Campbell Barracks Campbell Barracks , in Heidelberg , Germany , was the location of the Headquarters of the United States Army in Europe and Seventh Army ( HQ USAREUR / 7A , as well as V Corps and the headquarters of NATO ’ s Component Command - Land Headquarters , Heidelberg . Early history . As part of the Nazi military buildup , the German 110th Infantry Regiment was activated in May 1936 and stationed in Heidelberg . The existing Grenadier - Kaserne ( now Patton Barracks ) was not large enough for the regiment . Accordingly , a new installation was built in 1937 on what was then farmland on the southern outskirts of Heidelberg near the suburb of Rohrbach . At first unnamed , the new installation was designated Großdeutschland - Kaserne after Austria became part of the German Empire in March 1938 . Stories linking Großdeutschland - Kaserne to the Großdeutschland Division of World War II have no foundation . The casern predates the division , which was not formed until May 1942 . Neither the division nor any of its subordinate units were ever stationed in Heidelberg , nor was the 110th Infantry Regiment ever attached to the Großdeutschland - Division . When completed , the new Heidelberg barracks became the home of the 110th Infantry ' s headquarters , its 1st Battalion and its two regimental support companies . The regiment ' s 2d Battalion was stationed at Loretto - Kaserne ( now called Hammonds Barracks ) in Seckenheim and the 3d Battalion at Grenadier - Kaserne . The Keyes Building on Campbell originally served as the regimental officers mess . The first Allied troops entered Heidelberg on the morning of Good Friday , March 30 , 1945 , and the city surrendered without a fight . The " Wehrmacht " had left Heidelberg a day earlier but not before blowing up the bridges crossing the River Neckar , which in Heidelberg meant blowing up the old bridge . The U . S . units that initially occupied Großdeutschland - Kaserne are not known , but by V - E Day , 8 May 1945 , the headquarters of the U . S . 6th Army Group occupied the Kaserne . The Army Group headquarters was inactivated in June 1945 , whereupon the headquarters of the U . S . Seventh Army moved from Augsburg to Heidelberg , officially opening at Großdeutschland - Kaserne on July 22 , 1945 . The Seventh Army headquarters remained in Heidelberg until its inactivation on 31 March 1946 . The headquarters of the U . S . Third Army then moved from Bad Tölz to Großdeutschland - Kaserne on 2 April 1946 . In the meantime the Third Army had activated a new organization on 15 February 1946 called the U . S . Constabulary . The Constabulary was basically a police force with the mission of maintaining law and order in the U . S . Zone of occupied Germany . On February 15 , 1947 , the Constabulary headquarters moved from Bamberg to Großdeutschland - Kaserne and the Third Army headquarters was inactivated on March 15 , 1947 . During this time the headquarters of the U . S . Army in Europe , then known as the U . S . Forces , European Theater ( USFET ) , was stationed in Frankfurt in the IG Farben Building ( the Abrams Building ) . The same day Third Army headquarters was inactivated , USFET was redesignated as the European Command ( EUCOM ) , not to be confused with the joint United States European Command ( USEUCOM ) of today . In the series of phased moves between February and June 1948 , the Constabulary headquarters moved from Heidelberg to Stuttgart and the EUCOM headquarters moved into the vacated facilities at Großdeutschland - Kaserne . The Kaserne was formally renamed Campbell Barracks on August 23 , 1948 in memory of Staff Sergeant Charles L . Campbell , 14th Infantry Regiment , 71st Infantry Division , who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism . On March 28 , 1945 , two days before the surrender of Heidelberg , Staff Sergeant Campbell led a patrol across the Rhine River near Mannheim and was killed while covering the withdrawal of his patrol as it returned to the west bank with valuable information . Until July 1949 , the Commander in Chief , EUCOM , was also the U . S . Military Governor of occupied Germany . His office and staff were in Berlin . The ranking officer in Heidelberg was the EUCOM Chief of Staff . While Lieutenant General Clarence R . Huebner was the EUCOM Chief of Staff , the riding hall in building 31 was converted to a ( unknown name ) , which opened on March 4 , 1949 . Joint Headquarters Activation . The next significant organizational change came on August 1 , 1952 when a new joint headquarters , the United States European Command ( USEUCOM ) , was activated in Frankfurt . At the same time , the EUCOM headquarters in Heidelberg was redesignated the United States Army , Europe ( USAREUR ) . A small NATO planning cell called the CENTAG Plans Staff was also established at this time within the USAREUR headquarters staff , with the Commander in Chief , USAREUR , given the additional title of Commander , CENTAG ( COMCENTAG ) . In April 1959 , the CENTAG Plans Staff was designated Headquarters , CENTAG , and separated from the USAREUR headquarters staff . The USAREUR G3 ( as the Deputy Chief of Staff , Operations , was then known ) nevertheless continued to serve as the CENTAG Chief of Staff while serving as the USAREUR G3 . The Supreme Allied Commander , Europe ( SACEUR ) , formally activated a separated CENTAG headquarters on 1 October 