October 23, 2012

Landstuhl medics aid local woman after car crash

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Sounds of a crashing car startled three Soldiers one recent evening as they ran up the steep Kirchberg hillside just west of town.

October 22, 2012

This Week in EUCOM History: Oct. 22- 28, 1962

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In a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, President John F. Kennedy announces that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba. These missile sites—under construction but nearing completion—housed medium-range missiles capable of striking a number of major cities in the United States, including Washington, D.C.

October 19, 2012

Reception Hosted Aboard USS Enterprise

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Enterprise has a long relationship with the people of Naples. The carrier made its first ever port visit to the city during its maiden deployment in 1962.

October 19, 2012

Bulgarian president, senior military leaders visit multinational exercise in Germany

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The President of the Republic of Bulgaria visited the Joint Multinational Readiness Center at Hohenfels Training Area to observe Bulgarian Special Forces training during exercise Saber Junction, Oct 19.

October 25, 2012

Austere Challenge 2012: Meeting and Working with our Israeli Public Affairs Counterparts

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Our Combined Public Information Center team here includes EUCOM public affairs officers (PAO) and PAOs from the Joint PA Support Element from Norfolk, Va.

October 19, 2012

Up North

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Just back from Sweden and Finland -- not NATO allies, but certainly premier partners both. I visited both in my hat as Commander of US European Command.

October 17, 2012

EUCOMversations with Dan Regelbrugge, Defense Language Institute

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The Defense Langauge Institute opened its first Europe-based language lab Oct. 4 at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany. Dan Regelbrugge joins us from the lab to talk about what the new facility offers and the dedication it took to get the center up and running.

October 15, 2012

Brussels and the Balkans

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I spent the early part of the week at the meeting of the NATO Defence Ministers at NATO Headquarters up in Brussels, about 45 minutes north of my operational command in Mons, Belgium. The second was with the NATO and additional troop contributing nations to our ongoing mission in Kosovo.

October 26, 2012

AC12 Israeli Minister of Defense visit

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Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command greet the Israeli Minister of Defense, Ehud. The soldiers are participating in Austere Challenge 2012. Austere Challenge 2012 (AC 12) is a large-scale air defense field training and command post simulation exercise designed to improve interoperability between the U.S. and Israeli militaries.

October 25, 2012

A crew chief's work

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With greasy boots and dirty nails, an Aviano Airman answers her nation’s call and keeps jets in the sky. SrA Breanne Biggie has the story.

October 23, 2012

A rewarding feeling

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A unit that has already made a significant impact in Afghanistan is gearing up to head downrange once again. SGT Austin Majors tells us more.

October 23, 2012

The story of a good samaritan

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In an emergency situation, not everyone has the know-how to step in and help. Priscilla Kaiser introduces us to one Army Medic who happened to be at the right place at the right time to assist during an emergency.

October 26, 2012

Lull in fighting between Israel, Gaza militants

(AP) - A deadly flare-up in fighting between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas group subsided on Thursday after Egypt helped to restore calm ahead of a major Muslim holiday.

October 26, 2012

Israel keeps silent on mysterious Sudan airstrike

(AP) - Senior Israeli officials accused Sudan on Thursday of playing a key role in an Iranian-backed network of arms shipments to hostile Arab militant groups across the Middle East, a day after a mysterious explosion rocked a weapons factory near the North African country's capital.

October 25, 2012

Gazans fire rockets at Israel, bringing airstrikes

(AP) — Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel on Wednesday in the heaviest bombardment on the area in months, drawing ominous Israeli threats of retaliation and dangers of escalation.

October 25, 2012

Georgia’s Next PM Says Will Quit in 18 Months

(VOA) - Georgia's future prime minister, Bidzina Ivanishvili, says he plans to quit politics in 18 months. The billionaire politician made the announcement to opposition lawmakers in parliament on Wednesday.

October 24, 2012

Europe Remains Important to New Strategy, General Says

Europe remains important, even as the United States shifts its strategic focus to the Asia-Pacific region, the commander of U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army said during a Defense Writers Group breakfast here today.

October 24, 2012

Russia’s Pantsir-S System Downs Cruise Missile in Test

Two missiles fired from a Pantsir-S short-range air defense system shot down a cruise missile during tests at a practice range in northern Russia on Friday, the Defense Ministry said.

October 24, 2012

Turkey looks to Iran, Russia to tackle Syria crisis

Turkey is turning to regional powers Iran and Russia, backers of the Damascus regime, to help it deal with Syria's bloody civil war that has spilled across its border with deadly shelling and a flood of refugees, analysts say.