Lt General Ben Hodges

Commanding General
US Army Europe

A native of Quincy, Florida, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges graduated from the United States Military Academy in May 1980 and was commissioned in the Infantry.

After his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Germany, he commanded Infantry units at the Company, Battalion and Brigade levels at the 101st Airborne Division and in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. His most recent operational assignment was as Director of Operations, Regional Command South, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Lt. Gen. Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions to include Tactics Instructor at the Infantry School; Chief of Plans, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Army Congressional Liaison Officer; Task Force Senior Observer-Controller at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, LA; Coalition/Joint -3 (CJ3) of Multi-National Corps-Iraq in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM; Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg; and Director of the Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff; Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army.

His last assignment was as Commander, NATO Allied Land Command from 2012 to 2014.

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Key Developments in Crowd, Human, Open, Social and Volunteer Geospatial Information

Monday, January 23rd, 2017

8:45 AM How Geospatial Information will Help Overcome Obstacles to Building a Stronger Europe

Discover how the US Army is prioritising security in Europe during this opening presentation. Identify key threats to regional security and what is required to overcome them in the next 3 years. To offer an up-to-date vision we are honoured to welcome the Commanding General from US Army Europe to DGI for the first time in 2017.

How the threat landscape in Europe is evolving
How the US Army will support Allies in the region to overcome emerging threats to peace and stability
The role of geospatial intelligence sharing in the next phase of collaboration and cooperation on regional security in Europe
New ways industry can support US Army Europe and its Allies in their mission in the region