Graphics by Sgt. Devin Klecan | U.S. Army V Corps | 11.19.2025
CAMP KOSCIUSZKO, Poland – U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza, incoming V Corps commanding general, receives the corps guidon from Gen. Darryl Williams, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, during a change of command ceremony at Camp Kosciuszko in Poznan, Poland, April 8, 2024. Costanza, who previously served as the commanding general of 3rd Infantry Division, relieved Lt. Gen. John S.......
Graphics by Sgt. Devin Klecan | U.S. Army V Corps | 11.19.2025
TORUN, Poland – Military officers from the U.S. Army V Corps, Bulgarian Army, Polish Land Forces, and the Italian Army converse beside a M142 HIMARS weapons systems in Torun, Poland, April 25, 2024, during the fourth European HIMARS Initiative summit. To support the NATO alliance, V Corps led a series of initiatives, known as the European Himars Initiative (EHI), to increase capability and......
Graphics by Sgt. Devin Klecan | U.S. Army V Corps | 11.19.2025
CAMP KOSCIUSZKO, Poland – Reminders of Tadeusz Kościuszko’s heroism prevail strongly in the minds of the Polish people. Statues in Poland still bear his image, to include U.S. Army V Corps’ Forward Operating Site in Poznan. The camp was renamed Camp Kosciuszko on July 30, 2022, following U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement of a permanent U.S. military presence in Poland at the......
Graphics by Sgt. Devin Klecan | U.S. Army V Corps | 11.19.2025
FORT KNOX, Kentucky – Lt. Gen. John Kolasheski, commanding general of V Corps, speaks to the crowd gathered to witness the historic reactivation of the unit after it inactivated in Wiesbaden, Germany, June 12, 2013. Fort Knox, Kentucky, October 16, 2020. The reactivation enhanced command-and-control support for U.S. Army operations in Europe, aligning with the National Defense Strategy. It......
Graphics by Sgt. Devin Klecan | U.S. Army V Corps | 11.19.2025
WASHINGTON D.C. -- U.S. Army V Corps Sgt. Hector Banda surprises his family in front of a capacity crowd at the Washington Nationals baseball game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2012, by reuniting with them at the game the day after he flew overnight from a deployment in Afghanistan. U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill. (U.S. Army photo illustration......
Graphics by Sgt. Devin Klecan | U.S. Army V Corps | 11.19.2025
ANSBACH, Germany -- Herr Staatssekretär Christian Schmidt, the State Secretary at the Ministry of Defense for Germany, left, and acting V Corps Commander Brig. Gen. Allen Batschelet, right, congratulate Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason LaCrosse, a pilot with U.S. Army Europe’s C Company, 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, during an award ceremony in Hangar 2......
Graphics by Sgt. Devin Klecan | U.S. Army V Corps | 11.19.2025
HEIDELBERG, Germany -- U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Battalion, V Corps, prepare their bags outside Patton Barracks Gym in Heidelberg, Germany, July 9, 2012, in preparation to depart for a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan. The Soldiers made up the advancing party of V Corps troops who supported the NATO mission in Afghanistan as part of IJC -- the International......
Graphics by Sgt. Devin Klecan | U.S. Army V Corps | 11.19.2025
HEIDELBERG, Germany – On February 4, 2011, the V Corps Headquarters was located at Campbell Barracks in Heidelberg, Germany, where it had been based since 1972. Campbell Barracks, a key U.S. Army installation in Europe, served as the administrative and operational hub for V Corps during this period, supporting its mission as a forward-deployed corps under U.S. Army Europe. During that time,......
