As I settle into a rhythm as both SACEUR and EUCOM Commander, it's a good time to reflect on what kind of organization I want to lead. Several qualities have worked well for me as touchstones in the past – from my earliest days in the Navy – and I pass them along as a pretty good way to do business.
This is my first blog as Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander of U.S. European Command. I am the first Admiral to assume these two jobs, and the fifteenth officer in a line stretching back to General Dwight D. Eisenhower.