V Corps (Fifth Corps) is a major formation of the U.S. Army. It is headquartered at
Campbell Barracks[?],
Heidelberg,
Germany. Its nickname is the
Victory Corps.
The commanding general of V Corps is Lieutenant General
William S. Wallace, who took command in
July 2001, replacing Lieutenant General
James C. Riley[?].
The Chief of Staff is Brig. Gen. Daniel A. Hahn.
V Corps has 41,000 personnel.
- 1st Infantry Division[?]
- 1st Armored Division
- 130th Engineer Brigade[?]
- 41st Field Artillery Brigade[?]
- 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery (ADA)
- 4th Battalion, 3rd ADA
- 5th Signal Command[?]. Commanded by Brigadier General Marilyn A. Quagliotti[?]
- 2nd Signal Brigade[?], at Mannheim. Commanded by Colonel Hubert W. Newman
- 22nd Signal Brigade[?]
- 22nd Brigade Headquarters Company
- 440th Signal Battalion
- 32nd Signal Battalion, located at Darmstadt
- 17th Signal Battalion, located at Kitzingen
- 11th Aviation Regiment[?]
In September 2000, V Corps participated in Operation Victory Strike I, one of the first times American units had ever deployed in Poland. In September 2002, Victory Strike II repeated the exercise. 4000 U.S., Polish, and Italian soldiers took part. The exercise tested a modular plug-in command post system which is expected to be used by U.S. forces in the future.
In March 2002, General Wallace travel to U.S. Central Command[?] headquarters in Tampa, Florida, to discuss contingency plans for deployment to the Middle East.