Since 1952, EUCOM has participated in or provided support to more than 200 named operations varying from humanitarian and natural disaster relief efforts to peacekeeping and anti-terrorism/force protection operations across Europe.

United States European Command Change of Command Ceremony between Admiral Stavridis and General Breedlove.

Following nearly two weeks of protest and political instability in Hungary, Soviet tanks and troops viciously crush the protests. Thousands were killed and wounded, and nearly a quarter-million Hungarians fled the country.

Less than one year after the destruction of the Berlin Wall, East and West Germany come together on what is known as "Unity Day."

Naval Station Rota held a memorial ceremony for seven Navy Airmen who perished in 1987.

Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet head of state to visit the United States.

Servicemembers in Naples, Italy gather to observe the 11th anniversary of September 11, 2001. Seaman Apprentice Nicole VanderGriend takes us to the remembrance ceremony.

Remembrance of September 11th takes place all over the US and internationally every year. SSgt Amanda Wowk shows us how RAF Lakenheath in England is no exception.

September 11th is forever marked as a day that changed the course of world history. In Vicenza, Italy, a joint commemoration ceremony took place downtown. SGT Nick Lloyd has more.

Two months after signing an agreement to establish a 24-hour-a-day "hot line" between Moscow and Washington, the system goes into effect. The hot line was supposed to help speed communication between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union and help prevent the possibility of an accidental war.

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev declares that he is ready to begin disarmament talks with the West.

A joke about "outlawing" the Soviet Union by President Ronald Reagan turns into an international embarrassment. The president's flippant remarks caused consternation among America's allies and provided grist for the Soviet propaganda mill.

Thirty-five nations, called together by the United States and the Soviet Union, begin a summit meeting in Helsinki, Finland, to discuss some pressing international issues. The meeting temporarily revived the spirit of detente between the United States and Russia.

During the grand opening ceremony of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev engage in a heated debate about capitalism and communism in the middle of a model kitchen set up for the fair.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower presents his "Open Skies" plan at the 1955 Geneva summit meeting with representatives of France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. The plan, though never accepted, laid the foundation for President Ronald Reagan's later policy of "trust, but verify" in relation to arms agreements with the Soviet Union.

In a vindication of his sweeping economic and political reforms, Mikhail Gorbachev withstands severe criticisms from his opponents and is re-elected head of the Soviet Communist Party by an overwhelming margin.

Sixty years ago, the 31st Fighter Wing was a young wing in a young Air Force, and the technologies taken for granted today were in their infancy.

The Algerian Revolution was a conflict between France and Algerian independence movements from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria gaining its independence from France. An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare, terrorism against civilians, the use of torture on both sides, and counter-terrorism operations by the French Army.

On this day in 1948, U.S. and British pilots begin delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated by a Soviet Union blockade.

During a summit meeting in Vienna, President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT-II agreement dealing with limitations and guidelines for nuclear weapons.

Most of us weren't even alive when WWII ended.One veteran knows exactly where he was...aboard a tank in the Czech Republic as the town of Pilsen was being liberated. Benjamin Griffin has the story.

In one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the repressive Communist era in a divided Germany.

Service members have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country in past conflict and are buried in U.S. cemeteries around the world. But what about those fallen heroes who are still missing? SGT Vincent Pedican tells us how a group of people from Hawaii continue to look for missing service members to this day.

The partnership between the United States and the Czech Republic has endured for years. Both countries honor the past and work together towards the future. Benjamin Griffin has the story.

It’s been almost seven decades since U.S. and allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, during WWII. As age catches up with the veterans of that era we’re able to hear fewer and fewer of their accounts first-hand. In this story we hear from the veterans of that conflict and what visiting Normandy means for a younger generations of service members.

The partnership between the United States and the Czech Republic has endured for years. Both countries honor the past and work together towards the future. Benjamin Griffin has the story.

Service members have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country in past conflict and are buried in U.S. cemeteries around the world. But what about those fallen heroes who are still missing? SGT Vincent Pedican tells us how a group of people from Hawaii continue to look for missing service members to this day.