Allied Land Command (LANDCOM) formerly Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe (LANDSOUTHEAST) is the standing headquarters for NATO land forces which may be assigned as necessary. The Commander LANDCOM is the primary land warfare advisor to Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and the Alliance. When directed by SACEUR, it provides the core of the headquarters responsible for the conduct of land operations. The command is based at Şirinyer (Buca), İzmir in Turkey.
NATO has had a headquarters at Izmir for decades. Initially, the body there was Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe (LANDSOUTHEAST), responsible to Allied Forces Southern Europe at Naples. Under this command, with its headquarters in Izmir assisted by the subordinate Thessaloniki Advanced Command Post, were to be most of the Greek and Turkish armies in case of war. LANDSOUTHEAST was commanded by a United States Army lieutenant general:[1]
In 1966 the first major change occurred when French military personnel were withdrawn from LANDSOUTHEAST, followed by the Greek withdrawal in 1974. On 30 December 1977, SHAPE and Turkish military authorities announced another change in the command structure of LANDSOUTHEAST, to be effective 1 July 1978. The command billet was to be filled by a Turkish Army four star general with a U.S. Major General as his deputy. U.S. General Sam S. Walker took command in 1977, and On 30 June 1978, General Walker handed over the command to General Vecihi Akin [tr], the first Turkish commander. General Akın held command until 30 August 1979.[3]
Construction of a new headquarters facility in Sirinyer, Izmir was completed in March 1994 and LANDSOUTHEAST moved into the facility in April 1994. In July 1994, two German Army officers were assigned to the command for the first time. The headquarters garrison at Sirinyer was named General Vecihi Akin Garrison in March 1996, after the first Turkish LANDSOUTHEAST Commander. Turkish Land Forces General Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu commanded LANDSOUTHEAST from c.1993–1996, followed by Hilmi Özkök from 1996–1998.[4]
After the end of the Cold War, for a period the NATO command in Izmir became Joint Command Southeast. After a major NATO reorganisation, the previous southern air component command, Allied Air Forces Southern Europe (AIRSOUTH), in Italy, was disestablished. Thus between 11 August 2004 and 1 June 2013 the new headquarters of NATO's southern air component command, Allied Air Command İzmir, was located at the İzmir site.[5] The next reorganisation merged the northern and southern air component commands into the single Allied Air Command located at Ramstein Air Base in Germany under a United States Air Force general.[6]
LANDCOM was created through the North Atlantic Council to ensure the interoperability of NATO land forces, and placed directly under the Supreme Allied Commander Europe to be the leading voice on land issues within the Alliance. It is responsible for providing a deployable land command for a joint operation. LANDCOM will also carry out the planning, conduct and direction of such land operations.[8] What this means is that if a single corps land operation is underway, that corps will probably report to either JFC Brunssum or JFC Naples. If multiple corps are being directed, LANDCOM will direct them for either JFC Brunssum or Naples.[9]
On 26 March 2015, Lieutenant General Ed Davis, Deputy Commander, Allied Land Command, arrived at Headquarters Multinational Corps Northeast (HQ MNC NE) to discuss the ongoing transformation of Multinational Corps Northeast.[10] "The main reason I am here is that Commander LANDCOM has given me the responsibility to lead the evolution of MNC NE and Multinational Division South-East as the two new NATO command organisations which are going to be at the centre of the evolution of the NATO Land Forces," said Lieutenant General Davis.[10]
Romania is leading the process of creating Multinational Division South-East, which will be established in Bucharest, Romania, in 2015–16.[11] The division in Bucharest will be subordinate to the NATO Force Integration Unit also to be established there. The division will reach partial/initial operational capacity in 2016 and Full operational capability (FOC) in 2018.[12]
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^Andries, Brian (4 August 2022). "NATO Allied Land Command Welcomes New Commander". DVIDS. Buca: NATO - Allied Land Command. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
Further reading
John O. Iatrides, 'Failed Rampart: NATO's Balkan Front,' in Mary Ann Heiss (Editor), S Victor Papacosma (Editor), NATO and the Warsaw Pact: Intrabloc Conflicts, Kent State University Press, 2008
Dionysios Chourchoulis, The Southern Flank of NATO, 1951–1959: Military Strategy or Political Stabilization, PhD thesis, Queen Mary University of London, 2010
