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Posture Statement

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Each year in the spring, Combatant Commanders are called to Washington to report on the state, or "posture," of their commands to the United States Congress. In these posture hearings, the Commander outlines the vision, priorities and progress that guide and distinguish the command, showcasing all of the hard work that goes on across EUCOM every day and the results those efforts deliver.

In his 2012 posture testimony Adm. Stavridis reported on the command's notable accomplishments and enduring challenges, offering his insights, plans, and recommendations to the nation's legislators that support EUCOM's mission and contribute to national security.

The 2012 posture testimony outlines EUCOM's strategy for defending the United States and outlines accomplishments and programs underway that support the command's priorities, engagements and initiatives, offering guidance as EUCOM works and grows Stronger Together!

The 2012 High Resolution Version is available here. (.pdf, 13804 KB)

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  • September 15, 2011

    72nd ESB joins multinational crew at Cyber Endeavor

    72nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion participated in Cyber Endeavor a portion of Combined Endeavor 11 which is a multinational exercise from Sept. 9-22, 2011 in Grafenwoehr, Germany.
  • December 4, 2009

    Naval Station Rota fire department trains with Spanish counterparts

    ROTA, Spain - Naval Station Rota, Spain's fire department held an interagency drill with the Spanish navy and the city of Rota fire departments here Dec. 4.
  • September 21, 2009

    Obama announces changes for European Missile Defense

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama announced he is restructuring plans for a missile defense system in Europe that provides greater flexibility and promises faster deployment of current technologies, here Sept. 17.
  • June 15, 2009

    U.S. European Command hosts State Partnership Program conference

    STUTTGART, Germany - The U.S. European Command kicked-off the bi-annual State Partnership Program (SPP) Conference here June 15. The three-day conference will highlight many new initiatives to include SPP partners co-deploying to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan, and include interactive workshops that transform SPP to the next level to ensure it provides comprehensive support for EUCOM's Strategy of Active Security. This transformation includes integrating state agencies to full-spectrum engagements to enhance civil security and increased partner capacity building efforts.

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  • February 23, 2012

    Prepping for Congressional Testimony

    One of the most important things I do each year is to testify in front of the US Congress. I'm at home this weekend preparing carefully for this annual opportunity to lay out the challenges, linkages, and initiatives of U.S. European Command.
  • June 29, 2011

    The clock is winding down to the start of Cyber Endeavor 2011

    In my previous blog, I told you what Cyber Endeavor was all about. In this post, I’ll go over where we are at with CyE, who is providing seminars at the event, and the topics those seminars are going to cover. At this latest planning conference, we spent our time finalizing the schedule and agenda, as well as recruiting more participants from all of the nations in attendance. The conference was a success and we are on target to have an even better CyE than last year.
  • March 29, 2010

    Interagency Partnering -- Batter Up!

    EUCOM’s Commander, Admiral Stavridis, often points to the importance that he attaches to “partnering,” both military and interagency partnering. In his recent Capitol Hill testimony he said that interagency partnering is “more than a tool or a method, 'interagency partnering' is an expanding paradigm at EUCOM and we are intent on serving as a model of interagency cooperation."
  • March 12, 2010

    A Week on Capitol Hill

    As I told you in my last blog, I spent this past week on Capitol Hill. I testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction (HAC MILCON).
  • March 3, 2010

    Off to Washington!

    I’m on Capitol Hill next week to update Congress on the successes and challenges of U.S. European Command and the security environment in Europe. As you’d expect, this is a BIG deal for us, and we’ve been preparing for months.

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  • March 5, 2010

    ADM James Stavirdis discusses interagency partnering

    Admiral James Stavridis, EUCOM commander, recently returned from the European Strategy Conference in Ramstein, Germany. Conference attendees discussed quality of life issues, along with international and interagency partnering. Admiral Stavridis says there are several initiatives being worked on at EUCOM.