U.S. Special Operations forces, in support of Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR), participated in an opening ceremony for Exercise Spring Storm Monday. This opening ceremony kicked of the special operations portion of the Estonian Defense Forces’ annual exercise.
12 American F-16s arrived at the 32nd Air Base in Łask, Poland on March 13, 2014, for joint Polish-American exercises to augment the United States Air Force Aviation Detachment.
More than 100 Airmen and three C-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, deployed to enhance bilateral defense ties with Polish armed forces members during a scheduled aircraft rotation to the U.S. Air Force Aviation Detachment in Poland.
A dozen more F-16s and 300 personnel based at Aviano Air Base, Italy, will augment the U.S. aviation detachment at Lask Air Base, Poland, a Pentagon spokesman announced today.
In advance of their budget testimony this morning before a Senate panel, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey outlined Defense Department activities pertaining to the crisis in Ukraine.
Following Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's announcement today during Senate testimony that the United States is augmenting its participation in NATO's air policing mission in the Baltics and will increase joint training through its aviation detachment in Poland, a defense official provided additional information.
The Iowa National Guard Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Timothy Orr, talks about how his state uses a "Whole of Iowa, Whole of Kosovo" approach to energize all aspects of society in their partnership.
The Iowa National Guard Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Timothy Orr, talks about how the State Partnership Program has branched off to benefit the whole of Iowa and whole of Kosovo.
The Iowa National Guard Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Timothy Orr, talks some lessons learned in this partnership: leveraging the skills of noncommissioned officers and sticking to their goals and overcoming challenges.
The Iowa National Guard Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Timothy Orr, the sense of pride Iowa Guardsmen have in their partnership with Kosovo and how that benefits Iowa, Kosovo and U.S. European Command.
The Iowa National Guard Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Timothy Orr, talks about how the State Partnership Program helps the professional development of the noncommissioned officers and officers of the Iowa National Guard and Kosovo Security Forces.
Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael Cunniff, New Jersey National Guard Adjutant General, talks about the benefits of the State Partnership Program between the New Jersey National Guard and Albania.
Mark Pekala, U.S. Ambassador to Latvia, talks about the evolving Latvian armed forces mission in Afghanistan from intense combat, to training the Afghan armed forces, and determining what their role will be in Afghanistan post-2014.
Mark Pekala, U.S. Ambassador to Latvia, talks about transforming the primary mission of the Northern Distribution Network, or NDN, from moving food, fuel and supplies to the troops in Afghanistan into a commercial network dubbed the 'New Silk Road by the Latvians stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific as a basis for future economic development, trade and investments.
The Director of U.S. European Command Directorate of Logistics is the newly-elected Chairman of the Board for the Multinational Logistics Coordination Centre and in this blog he talks about his visit to the centre and the benefits it brings to the members and USEUCOM.
The Michigan National Guard celebrates their 20-year partnership with Latvia with a look back at how the partnership started and and some milestones along the way.
Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais talks about three deployments into Afghanistan with the Latvian military, the maturing of their joint terminal attack controller, or JTAC, program and the Latvians ability to now train the Polish military.
The U.S. Aviation Detachment Poland, a U.S. Air Force unit at the 32nd Air Base Poland has unique mission, fostering defense ties and interoperability between NATO partner nations.
A key pillar of NATO’s deterrence is the strength, flexibility and high quality of its air power. In Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR over Libya, NATO jets flew some 26,000 sorties, including more than 9,600 strike missions
Juniper Stallion 13 was a combined, bilateral F-15/F-16 air-to-air exercise designed to improve the interoperability and cooperation between the U.S. and Israeli air forces.
Noble Melinda 13 was an annual bilateral maritime exercise focusing on explosive ordnance disposal and other underwater operations.
The State Partnership Program is a critical compnent of the EUCOM mission. California and Ukraine State Partnerhsip is a great example of this mission.
The partnership started off as low level military-to-military exchanges growing to military-to-civilian exchanges and now the focus is on increasing the capacity of Ukraine.
Recently I have read of concern in Poland of decreasing U.S. engagement due to the U.S. “rebalance” to Asia, thereby losing interest in Poland and Europe as strategic partners.
Nothing could be further from the truth!
The Military-to-Military Engagement Program (mil-to-mil or M2M) is spearheaded at EUCOM by the J5 though multiple directorates, staff sections, National Guard units, and the component commands have a role carrying out the mission.