United States Army Europe and Africa

United States Army Europe and Africa
Founded1942
Country United States
Branch United States Army
TypeArmy Service Component Command/Theater Army
Part of
HeadquartersLucius D. Clay Kaserne, Germany
MottoSword of Freedom
Colors   White and red
Campaigns
Websitewww.europeafrica.army.mil
Commanders
Commanding GeneralGEN Christopher T. Donahue
Deputy Commanding GeneralMG Christopher R. Norrie
Command Sergeant MajorCSM Christopher L. Mullinax
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
Combat service identification badge
NATO Map Symbol
(1997)

United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) is an Army Service Component Command/Theater Army responsible for directing United States Army operations throughout the United States European Command and United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility.

During the Cold War, it supervised ground formations primarily focused upon the Warsaw Pact to the east as part of NATO's Central Army Group. Since the revolutions of 1989, it has greatly reduced its size, dispatched U.S. forces to the Persian Gulf War, the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Kosovo War, the War in Afghanistan and increased security cooperation with other NATO land forces. From 1967 to 2006, the U.S. Army Europe dual hatted with the Seventh Army. The Seventh Army has since been dissolved and merged into the command.

On October 1. 2020, the Army announced that United States Army Africa would consolidate with U.S. Army Europe to form a new command, U.S. Army Europe and Africa. The two commands were consolidated on November 20, 2020.