Yiannis P. Roubatis, Tangled Webs (LANDSOUTHEAST was responsible for the land defence of Greece for a period through an advanced HQ in Thessaloniki)
Simon Duke, Wolfgang Krieger, U.S. Military Forces in Europe: The Early Years, 1945–1970, Westview Special Studies in International Security, Westview Press, 1993
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Allied Land Command LANDCOM formerly Allied Land Forces South Eastern Europe LANDSOUTHEAST is the standing headquarters for NATO land forces which may be assigned as necessary The Commander LANDCOM is the primary land warfare advisor to Supreme Allied Commander Europe SACEUR and the Alliance When directed by SACEUR it provides the core of the headquarters responsible for the conduct of land operations The command is based at Sirinyer Buca Izmir in Turkey Allied Land CommandCoat of armsFounded1 December 2012TypeOperational level commandRoleCommand and control of land forcesPart ofAllied Command OperationsHeadquartersGeneral Vecihi Akin Garrison Sirinyer Izmir TurkeyWebsitelc wbr nato wbr intCommandersCommanderGeneral Darryl A Williams United States Army Deputy CommanderLieutenant General Nicola Zanelli Italian Army Chief of StaffMajor General Mustafa Oguz Turkish Land Forces Contents 1 History 2 Role 3 List of commanders 4 Notes 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksHistory EditNATO has had a headquarters at Izmir for decades Initially the body there was Allied Land Forces South Eastern Europe LANDSOUTHEAST responsible to Allied Forces Southern Europe at Naples Under this command with its headquarters in Izmir assisted by the subordinate Thessaloniki Advanced Command Post were to be most of the Greek and Turkish armies in case of war LANDSOUTHEAST was commanded by a United States Army lieutenant general 1 Lieutenant General Willard G Wyman 1952 54 Lieutenant General Paul W Kendall 1954 55 Lieutenant General George Windle Read Jr 1955 57 Lieutenant General Paul D Harkins 1957 60 Lieutenant General Harry P Storke 1960 61 Lieutenant General Frederic J Brown II 1961 63 2 In 1966 the first major change occurred when French military personnel were withdrawn from LANDSOUTHEAST followed by the Greek withdrawal in 1974 On 30 December 1977 SHAPE and Turkish military authorities announced another change in the command structure of LANDSOUTHEAST to be effective 1 July 1978 The command billet was to be filled by a Turkish Army four star general with a U S Major General as his deputy U S General Sam S Walker took command in 1977 and On 30 June 1978 General Walker handed over the command to General Vecihi Akin tr the first Turkish commander General Akin held command until 30 August 1979 3 SHAPE JFCBS JFCNP AIRCOM LAND COM MARCOM STRIKFORNATO HQ SACT JFC NF JWC JFTC JALLC School JSECclass notpageimage Locations of NATO s two strategic commands Allied Command Transformation ACT yellow marks and Allied Command Operations ACO red marks the latter of which has Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe SHAPE as its headquarters The subordinate centres of ACT and subordinate commands and joint force commands of ACO are also shown vte Construction of a new headquarters facility in Sirinyer Izmir was completed in March 1994 and LANDSOUTHEAST moved into the facility in April 1994 In July 1994 two German Army officers were assigned to the command for the first time The headquarters garrison at Sirinyer was named General Vecihi Akin Garrison in March 1996 after the first Turkish LANDSOUTHEAST Commander Turkish Land Forces General Huseyin Kivrikoglu commanded LANDSOUTHEAST from c 1993 1996 followed by Hilmi Ozkok from 1996 1998 4 After the end of the Cold War for a period the NATO command in Izmir became Joint Command Southeast After a major NATO reorganisation the previous southern air component command Allied Air Forces Southern Europe AIRSOUTH in Italy was disestablished Thus between 11 August 2004 and 1 June 2013 the new headquarters of NATO s southern air component command Allied Air Command Izmir was located at the Izmir site 5 The next reorganisation merged the northern and southern air component commands into the single Allied Air Command located at Ramstein Air Base in Germany under a United States Air Force general 6 In 2013 the 350 person headquarters took over the responsibilities of Allied Force Command Heidelberg in Germany and Allied Force Command Madrid in Spain which are being deactivated as part of NATO s transformation 7 Role EditAn overview of NATO s military command structure NCS Liaison Provides advice and support to the NACPolitical strategic level North Atlantic CouncilSecretary General of NATOBrussels BEInternational StaffBrussels BEMilitary strategic level Chair of the NATO Military CommitteeInternational Military StaffBrussels BEStrategic commands SACEUR ACO SHAPE Mons BE SACT ACT HQ SACT Norfolk USTactical commands Transformational commands AIRCOM Ramstein DE JWC Stavanger NO MARCOM Northwood GB