Europe

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Europe
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Europe Overview

• History
• Unified Command
• Current Events
• SCIS Video
• Politics and Government
• Economics and the Environment
• Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Europe
• European Culture and Society
• Continental and World Affairs

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History

• US Involvement
• Era of Colonization
• French Indian War
• US War of Independence
• War of 1812
• American Civil war
• Spanish-American War

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History

• US Involvement
• World War I
• World War II
• The Cold War

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US EUROPEAN COMMAND (USEUCOM)

• MISSION
• Support and advance U.S. interests and policies
  throughout the assigned area of responsibility
  provide combat ready land, maritime, and air
  forces to Allied Command Europe or U.S. unified
  commands and conduct operations unilaterally or
  in concert with coalition partners.
• Headquarters Patch Barracks, in
  Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany

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USEUCOM

• AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
• The area of responsibility (AOR) of the United
  States European Command covers more than 21
  million square miles and includes 93 countries
  and territories. This territory extends from the
  North Cape of Norway, through the waters of the
  Baltic and Mediterranean seas, most of Europe,
  parts of the Middle east, to the Cape of Good
  Hope in South Africa. Several other countries and
  territories are considered to be part of EUCOMs
  area of interest (AOI).

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History Of USEUCOM

• Trace Origin to the European Theater of
  Operations in WW II
• Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
• European Command

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US Air Forces Europe (USAFE)

• Mission USAFEs mission is to provide the Joint
  Force Commander rapidly deployable expeditionary
  aerospace forces capable of conducting the full
  spectrum of military operations.
• Headquarters Ramstein Air Base, Germany
• AOR Same as USEUCOM

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Politics and Government
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Economics and the Environment

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Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Europe
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European Culture and Society
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Continental and World Affairs
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Europe Summary

• History
• Unified Command
• Current Events
• SCIS Video
• Politics and Government
• Economics and the Environment
• Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Europe
• European Culture and Society
• Continental and World Affairs

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