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2:57 PM5/22/2023

12:00 AM5/19/2023

Lithuanian defense officials hosted a U.S. European Command delegation in Vilnius, Lithuania, from May 18-19, 2023, for a bilateral engagement to discuss security cooperation, plans and support to Ukraine.

12:00 AM5/19/2023

Participants leveraged the engagement to highlight cooperation between the nations and establish closer military ties related to modernization and capabilities development.

11:20 AM5/12/2023

1:37 PM5/11/2023

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt arrives at Naval Station Rota as part of its homeport shift April 19, 2020. Named in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor, Roosevelt will be the first Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer stationed in Rota, providing the ability to deploy with two embarked Lamps MK III MH-60B Sea Hawk helicopters.

1:21 PM5/11/2023

As President Biden had promised during his June 2022 bilateral meeting with Spanish President Pedro Sánchez, this agreement increases the deployment with two U.S. Navy destroyers permanently based at the Rota Naval Base.

9:01 AM5/9/2023

Brig. Gen. Mihail Iancu, deputy chief of the Department of Defense Policy, Planning, and International Relations, led the Romanian delegation to include Romania's Senior National Representative to U.S. European Command, Col. Gabriel Rilladuring, during bilateral staff talks in Bucharest, Romania, on May 3, 2023.

7:18 AM5/9/2023

Romanian State Secretary Simona Cojocaru provides opening remarks for the inaugural Moldova Security Assistance Roundtable in Bucharest, Romania, on May 4, 2023. The roundtable included discussions with Moldovan counterparts on the topics of strategy, planning and defense modernization.

1:18 PM5/4/2023

Senior military leaders used the engagement to pave a way forward for continued U.S.-Romanian military cooperation and growing security partnerships with Moldova.

8:58 AM4/28/2023

U.S. Army Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, Commander, U.S. European Command, delivers testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 in Washington, D.C., April 27, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

2:17 PM4/27/2023

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, fire an FGM-148 Javelin during a live-fire range while deployed with Marine Rotational Forces Europe (MRF-E) 23.1 in Setermoen, Norway, April 2, 2023. MRF-E focuses on regional engagements throughout Europe by conducting various exercises, 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 photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

9:12 AM4/27/2023

7:37 AM4/27/2023

Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, commander, U.S. European Command, delivered the 2023 Posture Statement to the House Armed Services Committee April 26, 2023, and to the Senate Armed Services Committee April 27, 2023.

9:20 AM4/26/2023

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Dylan Knox and Latvian National Guard Sgt. Maj. Arvis Solims share a joke between games during a military hockey event April 22, 2023, at the Valmieras Olimpiskais Centrs in Valmiera, Latvia. Military hockey teams from Latvia, Canada and the United States participated in the friendly competition as part of the Stronger Together Hockey Exhibition, a series of military hockey events that, through a shared love for hockey, strengthens partnerships and contributes to solidarity and interoperability in deterring aggression along NATO’s eastern flank. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Sgt. Daryl T. Madrid)

9:20 AM4/26/2023

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Greer Chambless, the U.S. Embassy Riga defense attaché, second from left, delivers remarks during the opening ceremony for the Stronger Together Hockey Exhibition, held April 22, 2023, in Valmiera, Latvia. Canadian Ambassador to Latvia Brian Szwarc, left, also delivered remarks and dropped the ceremonial puck to open the the friendly competition between military hockey teams from Latvia, Canada and the United States. The event, through the teams' shared love for hockey, strengthened partnerships and contributed to solidarity and interoperability in deterring aggression along NATO’s eastern flank. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thurman Snyder)

9:16 AM4/26/2023

This visit enhances regional maritime domain awareness and increases the safety of underwater infrastructure such as submarine cables. It also paves the way for future stops as needed and as supportable.