Army Europe Transformation On Track

Army Europe Transformation On Track
May 16, 2008
Army News Service|by Dave Melancon

GRAFENWÖHR, Germany - The transformation of U.S. Army Europe will continue as planned and scheduled, said Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard A. Cody during a visit here May 10.

The plan laid out and refined by former USAREUR Commanders Gen. B.B. Bell and Gen. David McKiernan "is a plan that we are going to execute," Cody said after observing exercise Austere Challenge 08 here.

Europe will continue to serve as a power projection platform for the Army's efforts in the Global War on Terrorism while also providing state-of-the-art training areas for U.S. and allied Soldiers, the general added.

"It is about getting the (Army's) footprint in Europe right north and south of the Alps, as well as Joint Task Force-East (in Romania and Bulgaria)," Cody said. "That footprint has been well thought out."

The merging of the U.S. Army Europe and V Corps headquarters into the 7th Army is part of the Army's overall transformation, Cody said, noting that the deployable portion of the new 7th Army construct was tested during AC08.


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