Hey!!! The European Union Military Staff (EUMS) is a department of the European Union (EU), responsible for supervising operations within the realm of the Common Security and Defence Policy.

It is directly attached to the private office of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, currently Federica Mogherini, and is formally part of the European External Action Service.

The European Council decided in December 2004 to establish an additional OHQ option to those already in existence.

The EU Military Staff (EUMS) was tasked to be ready to set up an OPSCEN capable of planning and conducting an operation, in particular where a joint civil/military response is required and where no national HQ is identified.

The responsibility for assuring this capability lies with the OPSCEN/WKC (Watching Keeping Capacity) Branch of the EUMS Operations Directorate.

The staff of the EU Operations Centre, when so activated, would be composed of the permanent core team (the four permanent staff), double-hatted personnel from the EUMS and other parts of the EEAS, as well as further reinforcements from Member States.

The Ops Directorate Branch Chief OPSCEN/WKC would become the Chief of Staff of the activated Operations Centre.




The previous Director Generals of the EU Military Staff:

Lieutenant General Wolfgang Wosolsobe (AUT) (2013-2016),

Lieutenant General Ton van Osch (NDL) (2010-2013),

Lieutenant General David Leakey (UK) (2007-2010),

Lieutenant General Jean-Paul Perruche (2004-2007).