1960 . Between June and August 1961 the CENTAG headquarters staff moved from Campbell Barracks to Hammond Barracks in Seckenheim . On December 1 , 1966 , the Seventh Army headquarters ( which had been reactivated in Stuttgart in November 1950 ) merged with the USAREUR headquarters . This new headquarters was designated Headquarters , United States Army , Europe , and Seventh Army ( HQ USAREUR / 7A ) . In the late 1970s , a series of studies concluded that interallied coordination would be improved by stationing three international NATO headquarters on the same installation with HQ USAREUR / 7A . This resulted in the headquarters of the Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force ( 4ATAF ) moving into building 8 of Campbell Barracks in September 1980 . The CENTAG headquarters returned to Campbell Barracks in December 1980 , occupying offices in buildings 3 , 5 , and 7 ( with an office for the CENTAG Chief of Staff in building 1 ) . Finally , the headquarters of the Allied Command Europe Mobile Force ( Land ) moved to Campbell Barracks in December 1980 , occupying part of building 7 . Following the Cold War . In the late 1980s and early 1990s , the collapse of the Berlin Wall , the demise of the Soviet Union , and the dissolution of the East European Communist Bloc radically changed the politico - military situation in Europe . In addition to significant reductions and realignments of U . S . Forces in Germany , a number of changes occurred in the NATO military organizational structure , all of which affected stationing at Campbell Barracks . On 30 June 1993 CENTAG and 4ATAF discontinued operations . On July 1 , 1993 , the headquarters of NATO ’ s Allied Land Forces Central Europe ( LANDCENT ) became operational on Campbell Barracks with a staff from seven nations ( Belgium , Canada , Denmark , Germany , The Netherlands , the United Kingdom , and the United States ) . LANDCENT moved into offices in buildings 3 , 7 , and 8 , formerly used by CENTAG and 4ATAF . The CENTAG Chief of Staff office suite in building 1 was returned to USAREUR . In the summer of 1994 , V Corps headquarters moved from Frankfurt to Campbell Barracks . The departure from the Cold War era brought the implementation of a new NATO Integrated Military Structure and LandCENT was formally designated Joint Headquarters Centre ( JHQ CENT ) in a ceremony held on March 9 , 2000 . The new structure , which accompanied this designation , included personnel from five additional nations : the Czech Republic , Hungary , Italy , Norway , and Poland - making a total of 12 NATO Nations contributing to the Headquarters . The devastation caused in the September 11 , 2001 attacks sent shock waves through the military and on April 30 , 2002 the Lieutenant General Timothy J . Maude Center for Human Resources was dedicated to Timothy Maude ( November 18 , 1947 - September 11 , 2001 ) in his honor . He was the highest ranking military officer killed in the attacks at the Pentagon . He worked on Campbell Barracks from 1995 to 1998 as Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel and Installation Management . It was his last assignment before being stationed in Washington D . C . On July 1 , 2004 , the Headquarters once again transitioned in a ceremony marking its designation to Component Command - Land Headquarters , Heidelberg . New structure is currently represented by 15 NATO nations , including its newest members Lithuania and Slovakia . This transformation to CC - Land HQ HD was part of a major NATO restructuring , and realized a fundamental change in headquarters mission and operations , as this headquarters turns its focus from one of six joint sub - regional command headquarters , to assume roles as one of only two land centric headquarters in the NATO command structure designed to provide expeditionary command and control at the operational level of conflict . With this increased operational focus , there remains the critical element of promoting enhanced interoperability and standardization through provisions of land advice and guidance within Allied Command for Operations . Headquarters will also work closely with Allied Command for Transformation on aspects such as land concept development , exercises and training . Within JFC Brunssum , headquarters serves as the principal focus for all land matters . CC - Land HQ HD has conducted work in the fields of land - based operational planning , intelligence , logistics , command and control , training and exercises . Closure . In 2010 , the US Army announced that Campbell Barracks would close , with the troop drawdown process completed by no later than 2015 . NATO central army operations were relocated to Izmir , Turkey in March 2013 . Flags were lowered for the last time at Campbell Barracks on 6 September 2013 , with all personnel already re - located to Wiesbaden Army Airfield . According to the New York Times closure will save the Pentagon $ 112 million a year , mostly in costly security expenses for several scattered facilities . As the headquarters of the United States Army in Europe , the Barracks issued the orders for the millions of American soldiers — 15 million in Germany alone — who have served in Europe since 1945 . The US Army is now concentrated in just five key locations in Germany , with its new European headquarters in Wiesbaden . The base will be turned over to the German government .