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| Combat Maneuver Training Center (Hohenfels) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Combat Maneuver Training Center (Hohenfels) |
| Location | Hohenfels, Bavaria, Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°12′N 11°45′E |
| Type | Training center |
| Controlledby | United States Army Europe and Africa |
| Garrison | Grafenwoehr Training Area |
Combat Maneuver Training Center (Hohenfels) The Combat Maneuver Training Center (Hohenfels) is a multinational combined-arms training facility located in Hohenfels, Bavaria, Germany, operated by United States Army Europe and Africa and staffed by personnel from NATO partners and partner nations. The center provides realistic, force-on-force training and mission rehearsal for brigade-sized and multinational headquarters drawn from NATO, Partnership for Peace members, and coalition partners. It is embedded in a network of European training institutions and ranges that includes Grafenwoehr, Vicenza, and the Joint Multinational Readiness Center.
Established on former Reichswehr and Wehrmacht maneuver grounds, the Hohenfels site traces lineage to training activities near Regensburg, Nuremberg, and Munich during the interwar and World War II eras, evolving through Cold War requirements involving the United States Army Europe, Seventh Army, and V Corps. During the postwar occupation period, the installation supported units from the United States Constabulary, United States Army Europe, and later the 7th Army Training Command, linking with NATO commands including Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Allied Land Forces Central Europe. The 1970s and 1980s modernization paralleled developments at the Bundeswehr training areas and Warsaw Pact planning, while the post–Cold War era saw transformation influenced by operations in the Balkans, Operation Allied Force, the Global War on Terrorism, and missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. The 1990s and 2000s reforms integrated lessons from Operation Desert Storm, Stabilisation Force, International Security Assistance Force, and NATO Response Force exercises, culminating in the center’s reconstitution under the Joint Multinational Readiness Center and alignment with initiatives involving the European Command, Army Forces Command, and Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.
The training area comprises maneuver ground, urban assault villages, observation posts, forward operating base replicas, and combined-arms ranges that interface with simulation systems from the Close Combat Tactical Trainer, Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System, and Battle Command Sustainment Support System. Infrastructure improvements reflect cooperation with Bundeswehr engineering units, NATO Communications and Information Agency frameworks, and host-nation utilities coordinated with Bavarian civil authorities in Regensburg and Neumarkt. On-site facilities include maintenance depots compatible with Abrams, Leopard 2, Challenger 2, M88, and M1A2 platforms, medical treatment centers with evacuation routes tied to Ramstein Air Base and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, dining facilities modeled on Army and NATO standards, and secure command posts integrating systems from the Defense Information Systems Agency and Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum. Range control and airspace coordination interface with Bundeswehr Luftwaffe units, US Air Forces in Europe, and NATO Airborne Early Warning assets to enable close air support, unmanned aerial system operations, and artillery live-fire with munitions tracked by NATO-standard range instrumentation.
Programs at the center include brigade combat team rotations, mission rehearsal exercises for contingency operations, and multinational interoperability drills aligned with NATO interoperability standards established by the North Atlantic Council and Allied Command Operations. Exercises emphasize combined-arms maneuver, counterinsurgency, stability operations, joint fires coordination, and logistics sustainment drawn from doctrine produced by the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, British Army, Bundeswehr, French Army, and other partner militaries. The center hosts rotational training under the Army Total Force policy, multinational certification events for the NATO Response Force, and large-scale scenarios that incorporate units from the United States Army Europe and Africa, 1st Infantry Division, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 7th Army Training Command, and Joint Multinational Task Force elements. Scenario libraries simulate contingencies inspired by historical campaigns such as the NATO operations in Kosovo, Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and coalition operations in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Hohenfels operates as a hub for multinational cooperation involving NATO member states including the United Kingdom, France, Poland, Italy, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and partner nations such as Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and Ukraine. The center supports bilateral and multilateral exercises with commands like Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, Eurocorps, Multinational Corps Northeast, and the German Army’s 10th Panzer Division, facilitating interoperability with elements from United States European Command, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, and the European Union Military Staff. Joint training includes integration with United States Navy and Marine Corps aviation detachments, NATO Allied Air Command sorties, French Army aviation, British Army Royal Artillery liaison teams, and cooperative logistics with the European Defence Agency frameworks.
The center is commanded by a rotating multinational headquarters under the auspices of the 7th Army Training Command and reports through United States Army Europe and Africa channels while coordinating with NATO commands and host-nation authorities. Resident units and rotational forces have included elements of the 1st Infantry Division, 3rd Infantry Division, 1st Armored Division, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, Bundeswehr Panzergrenadierbrigade units, British Army brigades, and multinational task forces configured for specific training rotations. Staff sections integrate officers from NATO Allied Land Command, Joint Force Command Napoli, and partner militaries, supported by civilian contractors, training support units, and embedded observer-controller-trainers drawn from veterans of Operation Allied Force, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Range management and environmental stewardship at Hohenfels coordinate with Bavarian conservation authorities, German Federal Environment Agency standards, and European Union environmental directives to mitigate impacts on local ecosystems near the Naab and Altmühl rivers, Natura 2000 sites, and regional forestry. Community relations engage the market town of Parsberg, the district of Neumarkt, and cooperation with the city of Regensburg through noise abatement agreements, cultural exchange programs with local schools and universities such as the University of Regensburg, and economic links to local suppliers and contractors. Environmental mitigation includes unexploded ordnance clearance coordinated with Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams, habitat restoration projects, water quality monitoring with Bavarian environmental offices, and joint emergency response planning with Landkreis authorities and Bundeswehr Civil-Military Cooperation units.
Category:Military installations of the United States in Germany