Strasbourg (France), 22 June 2009. New important step for the Eurocorps, whose framework nations, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain and Luxembourg, are today welcoming a new nation in the Headquarters. Italy is becoming the fifth...
Lunéville (France), 15-25 June 2009
Blue Gabriel: the basics of Interoperability
More than 240 personnel, almost 70 vehicles, 100 telephones, computers, routers, switchers and – of course- some coffee machines are the main...
Burgos (Spain), 11 June 2009.
EURETEX is EURocorps’ major Engineers Training EXercise. It is conducted in a multinational environment in order to develop and improve the interoperability of the engineer units affiliated to...
Strasbourg (France), 9 June 2009
Today the IV Annual NATO Legal Conference, organized by the Legal Office of the Allied Command Transformation (SEE/ACT) started at HQ Eurocorps. The Spanish Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch,...
Strasbourg (France), 3 June 2009
Today a delegation of 37 Defence Attachés appointed in Paris paid a visit to Headquarters Eurocorps. They were welcomed by the Commanding General Eurocorps, the Spanish Lieutenant General Pedro...
Strasbourg / Besançon (France), 26-27 May 2009
In pursuance of further education in the field of military history, members of the multinational Eurocorps Headquarters traveled to Besançon, capital of the Franche-Comté region....
Wildflecken (Germany), 14 May 2009.
Today during the distinguished visitors day at the exercise European Endeavour 09 several top ranking visitors paid a visit to the Land Component Command (LCC) provided by HQ Eurocorps. Major...
Brussel and Luxembourg, 12 May 2009
This morning the Commanding General of HQ Eurocorps, Spanish Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, paid a visit to the Belgian Chief of Defence Staff, General Charles-Henri Delcour. In the...
Strasbourg (France), 9th May 2009.
Today the Day of Europe was celebrated in the European capital. A flag ceremony took place at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. A multinational Eurocorps detachment with soldiers from the...
Wildflecken (Germany), 7 May 2009
Today, Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Commanding General of HQ Eurocorps inspected the Land Component Command (LCC) at the Wildflecken Training Area. He met with Major General Sommaire, who...
Wildflecken (Germany), 4 May 2009
Exercise "European Endeavour 09"
Some 600 military personnel from HQ Eurocorps are exercising in Wildflecken Training Area. HQ Eurocorps acts as the Land Component Command (LCC). This combined...
Wildflecken (Germany), 27 April 2009
Today some 600 military personnel from HQ Eurocorps left Strasbourg in order to participate in Exercise “European Endeavour 09” at the Wildflecken Training Area in Germany. This combined...
Strasbourg (France), 23 April 2009
A group of German parliamentarians from Lower Saxony visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the visit they were welcomed by Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Commanding General Eurocorps.
Strasbourg (France), 1 April 2009
A new book on HQ Eurocorps is published. This hard cover book of 200 pages, written in French, is titled: "L'Eurocorps et l'Europe de la Défense". For further information consult the website:...
Strasbourg (France), 1st April 2009
The Turkish Major General Gurdere Attila, National Military Representative to SHAPE HQ, visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he was welcomed by...
Wildflecken (Germany), 27 March 2009
The advance party of HQ Eurocorps’ Multinational Command Support Brigade arrived in Camp Wildflecken on March 25th. Some 20 military men deal with the issues of Real Life Support for the...
Strasbourg (France), 24th March 2009
A delegation of the 1 German/Netherlands Corps headed by the French Brigadier General Berger visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he was welcomed by...
Strasbourg (France), 3rd March 2009
The Danish Lieutenant General Bartels, Military Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he...
Strasbourg (France), 26th February 2009.
Eurocorps Commander, Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, addresses a conference in the European Parliament for the Institute of Political Studies of Strasbourg.
Strasbourg (France), 24 February 2009.
The Commander of the FR/GE TIGER helicopter formation school (EFA), Colonel (DEU) Bussiek, visited Headquarters Eurocorps. He was welcomed by Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Commanding...
Strasbourg (France), 02 February 2009.
The German Deputy Commander of Response Force Operations Command (RFOC) ULM, Major General Fiegle, visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he was...
Strasbourg (France), 29 January 2009.
Today the president, Robert WALTER, and the secretary general, Colin CAMERON, of the European Security and Defence Assembly visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call, they were...
Strasbourg (France), 27th January 2009.
