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EUCOM builds partner capacity by executing security assistance and security cooperation programs through 44 Offices of Defense Cooperation that work with their respective host nations, in close partnership with U.S. Embassy country teams and under U.S. ambassador direction.

Security assistance and cooperation includes, but is not limited to:

  • Foreign military sales of U.S. defense equipment
  • Services and training, the management of the Foreign Military Financing
  • International Military Education and Training grant funding
  • Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program
  • Section 1206/1207 funding
  • Global Peace Operations Initiative
  • Counter-Threat Reduction and Warsaw Initiative Funding

Additionally, this staff oversees military-to-military programs and play a key role in the National Guard State Partnership Program. Within the framework of the Ambassador's Mission Performance Plan and the command's Theater Security Strategy, this staff strengthens bilateral security relationships, enhances partner capacity and promotes effective civil-military relations.

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  • September 12, 2012

    EUCOM and SHAPE Senior Enlisted Leaders talk NCO leadership

    SHAPE Command Senior Enlisted Leader and EUCOM's Command Senior Enlisted Leader spotlight on the superb character of senior enlisted leadership
  • November 22, 2011

    School donation continues long-standing relationship with Poland

    Just last week, I visited the Krakow School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, which was heavily damaged in the spring floods of 2010, to deliver furniture and pianos donated by the U.S. Government.
  • November 17, 2011

    Humanitarian Assistance for Latvian Fire and Rescue

    Since fall 2008 US Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC Latvia) and State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia (SFRS) have identified and submitted 10 Civic Engagement (Humanitarian Assistance) projects for renovations of fire stations all over Latvia.
  • October 6, 2011

    Interagency Teams Meet in Berlin

    This was an outreach effort meant to enhance understanding and facilitate future cooperation between two interagency organizations.
  • September 23, 2011

    Education and water improvements for the children of Bosnia and Herzegovina

    U.S. European Command provided $450,000, which allowed the Office of Defense Cooperation to renovate the Drvar school.
  • September 14, 2011

    A small investment pays big dividends in Albania

    EUCOM invested $170,000 to upgrade a kindergarten in Erseke, Albania.
  • July 6, 2011

    Blue skies in Montana (Bulgaria)

    Our Office of Defense Cooperation team left rainy and gloomy Sofia for a trip that had us traveling 2000 km in 5 days.  We were scheduled to travel throughout northern Bulgaria to inspect 15 potential Humanitarian Assistance projects. We were a little worried because we will also had a ribbon cutting to one of our larger HA projects: a kindergarten renovation in the town of Montana.
  • June 14, 2011

    Useful work in Ukraine

    June 6 is a special day, but probably not for the reasons normally associated with the U.S. military in Europe. I was in Odessa, Ukraine, on the Black Sea coast. The weather was gorgeous, and I was with Ambassador Tefft and his wife, to celebrate the successful completion of facility improvements at Lastoshka Tuberculosis Children's Rehabilition Center.
  • April 7, 2011

    The Power of Partnering in the Baltics

    In early March, we teamed up with Project Hope, a non-profit medical service organization, to work with us and our Baltic allies in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on some of the most relevant, important issues facing all of our forces.
  • March 18, 2011

    Ending the week in Estonia

    The final day of the Wounded Warrior team’s trip in the Baltics began with a visit to Magdaleena East Central Tallinn Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in Estonia and the best hospital in Tallinn for rehabilitation.

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  • September 14, 2012

    Ceremony Marks Opening of multinational exercise Combined Endeavor 2012

    International agencies and partner nations mark the beginning of the multinational computer and communications exercise Combined Endeavor 2012 Sept 6. Air Force Tech Sgt. Esteban Esquivel reports from Grafenwoehr, Germany.
  • October 3, 2011

    Finding a good home for some unwanted items

    Every now and then, old furniture and equipment needs to be replaced. SrA Dennis Ayres takes us to the Defense Logistics Agency’s Disposition warehouse at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, where Airmen are helping unwanted items find a new home in Georgia and Azerbaijan.
  • September 30, 2011

    U.S. renovates Bolohani School in Moldova

    U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova William Moser and Mrs. Moser visited the village of Bolohan, where the United States is completing a $510,000 renovation of the Bolohani School. The renovation of the Bolohani School is a two phase project. Phase One -- the construction of new sanitary facilities was completed last week, and now students and faculty have access to indoor bathroom facilities. Phase Two -- the complete renovation of the school and its gymnasium will begin in December. The Bolohani School serves more than 200 children from three villages in the Orhei District. Renovation of the Bolohani School is being coordinated by the U.S. Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation.
  • September 23, 2011

    Armenia clinic opens with help from USACE, EUCOM

    TALIN, Armenia -- Members of the local medical community gathered with representatives of the U.S. and Armenian governments Sept. 2 to celebrate the opening of a polyclinic. The $220,000 renovation project, funded by the U.S. European Command and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation, provided a complete overhaul to the clinic's second floor. Read more about it at http://1.usa.gov/qzjILC (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers motion imagery by Rachel Goodspeed / Released)
  • September 23, 2011

    USACE, EUCOM team up to deliver kindergarten to Armenian community

    NERKIN SASNASHEN, Armenia -- Following a solemn memorial with the local community, U.S. and Armenian officials gathered together at the local kindergarten for a ribbon-cutting ceremony opening its newly-renovated doors to Sasnashen's children. Read more about it at http://1.usa.gov/pD52Ws (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers motion imagery by Rachel Goodspeed / Released)
  • September 21, 2011

    AFN Europe Report: On location in Luxeuil Les Bains, France

    On this edition of the AFN Europe Report: We're on location in Luxeuil Les Bains, France, where the locals pull out all the stops for American veterans who liberated the city 67 years ago. We'll hear stories from the men of our greatest generation. This and more on the AFN Europe Report.
  • September 13, 2011

    DoD renovated Primary School "Bratstvo Migjeni" v. Sarakino, Municipality Tetovo.

    DoD/ODC, with technical assistance by USAID/PEP, renovated Primary School "Bratstvo Migjeni" v. Sarakino, Municipality Tetovo. The renovation included replacement of all windows and doors, the roof, the floor, the central heating system, the light and electrical installation, reconstruction of toilets, installation of thermal façade, painting the external walls, painting the classroom walls and the installation of paths around the school.
  • August 5, 2010

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers help Latvian rescue station part 1

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe district, helps the Latvian Fire and Rescue Services by providing much needed renovations to their station. (Part 1)
  • December 15, 2009

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    U.S. European Command, USAID, the U.S. Embassy in Macedonia and the Government of Macedonia held ribbon-cutting ceremonies Monday at two schools in Macedonia. Through the ongoing partnership and friendship between the U.S. and Macedonia, USAID and EUCOM are assisting with providing a better educational environment for the children of Macedonia. The U.S. and Macedonia are both working toward the common goal of stability through education.
  • October 30, 2009

    Seabees at a school in Romania

    Navy Seabees are in Romania, not to build fortifications, but building up a middle school. SSgt Amy Forsythe is there as all that hard work paid off on the opening day of class.