Inside USEUCOM, Ep 2: COVID-19 Support to Allies & Partners
12:00 AM3/5/2021
March 5, 2021 - This episode focuses on EUCOM's support of allied and partner nations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interview subjects include senior leaders from the J9 directorate, Col. Kyle Simpson and Mr. Jose E. Colon.
Au cours de la mission CLEMENCEAU 21 le groupe aéronaval Task Force 473 s’est constitué autour du porte-avions français Charles de Gaulle. La force composée de la frégate de défense aérienne (FDA) Chevalier Paul, de la frégate multi-missions (FREMM) Provence, de la frégate américaine USS Donald Cook, de la frégate belge Léopold 1er , de la frégate grecque Kanaris, de la frégate italienne Margottini, s’est réunie pour un PHOTEX en début de mission. Le dimanche 28 février 2021, en mer Méditerranée.
Le groupe aéronaval (GAN) multinational constitué autour du porte-avions français Charles de Gaulle forme la Task Force 473, placée sous le commandement du contre-amiral (CA) Marc Aussedat. Baptisée CLEMENCEAU 21, cette mission opérationnelle conduit le GAN en Méditerranée, au nord de l’océan Indien (mer d’Arabie) et dans le Golfe arabo-persique de février à juin 2021.
La mission CLEMENCEAU 21 est composée de plusieurs phases. La phase initiale en mer Méditerranée permet aux escorteurs français (Frégate de défense aérienne Chevalier-Paul (FDA), Frégate multi-missions Provence (FREMM), bâtiment de commandement et de ravitaillement Var (BCR)) et aux alliés (les frégates américaine USS Porter, belge Léopold 1er et grecque Kanaris) de monter en puissance, notamment dans le cadre d’exercices et manœuvres d’interopérabilité avec les marines riveraines et alliées.
A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron takes off from Orland Air Force Station, Norway, Feb. 26, 2021. The B-1 aircrew participated in a local sortie where they integrated with Norwegian F-35s over the Barents Sea as a part of a Bomber Task Force Europe deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Colin Hollowell)
U.S. B-1B Lancers, from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flew their first Bomber Task Force mission of this deployment in and around the Barents Sea, Feb. 26, 2021.
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment convoy to Live Fire Range at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Grafenwoehr, on Feb. 9, 2021. Combined Resolve XV is a Headquarters Department of the Army directed Multinational exercise designed to build 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Calvary Division's Readiness and enhance interoperability with allied forces to fight and win against any adversary. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Savannah Miller)
Combined U.S. – Israel Exercise Juniper Falcon 2021 Concludes
11:03 AM2/24/2021
The first-ever virtual, joint U.S. Israel ballistic missile defense exercise, Juniper Falcon 2021, concluded Feb. 12 following two weeks of military training focused on enhancing the defense of Israel through combined coordination, shared capabilities, and continued military relationships.
Allies, Partners Critical to U.S. European Command
12:00 AM2/24/2021
U.S. European Command works closely with U.S. allies and partners to address evolving challenges posed by its adversaries to secure peace and to protect U.S. interests abroad.
U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 21.1 (MRF-E), Marine Forces Europe and Africa, participate in the extreme-cold weather training package in Setermoen, Norway, Jan. 31 – Feb. 6, 2021. MRF-E focuses on regional engagements throughout Europe by conducting various exercises, arctic cold-weather and mountain warfare training, and military-to-military engagements, which enhance overall interoperability of the U.S. Marine Corps with allies and partners. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Andrew J. Smith)
COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Expands Across USEUCOM Area of Responsibility
3:46 PM2/19/2021
Efforts to provide COVID-19 vaccine to Department of Defense personnel have expanded to 14 countries at 38 distribution sites across the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) area of responsibility.
U.S. European Command's director of logistics, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Duke Heinz (left), addressed more than 300 senior military logisticians and engineers from 47 nations during the annual DefenceiQ-organized Combat Support Week conference. Chaired by retired British Gen. Sir Peter Wall (right), former Chief of the British Army's General Staff, this year's event was conducted virtually to protect participants from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
USEUCOM’s Top Logistician Addresses Future Operating Environment Challenges at International Conference
1:20 PM2/19/2021
By road, rail, air and sea, moving military forces and the vast array of equipment and supplies to support them is one of the greatest challenges that U.S. European Command’s (USEUCOM) director of logistics, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Duke Heinz, and his team confront every day.
Capt. Cole Anderson, chief, Microbiology, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, reviews test results of COVID-19 specimens at LRMC’s Infectious Disease Laboratory, Feb. 10. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center recently surpassed 100,000 COVID-19 tests since its first test on March 6, 2020.
Capt. Cole Anderson, chief, Microbiology, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, prepares a plate of COVID-19 specimens for testing with a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) analyzer at LRMC’s Infectious Disease Laboratory, Feb. 10. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center recently surpassed 100,000 COVID-19 tests since its first test on March 6, 2020.