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U.S. European Command USEUCOM

May 2012

U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis

Stavridis: Europe Remains Vital to Current, Future Security

U.S. European Command, along with NATO allies and other close partnerships in Europe, remains critical to the United States, even as it implements new defense strategic guidance focused on challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East, said Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, Eucom and NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe. Story

Priorities Chart Way Forward for Eucom

Using the new defense strategic guidance as its roadmap, officials at U.S. European Command say they’ve fixed their compasses on four basic priorities: maintaining ready forces, completing a successful transition in Afghanistan, sustaining strategic partnerships and countering transnational threats. Story

Force Changes in Europe to
Preserve Strategic Edge

With major force changes set to unfold across Europe, U.S. European Command remains committed to its mission of ensuring a ready force prepared to respond if called upon, officials said. Story

Clinton, Panetta: NATO Partners
Committed to Afghanistan

There's a clear sense among alliance nations of NATO’s ongoing commitment to the mission in Afghanistan up to and beyond 2014, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Story

Strategic Guidance Recognizes U.S. Commitments to NATO

As the United States implements new strategic guidance that increases its focus on Asia and the Pacific, it also needs to pursue “smart defense initiatives” as it continues to honor its NATO commitments, a senior defense official said. Story

New Task Force Supports Countertrafficking in Europe

A new task force at U.S. European Command is helping other U.S. government agencies and their international counterparts confront trafficking in illicit goods and services that officials call a major national security threat to the United States. Story