Nuernberg Military Community
The Nuernberg Military Community ( NBG MIL COM ) was an administrative unit of the US Army in the greater Nuremberg area .
History, naming
The facilities of the Wehrmacht in the greater Nuremberg area were taken by the advancing 7th US Army towards the end of the Second World War , after the Battle of Nuremberg in April 1945 . These facilities were initially called Nuernberg-Fuerth Enclave , later Nuernberg Post . In 1967 and 1970 the administrative structures of the US Army were restructured again, and the area became a support activity of the Bavarian area. In 1974 the USAREUR MILCOMs (community-like structured units of the US Army) were finally introduced and so the Nuernberg Military Community was brought into being along with many others . These structures were maintained until 1991 when the MILCOMs were dissolved and divided into Area Support Groups (ASG), Base Support Battalions (BSB) and Area Support Teams (AST). The NBG MIL COM was initially a 99th ASG continued. Subordinate to her were BSB s in the areas of the former NBG MIL COM and the communities from Augsburg , Munich , Bad Tölz , Göppingen , Heilbronn , Bamberg and Neu-Ulm . It became the largest ASG in Europe. However, this situation was changed in 1993 , when most of the troops had withdrawn from the Nuremberg area:
Nuremberg itself was sufficient for a BSB and was subordinated to the 100th ASG from Grafenwöhr . As early as 1994 the 416th BSB was dissolved and only became an AST. In 1995 the former NBG MIL COM was completely closed and the properties were returned to German authorities.
By the year 2000, maintained Defense Commissary Agency in the field of Fürth Fronmüller- , Schwabacher and forest road a Commissary . On the site, which had been used by the Reich Labor Service during World War II , there was a grocery store (called PX ), a discotheque, a car dealer and various fast food restaurants - use was reserved for US citizens. After the demolition, a small shopping center , the Phoenix Center , was built on the site . Only one branch each of the fast food chains Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken remained.
Locations, military units
Although the city of Nuremberg gave its name, most of the locations were outside Nuremberg, many in Fürth.
The 1st US Armored Division, stationed in Nuremberg and the surrounding area, was represented with all troops (fighting troops, support units) in the NBG MIL COM. In addition, units that were directly subordinate to the VII US Corps in Stuttgart were stationed here:
- Merrell Barracks , Nuremberg, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (armored reconnaissance aircraft), VII Corps
- Johnson Barracks, Fürth , Panzer Regiment, 1st AD
- William O. Darby Kaserne, Fürth, DIVENG (divisional repair command), 1st AD
- Monteith Barracks, Fürth, DISCOM (Divisional Support Command), 1st AD
- Pinder Barracks , Zirndorf , DIVARTY (divisional artillery), 1st AD
- Ferris Barracks, Erlangen , tank regiments, 1st AD
- O'Brien Barracks , Schwabach , Cavalry (tank reconnaissance), 1st AD + ADA BN (air defense), VII Corps
- Herzo Base , Herzogenaurach , 210th ARTY BDE (210th Artillery Brigade), VII Corps
- Feucht Army Airfield, Feucht , 2nd ACR (anti-tank helicopter), VII Corps
- Other facilities: US Army Hospital Nuernberg, Bavarian American Hotel Nuernberg, military training areas, depots, residential areas, schools, sports grounds
statistics
Lived and worked in NBG MIL COM
- 15,200 soldiers,
- 11,700 family members of the soldiers,
- 1,400 civilian US employees,
- 1700 civilian German employees.
The amount that flowed into the German economy up to 1991 was approximately $ 167,000,000.
Commanders
The task of the commander was supervised by the second commander of the 1st US Armored Division in personal union. The actual commander of the division was in Ansbach, where the headquarters of this division was located. Most of the tactical units, however, were in the NBG MIL COM.
The commanders from its designation as Nuernberg Military Community to its dissolution in 1991 were:
- Brigadier General John B. Price 1974–1976
- Brigadier General Edward A. Partain 1976–1977
- Brigadier General Alfred A. Sanderson 1977–1978
- Brigadier General Thomas F. Healy 1978–1979
- Brigadier General Michael J. Conrad 1979–1981
- Brigadier General Jack O. Bradshaw 1981-1983
- Brigadier General Robert L. Drudik 1983–1984
- Brigadier General John M. Shalikashvili 1984–1986
- Brigadier General Paul R. Schwartz 1986–1987
- Brigadier General William M. Boice 1987-1989
- Brigadier General Wesley B. Taylor 1989-1991
- Brigadier General James L. Wilson 1991
Before and after that, the garrison was "only" commanded by a simple officer ( major , lieutenant colonel , colonel ).