Why is the Army still in Europe after the end of the Cold War?
A13. U.S. forces originally came to Europe to stand with our allies in the fight to defeat tyranny and help Europe develop peaceful, prosperous societies based on democratic values. We stayed to defend Europe with our NATO allies against tyranny during the Cold War. Today, U.S. Army in Europe, with NATO http://www.nato.int/ and other coalition partners from throughout its 51-country area of responsibility, trains for, conducts, and supports contingency operations. Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, USAREUR has forces throughout Germany as well as in Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Kosovo, Bulgaria, and Romania, and in Afghanistan and Iraq.