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==United States military installations== A number of [[U.S. Army Europe]] installations were located in and near Mannheim during the [[Cold War]]. The following locations provided services to and housed the "U.S. Army Garrison Mannheim" and other units of the U.S. Army. The U.S. Army Garrison Mannheim was formally deactivated on 31 May 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/59265/Mannheim_Deactivation_Ceremony/|title=Mannheim Deactivation Ceremony|author=USAG BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG PUBLIC AFFAIRS|date=9 June 2011}}</ref> * Coleman Barracks and [[Coleman Army Airfield]] (Mannheim-Sandhofen): the headquarters of the [[American Forces Network]]-Europe, and Also, the location of the [[United States Army Corrections Facility-Europe]]. * Funari Barracks (Mannheim-Käfertal), vacated in 2014. * Spinelli Barracks (Mannheim-Feudenheim), vacated in 2015, the home of the Army's 28th Transportation [[Battalion]]. * Sullivan Barracks (Mannheim-Käfertal): formerly the headquarters of the [[7th Signal Brigade (United States)|U.S. Army's 7th Signal Brigade]] and the 529th Military Police Honor Guard Company's 2nd Platoon; vacated in 2014. * [[Taylor Barracks]] (Mannheim-Vogelstang): formerly the headquarters of the [[2nd Signal Brigade (United States)|U.S. Army's 2nd Signal Brigade]]; vacated in 2011. * Turley Barracks (Mannheim-Käfertal): in the early 1990s was home to the 181st Transportation Bn, with companies of 40th, 41st, 51st, 590th, TTP, and HHC transportation companies and also the headquarters of the NATO [[ACE Mobile Force (Land)]] (AMFL). * The [[Benjamin Franklin Village]] (Mannheim-Käfertal), housing. Also, it was the home of the Mannheim American High School and the Middle School,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mann-ms.eu.dodea.edu/|title=DoDEA: Mannheim Middle School|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070923115250/http://www.mann-ms.eu.dodea.edu/|archive-date=23 September 2007|access-date=7 June 2007}}</ref> which closed on 9 June 2011. The last soldier and his family moved out in 2012. The following locations were part of the "U.S. Army Garrison [[Heidelberg]]" but were within the area of the city of Mannheim until they were vacated in 2010 and 2011: * Friedrichsfeld Service Center (Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld) * Hammonds Barracks (formerly Loretto Kaserne) (Mannheim-Seckenheim) * Stem Kaserne (Mannheim-Seckenheim) All personnel of the U.S. Army military community left Mannheim by 2015, some of them moving to Wiesbaden. With the exception of four barracks, all other barracks formerly occupied by the U.S. military had been returned to the German state for conversion to civilian use in 2011.
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