The French Army Inspector, Major General Daniel, visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he was welcomed by Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch,...
Strasbourg (France), 26 January 2009
The United States Marine Corps Advanced Warfighting School visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the visit they were welcomed by Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Commanding General...
Strasbourg (France), 22nd January 2009.
The Spanish Consul in Strasbourg, Mr. Alberto Escudero Claramunt, visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he was welcomed by Lieutenant General Pedro...
Strasbourg, 9th January 2009. - The Farewell Ceremony for the 560 members of the French-German Brigade that will deploy to the Northern sector of Kosovo, has taken place this morning on the Marktgräfler square of the German...
Strasbourg (France), 11 December 2008.
Today Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch,Commander Eurocorps, awarded 22 personnel of his multinational headquarters personnel for their outstanding work in the past year during a...
Strasbourg (France), 4 December 2008
Two months after being nominated Military Archbishop of Spain, Monsignor Juan del Río Martín has chosen Eurocorps for his first abroad pastoral visit.
Monsignor Del Río Martín was received...
Paris (France), 2 December 2008.
Annual meeting of the Eurocorps Common Committee
Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Eurocorps Commander, attended the annual meeting of the Eurocorps Common Committee chaired by the French Chief...
Mourmelon (France), 27 November 2008.
The exercise was the culmination of Eurocorps’ long preparation process. This year the HQ was involved with two other exercises and an air deployment of the Fact Finding Team. This...
Mourmelon (France), 25 November 2008.
The visitor’s day, organized by HQ Eurocorps brought more than 100 guests together – civilian authorities as well as military commanders from both sides of the Atlantic. More than forty...
EXERCISEToday in a secured location the Land Component Commander of EUFOR (COM LCC), Major General Philippe Sommaire, met with high military representatives from Vulpecula, Perseus and Auriga at the Component Military Commission...
Mourmelon (France), 20th November 2008
Brigadier General DUSQUESNE, Chief of Staff of the French Rapid Reaction Corps (CRR-FR) accompanied by a multinational team of flag an staff officers paid a visit to exercise Common Effort...
Mont-Valérien (France), 19th November 2008
Today, Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Commanding General Eurocorps, paid a visit to the Operational Headquarters (OHQ) of the European Union operation EUFOR CHAD/CAR in Mont Valérien...
Cordoba (Auriga), 19th November 2008
EXERCISE: Today in the Press Information Center the Land Component Commander, Major General Philippe Sommaire, was interviewed by the international, Vulpeculan, Persean and Aurigan press....
Mourmelon (France), 18th November 2008.
Today Lieutenant General GARDNER, Deputy Commander of Allied Land Component Command of Heidelberg paid a visit to exercise Common Effort 08. After the welcome by Lieutenant General...
Mourmelon (France), 17th November 2008, 16h30
In the afternoon the participants of exercise Common Effort 2008 gathered for the opening ceremony on the parade ground of Quartier Delestraint in Camp Mourmelon. Lieutenant General...
Mourmelon (France), 14 November 2008.
Twenty nations participate with officers and soldiers integrated in the exercise, most of them EU-member states. But even non EU-members accepted the invitation to join this training...
Mourmelon (France), 13 November 2008.
Today the participants of Common Effort 08 discovered Camp Mourmelon and exercise Common Effort 08. The exercise command called everybody to gather for the introductory briefings in the Mess...
Strasbourg - Mourmelon (France), 12 November 2008.
Today the bulk of the personnel left HQ Eurocorps and drove to Camp Mourmelon. After a road deployment of 320 kilometers some 2000 soldiers arrived at the "in processing" point.
Strasbourg (France), 5-6 November 2008
During two days, the 8th Eurocorps Committee gathered in Strasbourg. Officers from the five framework nations: Belgium, France, Germany, Spain and Luxembourg, met at HQ Eurocorps in the...
Strasbourg (France), 5th November 2008.
The new Chinese Consul General in Strasbourg, Mrs. Li Fushun, visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, she was welcomed by Lieutenant General Pedro...
Strasbourg (France), 04 November 2008
Today, the Spanish “Flag officers Course” has paid a visit to Eurocorps Headquarters. Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Eurocorps Commander, welcomed the group of 42 officers who attended a...
