Ambassador Susan M. Elliott began her assignment as the Civilian Deputy to the Commander and Foreign Policy Advisor, United States European Command in November 2015. This transcript contains her remarks at the American Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 27, 2016
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."
As important as social media has become in the world, it is playing an ever-increasing role in the U.S. military. I’d like to highlight a great example from the International Security Assistance Force.