HEADQUARTERS EUROCORPS : www . eurocorps . com
Dedication to a Broad Spectrum of Missions
By MAJ . Hans Haegdorens ( BEL ), HQ EUROCORPS
EUROCORPS conducts command post training
What distinguishes EUROCORPS from other sister HQs ?
Born from a French-German political initiative in 1992 , EUROCORPS is a rapid reaction corps which has been certified by NATO and meets the European Union ’ s operations-related requirements .
That fact that it can be employed by the EU , NATO and UN lends it a very unique status It is fully multinational , operational and deployable on short notice . Since its creation , it has continuously adapted and modernized , thanks to the strong support of its five Framework Nations and four Associated Nations . It also benefits from its location , Strasbourg , which allows it to strengthen
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links with several political and educational institutions based there ( such as the European Parliament , the French National School of Public Administration and the Institute for Political Studies ).
Lieutenant General ( BEL ) BUCHSENSCHMIDT is the current Commander of EUROCORPS . He will handover the command to a Spanish general next summer , in line with the rotational principle applied to EUROCORPS ’ Command Group .
Deployable and Operational
EUROCORPS is fully dedicated to operations and can cover a broad spectrum of missions ranging from stabilization to coercion . The latest version of its Concept of Employment , which was approved last November , makes it modular and capable of being committed in the framework of advisory , monitoring or training missions , as mission headquarters as well as corpslevel headquarters or Land Component Command .
An agreement ( SACEUR Agreement ) was signed with NATO in January , 1993 in order to make EUROCORPS available to the North Atlantic Alliance , which finally certified it as a rapid reaction corps in 2002 .
After completing its build-up in 1995 , EUROCORPS deployed four times under NATO command , either partially or as a whole , namely to Bosnia ( 1998 ), Kosovo ( 2000 ) and Afghanistan ( 2004 and 2012 ).
It has its own field equipment , which