The Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)/Cyber directorate, also referred to as the J6, provides and coordinates cyber and information technology capabilities.

Combined Endeavor 2014, the world’s largest communication network interoperability exercise, took place in Grafenwöhr, Germany in August and September. CE is a command, control, communications, and computer (C4) network-system training event designed to enhance network interoperability between coalition partners. More than 1,200 communication professionals from 31 NATO and Partnership-for-Peace countries, as well as other strategic European partners participated in the U.S. European Command-sponsored exercise.

Kosovo has been a sovereign nation for just 5 years. AFN's Dan Robinson tells us a team of EUCOM communication professionals traveled to Pristina, Kosovo, to train their young security force on how to better tell their story.

I couldn’t help but contrast the battlefield with my classroom setting of federal executives debating today’s contentious national policy issues.

International agencies and partner nations mark the beginning of the multinational computer and communications exercise Combined Endeavor 2012 Sept 6. Air Force Tech Sgt. Esteban Esquivel reports from Grafenwoehr, Germany.

The Joint Multinational Training Command, or JMTC, here, is hosting more than 40 nations and multinational organizations participating in Combined Endeavor for the third year in a row.

Without the 1st Combat Communications Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany and the 35th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, Charlie Company, Port Nuevo, Puerto Rico, Combined Endeavor 2012 could not happen.

Looking through the crowd of 147 multinational distinguished guests in their military uniforms and business suits, is difficult not to appreciate the level of commitment that each nation has made toward building partnerships.

The U.S. Navy conducted Common Picture Operational (CPO) tests with Finland’s navy Sept. 6 and will continue throughout Combined Endeavor 2012.

As the Arctic climate continues to change, Arctic area nations are working together to address security concerns.

Representatives and planners from 36 NATO and Partnership for Peace countries began the week- long final planning conference for Combined Endeavor 2012 today in Budva, Montenegro.

The U.S. European Command ended the mid-planning conference for Combined Endeavor, its largest multinational communications interoperability exercise, today in Albania.

The week-long mid planning conference for exercise Combined Endeavor 2012 (CE12), U.S. European Command’s largest communications interoperability exercise, began today with more than 300 participants attending to continue the planning and testing for this year’s exercise.

The Turkish and U.S. air forces successfully synched a communication system together during the bilateral training exercise Anatolian Falcon 2012 here March 13.

It may be a challenge, but communicating in the same language, when it comes to military tactics, is the key to any NATO mission. SGT Joshua Blair takes us to SHAPE, Belgium, to meet the troops at the tip of the spear.

For militaries to communicate they must have a common language that is understood everywhere. It's not an easy task when the U.S. and NATO allies speak several different languages. SGT Joshua Blair tells us how they tie it all together.

The week-long initial planning conference for exercise Combined Endeavor 2012 (CE12), U.S. European Command’s largest communications interoperability exercise, began today with more than 250 participants attending to begin planning.

How will you help protect the networks that are used as a tool to assist warfighters, planners, and commanders by preserving freedom of action in Cyberspace?

Service members of the Spanish armed forces are expanding their communications skills and strengthening relationships with more than 35 other nations from around the world during Combined Endeavor 2011, which began, Sept. 8, in Grafenwoehr, Germany.

Moldova participates with 38 other nations at Combined Endeavor 11, a multinational exercise from Sept. 8-22, 2011 in Grafenwoehr, Germany.

72nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion participated in Cyber Endeavor a portion of Combined Endeavor 11 which is a multinational exercise from Sept. 9-22, 2011 in Grafenwoehr, Germany.

Montenegro is among the 40 nations that are participating in Combined Endeavor a multinational exercise, from Sept. 9-22, 2011.

France is among the 40 nations that are participating in Combined Endeavor a multinational exercise, Sept. 9-22, 2011.

I’m sure you’ve heard the buzz in the U.S. about the “new” two-dimensional barcodes, called Quick Response codes, or QR codes.  These codes, which look like mini crossword puzzles, were originally created in Japan in 1994 to track automobile parts.  As a result of the iPhone and Android smartphone boom over the past year, QR codes are finally catching on in the U.S.  Conventions, restaurants, retailers and real estate companies are using them as a way to connect people with information and multimedia content on the internet quickly via mobile devices.  To take the code a step further, some industries such as airlines have started to use "green ticketing", using the digital QR code data  in lieu of physical boarding passes.

Combined Endeavor is the world's largest military communications exercise. Dozens of countries will test their communications and information systems. The exercise takes place in September of this year, but not before some intense planning.