I read about the economic and natural crises in Romania this week and I couldn't help but think about a recent trip I took to the beautiful Carpathia Mountains not far from where the flooding is happening now.

Army Lt. Gen. Kathleen M. Gainey, the director of logistics for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies June 28 and 29. She toured the facility and provided the keynote speech for one of the Marshall Center’s graduating classes.

I'm looking for guidance from all you social media gurus, or not, out there. Do you practice the theory, in your business, command, etc., that everyone should blog?

U.S. European Command (EUCOM), J4 Deployment and Distribution Operations Center got of to a great start at the 2009 Coalition Movement Conference. Brigadier General Mate Ostović, Commander, Croatian Armed Forces Support Command, set the stage with his opening remarks and warmly received the participants. The General commented, “Conferences like this one are very important for gaining common knowledge and understanding of important issues that we all face in our work. Whenever friends and allies get together, great opportunities arise.” With that comment the conference proceeded with a great exchange of information on how we at EUCOM, along with CENTCOM, and TRANSCOM, can communicate and work better to improve the Coalition Partners Deployment and Re-deployment program for NATO and 18 Coalition Partner Nations.