Blog Posts from April, 2009
EUCOM Signs New Logistics Agreement with NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization
RDML Steven Romano and Mr. K. H. Muenzner sign the Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) between EUCOM and the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization (NAMSO).
On Wednesday, 22 April 2009, RDML Steven Romano, Director EUCOM J-4, and Mr. K.-H. Muenzner, NAMSA General Manager, signed a new Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) between EUCOM and the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization (NAMSO).
They took time during the Senior NATO Logistics Conference to sign this important agreement, which replaces one of the oldest ACSAs in existence, signed in 1982. This new agreement permits the exchange of logistic support, supplies and services between the US and NAMSO, such as food, clothing, petroleum, transportation, repair and maintenance.
US forces and NAMSO have relied heavily on the old agreement for vehicle maintenance and support, and this new agreement is even more flexible, allowing additional types of support to be exchanged.
ACSAs provide many benefits, including promotion of interoperability, enhanced operational readiness, cost effective mutual support with a reduced deployment footprint for joint exercises and contingencies, and responsive, flexible support during Peacekeeping and Disaster Relief Operations. There are three kinds of payments allowed under ACSAs: payment in cash, replacement in kind, and equal value exchange.
Under the last method, if NAMSO or the US receive support, they have up to one year to pay for the support with an equal value of other support or services, as long as both sides agree to the exchange when the order is placed.
Lt Col Timothy Klopfer, USAF
EUCOM ACSA Manager
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Combined Endeavor 2009
CE – Combined Endeavor – is a large telecommunications exercise sponsored by EUCOM but planned and executed by our partner nations. This year, 2009, we are moving the exercise out of Germany for the first time in our 14 year history to Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a big enough challenge planning this exercise, but this year we add the challenge of building a new infrastructure to support the exercise.
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EUCOM Chaplain Nominated for Promotion to Flag
The U.S. European Command is honored to congratulate Navy Captain Mark Tidd, the EUCOM Command Chaplain, on his nomination to promotion to Rear Admiral (lower half). We were all excited to see the announcement in the Dept. of Defense press release last Thursday. Chaplain Tidd has moved mountains within the Religious Programs arena and enabled EUCOM to go in some slightly non-traditional directions, especially in the area of engaging with partner nation military chaplaincies and other religious leaders in the European theater.
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Vice Adm. Gallagher inducted in Hall of Fame
As the Deputy Commander of U.S. European Command, Vice Admiral Dick Gallagher is not only a leader in our military community and area of focus – he is a leader even in his hometown, which he left over 37 years ago.
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Patch Barracks, Earth Day 2009
The United States Army Garrison--Stuttgart motto is a good one and says a lot about our community. The Garrison leadership's goal is to have people say "I'm glad I live here." Stuttgart is a wonderful city, and the USAG Stuttgart is a fantastic place to live and serve.
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Memorial Day
This honor comes with my position at the U.S. European Command public Affairs office as the Chief of Community Relations. The unique aspect of my job is that my “community” is made up of the 51 countries and territories the command calls its area of responsibility.
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Six Years Later…EUCOM Supports Professional NATO Chaplaincies
In November 2008 I became the Deputy Command Chaplain at U.S. European Command at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany. A couple of months ago I participated in a planning meeting for the annual NATO Chaplain Operations Course at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany. The meeting included some chaplains who had attended the pilot course held in February 2003, and others who had been students there more recently. Military Chaplains face challenges on the battlefield that go beyond the boundaries of pastoral needs for the troops. We work in multinational environments where synchronization with command religious programs, encounters with Civil Military Operations, and non-governmental organizations are critical to the success in combat. In war or peacekeeping missions, working in a cooperative military chaplaincy environment is a force multiplier for commanders.
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EUCOM Chaplain Delivers Field Kits to Republic of Georgia
In our recent trip to Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 1, 2009, EUCOM’s senior Chaplain Assistant, Army Master Sergeant Ralph Martinez, and I presented six portable field worship kits to the leader of training and education of the joint staff of the Georgian Military, Major Lasha Beridze, and the Orthodox priest assigned to support the joint staff, Father David Londaridze. During this visit, we discussed developing training specifically for chaplains and collaborated on ideas for the way ahead for future engagements between our two organizations.
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The Case for Forces in Europe
Today, however, US forces—from the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard—are here in Europe in numbers much reduced from the Cold War era for reasons that are uniquely suited to a drastically changed strategic reality. The United States “fights”—not just in combat but before and after hostilities as well—in coalitions. It is no coincidence that the vast majority of our coalition partners come from the European Command theater, where the US has maintained its commitment not only to the security of our European neighbors, but to the creation of partner capacity to bring peace and stability anywhere in the world it is needed. It is no coincidence that over 85% of the partner flags that currently serve in Afghanistan—a force of over 28,000—come from EUCOM’s theater. And it is no coincidence that some of our most reliable partners, day in and day out, are found here in Europe. Because US forces are a recognizable presence within Europe, because US forces train regularly with our Eu
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Congratulations on the new agreement - Looking to see if this ACSA can be used for some OSD experimentation with NAMSA on equipment identification standards and data exchange. Please contact me. Thanks!