Realignment
Several major changes will be taking place over the next couple of years. The USAREUR military installations in Heidelberg and Mannheim will be closing. USAREUR Headquarters will be moving from Heidelberg to Wiesbaden. Millions have been spent to upgrade and expand Wiesbaden facilities to accommodate the additional troops and family members. Other major facilities from these locations will be moving to different locations in Germany. AFN, for instance, will relocate to the Kaiserslautern area. The Grafenwoehr, Hohenfels and Vilseck areas have also undergone a large expansion with hundreds of millions of dollars spent on new exchange facilities, schools and housing areas to accommodate an increased troop presence. With the closure of Heidelberg and Mannheim the largest army communities will be in the Kaiserslautern, Wiesbaden, Stuttgart and northern Bavaria areas.