Toledo (Spain), 31st October 2008
Today Lieutenant General PITARCH, Eurocorps Commander, presided the Award Ceremony for the Prize “Gran Capitán”, posthumously granted to Lieutenant General ALVAREZ DEL MANZANO.
Strasbourg (France), 27 October 2008
Today, the Communication and Information Systems Company (CIS Coy) left HQ Eurocorps for the training area in Camp Mourmelon in France. Some 68 persons will install the necessary computers...
Strasbourg (France), 20th October 2008
The Romanian Consul General, Marcel Alexandru, visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he was welcomed by Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Commanding...
Strasbourg (France), 16 October 2008.
Today, the Irish Lieutenant General Patrick Nash, EU Operation Commander of EUFOR CHAD/CAR visited HQ Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he was welcomed by Lieutenant...
Strasbourg (France), 14 October 2008
The American Consul General, Vincent P. Carver, visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he was welcomed by Brigadier General Alfredo Ramirez, Deputy Chief...
Strasbourg (France), 13 October 2008.
Today the first elements of the Multinational Command Support Brigade (MNCS Bde) left HQ Eurocorps. The lorries transported shelters from the Command Post Training area to the French...
Madrid (Spain), 12 October 2008
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) 9 October 2008
At the Aubert de Vincelles barracks, a ceremony to celebrate the Spanish and German National Days has been organized.
Because the national days of these two Eurocorps’ framework nations are...
Bucharest, 7 October 2008
The Spanish Lieutenant General Pedro PITARCH, Eurocorps Commander, has traveled today to Romania for an official visit, responding to an invitation of the Romanian Armed Forces General Staff.
Strasbourg (France), 4 October 2008
15 years today, a standing multinational cooperation
Presided by Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, commander Eurocorps, accompanied by the mayor of Strasbourg and senator, Mr Roland Ries, the...
Strasbourg (France), 4 October 2008
Today a press conference took place in the town hall of the city of Strasbourg. International, national and local press attended this conference, an occasion to get update on the current...
Sevilla (Spain), 30th September 2008
Today Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Commanding General of the Eurocorps, executed the imposition of the red sash on a Spanish brigade general from the Spanish Land Forces Headquarters in...
Florence (Italy), 19th September 2008
EUROCORPS Commander, Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, attended last Friday, September 19th 2008, the military ceremony that took place in Florence, Italy, for the Change of Command of...
Strasbourg (France), 16th September 2008
The Institute for Higher National Defence Studies (IHEDN) from Paris (France) used the conference infrastructure of HQ Eurocorps to organize its 174th study session in Strasbourg (France)...
Strasbourg (France), 16th September 2008
The American Lieutenant General Karl W. Eikenberry, Deputy Chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Military Committee, visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office...
Strasbourg (France), 15th September
Colonel Michel Robiquet, the new commander of the "Region de Gendarmerie" in Alsace, paid a visit to Eurocorps and had an office call with the Commanding General Eurocorps, Lieutenant General...
Strasbourg (France), 04 September 2008
Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch, Eurocorps Commanding General, was invited to the official opening of the new European School in Strasbourg. This ceremony was presided by the French...
Strasbourg (France), 19 Aug 2008.
The British Major General J J C BUCKNALL CBE (UK Army), Chief of Staff of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he was...
Monday, 14th, July
A military parade took place today in Strasbourg to commemorate the French national day (seizure of “la Bastille” by revolutionaries and end of the French monarchy). Units representing the police, the...
Strasbourg (France), 10th July 2008.
The French Lieutenant General Christian Damay, Commander of the French Rapid Reaction Corps, visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, he was welcomed by...
Strasbourg (France), July 9th 2008
A multinational military parade took place today at the Eurocorps to celebrate the national days of Belgium (July 21st), France (July 14th ) and Luxembourg (June 23rd).
The troops were...
Strasbourg (France), 4th July 2008
Mrs Claude-France Arnould, Director for Defence aspects at the Secretary General of the European Union Council visited Headquarters Eurocorps. During the office call and the book signing, she...
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,...
Today thirty-seven members of the French Senate's Financial Committee visited Headquarters Eurocorps. They attended a Eurocorps briefing and broached financial aspects in particular.
Mr Arthuis, the committee's president, and...
Strasbourg (France), 19th May 2008.
This Monday an example of the daily application of modern communication technology was given by Eurocorps. From his office, the Eurocorps Commanding General, Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch,...
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...