JALLC Lisbon PT LANDCOM Izmir TR JFTC Bydgoszcz PLMisc JSEC Ulm DEOperational commands CIS GP Mons BE STRIKFORNATO Oeiras PT JFC NF Norfolk Virginia US JFC NP Naples IT JFC BS Brunssum NL Response Force MNC NE Szczecin PL MND SE Bucharest ROLANDCOM was created through the North Atlantic Council to ensure the interoperability of NATO land forces and placed directly under the Supreme Allied Commander Europe to be the leading voice on land issues within the Alliance It is responsible for providing a deployable land command for a joint operation LANDCOM will also carry out the planning conduct and direction of such land operations 8 What this means is that if a single corps land operation is underway that corps will probably report to either JFC Brunssum or JFC Naples If multiple corps are being directed LANDCOM will direct them for either JFC Brunssum or Naples 9 On 26 March 2015 Lieutenant General Ed Davis Deputy Commander Allied Land Command arrived at Headquarters Multinational Corps Northeast HQ MNC NE to discuss the ongoing transformation of Multinational Corps Northeast 10 The main reason I am here is that Commander LANDCOM has given me the responsibility to lead the evolution of MNC NE and Multinational Division South East as the two new NATO command organisations which are going to be at the centre of the evolution of the NATO Land Forces said Lieutenant General Davis 10 Romania is leading the process of creating Multinational Division South East which will be established in Bucharest Romania in 2015 16 11 The division in Bucharest will be subordinate to the NATO Force Integration Unit also to be established there The division will reach partial initial operational capacity in 2016 and Full operational capability FOC in 2018 12 List of commanders EditSince August 2022 the Commanding General United States Army Europe and Africa has been dual hatted as Commander Allied Land Command 13 No Portrait Supreme Allied Commander Took office Left office Time in office Defence branch1 Hodges Frederick Lieutenant GeneralFrederick B Hodges III born 1958 1 December 201223 October 20141 year 326 days United States Army2 Nicholson John Lieutenant GeneralJohn W Nicholson Jr born 1957 23 October 201424 June 20161 year 245 days United States Army3 Williams Darryl Lieutenant GeneralDarryl A Williams born 1961 24 June 201629 June 20182 years 5 days United States Army Ruggiero Paolo Lieutenant GeneralPaolo Ruggiero born 1957 Acting a 29 June 20183 August 201835 days Italian Army4 Thomson John Lieutenant GeneralJohn C Thomson III3 August 20184 August 20202 years 1 day United States Army5 Cloutier Roger Lieutenant GeneralRoger L Cloutier Jr born 1965 4 August 20204 August 20222 years 0 days United States Army 3 Williams Darryl GeneralDarryl A Williams born 1961 4 August 2022Incumbent263 days United States ArmyNotes Edit as Deputy Commander Allied Land CommandReferences Edit Willard G Wyman Generals dk Retrieved 20 December 2019 Martin Orville W Jr May June 1971 Lieutenant General Frederic Joseph Brown Jr 1905 1971 Armor Washington DC United States Armor Association p 47 via Google Books Allied Land Command History NATO Retrieved 20 December 2019 General Hilmi Ozkok Who is who at NATO NATO 2002 10 07 Retrieved 2008 08 17 Previous commands JFC Naples Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 Retrieved 14 June 2014 History of the NATO AIRCOMs at Ramstein Air Base NATO Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 Retrieved 14 June 2014 Vandiver John 30 November 2012 NATO Activates Allied Land Command Stars and Stripes Retrieved 2 February 2013 Structure NATO Retrieved 14 June 2014 The Jane s Interview JDW 17 July 2015 a b Guiding us to High Readiness Mncne pl 2015 03 27 Retrieved 2015 08 29 Interview with Lt Gen Hodges de Mihai Diac Comandamentele NATO din Romania incep să prindă contur Romania Libera Romanialibera ro Retrieved 2015 08 29 Andries Brian 4 August 2022 NATO Allied Land Command Welcomes New Commander DVIDS Buca NATO Allied Land Command Retrieved 4 August 2022 Further reading EditJohn O Iatrides Failed Rampart NATO s Balkan Front in Mary Ann Heiss Editor S Victor Papacosma Editor NATO and the Warsaw Pact Intrabloc Conflicts Kent State University Press 2008 Dionysios Chourchoulis The Southern Flank of NATO 1951 1959 Military Strategy or Political Stabilization PhD thesis Queen Mary University of London 2010 Yiannis P Roubatis Tangled Webs LANDSOUTHEAST was responsible for the land defence of Greece for a period through an advanced HQ in Thessaloniki Simon Duke Wolfgang Krieger U S Military Forces in Europe The Early Years 1945 1970 Westview Special Studies in International Security Westview Press 1993External links EditOfficial website Coordinates 38 23 25 N 27 08 32 E 38 3903 N 27 1422 E 38 3903 27 1422 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Allied Land Command amp oldid 1147010494, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
