a
Joint Task Force, was realized with this two week long training period.
Drafter : HAEGDORENS
Photographer : LASAREW ©
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