U.S. European Command and 35 other countries participated in Cyber Coalition, an annual NATO exercise, conducted from Tallinn, Estonia, Nov. 27 to Dec. 1. Cyber Coalition 2023 focused on simulated responses to cyber threats and enhancing cyber defense posture. (Courtesy photo by Paolo Giordano)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, second from right, deputy commander, U.S. European Command, and Ambassador Kate Marie Byrnes third from left, civilian deputy and foreign policy advisor to U.S. European Command, host Secretary General of the Austrian Ministry of Defense, Dr. Arnold Kammel, center, and members of Kammel’s staff at the command’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov. 30, 2023. The meeting, aimed at identifying areas for future military cooperation, builds on a broadening relationship after Austria and the Vermont National Guard formalized their partnership under the State Partnership Program in 2022. As no nation can confront today's challenges alone, U.S. European Command is committed to preserving the mutual commitment, support and trust we share with our Allies and partners.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, right, deputy commander, U.S. European Command, and Ambassador Kate Marie Byrnes, left, civilian deputy and foreign policy advisor to U.S. European Command, host Secretary General of the Austrian Ministry of Defense, Dr. Arnold Kammel, center, at the command’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov. 30, 2023. The meeting, aimed at identifying areas for future military cooperation, builds on a broadening relationship after Austria and the Vermont National Guard formalized their partnership under the State Partnership Program in 2022. As no nation can confront today's challenges alone, U.S. European Command is committed to preserving the mutual commitment, support and trust we share with our Allies and partners.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, deputy commander, U.S. European Command, presents a gift to Secretary General of the Austrian Ministry of Defense, Dr. Arnold Kammel, at the command’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov. 30, 2023. The meeting, aimed at identifying areas for future military cooperation, builds on a broadening relationship after Austria and the Vermont National Guard formalized their partnership under the State Partnership Program in 2022. As no nation can confront today's challenges alone, U.S. European Command is committed to preserving the mutual commitment, support and trust we share with our Allies and partners.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, center left, deputy commander, U.S. European Command, and Ambassador Kate Marie Byrnes, left, civilian deputy and foreign policy advisor to U.S. European Command, host Secretary General of the Austrian Ministry of Defense, Dr. Arnold Kammel, center right, and members of Kammel’s staff at the command’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov. 30, 2023. The meeting, aimed at identifying areas for future military cooperation, builds on a broadening relationship after Austria and the Vermont National Guard formalized their partnership under the State Partnership Program in 2022. As no nation can confront today's challenges alone, U.S. European Command is committed to preserving the mutual commitment, support and trust we share with our Allies and partners.

Sailors assigned to the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) participate in a memorial ceremony off the coast of Normandy, France, while in the English Channel, May 26, 2020. Mount Whitney is the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, homeported in Gaeta, Italy, and operates with a combined crew of U.S. Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Damon Grosvenor)

Sailors assigned to the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) participate in a memorial ceremony off the coast of Normandy, France, while in the English Channel, May 26, 2020. Mount Whitney is the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, homeported in Gaeta, Italy, and operates with a combined crew of U.S. Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Damon Grosvenor)

Members of the 4th Security Force Assistance Brigade, under the auspices of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, joined the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the U.K. during joint training events at several locations across Bosnia and Herzegovina from Oct. 23 to Nov. 26, 2023. The training, which routinely takes place between the U.K. and Bosnia and Herzegovina, focused on tactical planning, leadership development and peace support operations.

U.S. Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, commander, U.S. European Command, co-hosted the two-day Northern Europe Chiefs of Defense Conference alongside Gen. Onno Eichelsheim, Netherlands Chief of Defence. The annual strategic gathering was held at the Royal Netherlands Army Headquarters in Utrecht, Netherlands, from Nov. 8-9, 2023. The event drew nearly 80 senior military leaders from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, the U.K. and the U.S., in addition to U.S. National Guard leadership from Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Daniel Lasica, U.S. European Command’s director for Plans, Policy, Strategy and Capabilities, meets with Netherlands Vice Adm. Jan Willem Hartman, commander, Materiel and IT Command, during a visit to The Hague, Netherlands, on Nov. 8, 2023. Discussions focused on how to continue equipping state-of-the-art militaries while maximizing how the two countries integrate and operate alongside one another for deterrence and defense in peace, crisis and war.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, U.S. European Command deputy commander, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Bryony Terrell, EUCOM deputy director for strategy, plans and capabilities, greet the Republic of Armenia Armed Forces Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Edvard Asryan in front of the EUCOM headquarters building, in Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 2, 2023. Asryan met with EUCOM leadership and directors to engage in strategic dialogue on Armenia’s current security environment, defense reforms and defense cooperation with the United States. (U.S. Army photo by Frederick Wheeler)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, U.S. European Command deputy commander, right. shakes hands with the Republic of Armenia Armed Forces Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Edvard Asryan during Asryan's visit to EUCOM headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 2, 2023. Asryan met with EUCOM leadership and directors to engage in strategic dialogue on Armenia’s current security environment, defense reforms and defense cooperation with the United States. (U.S. Army photo by Frederick Wheeler)

Ships from the Gerald R. Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Groups (CSG), U.S. Sixth Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and Italian Navy frigates Carlo Margottini (F 592) and Virginio Fasan (F 591) sail in formation in the Mediterranean Sea, Nov. 3, 2023. The two carrier strike groups are operating in the area at the direction of the Secretary of Defense to bolster deterrence in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Janae Chambers)

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and currently deployed to RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, conducted a Bomber Task Force mission, collaborating closely with fighter jets from NATO Allies the Czech Republic and Hungary over Eastern Europe on Oct. 26, 2023.

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and currently deployed to RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, conducted a Bomber Task Force mission, collaborating closely with fighter jets from NATO Allies the Czech Republic and Hungary over Eastern Europe on Oct. 26, 2023.

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Gibraltar, Oct. 28, 2023. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to provide the national command authority flexible, tailorable, warfighting capability to maintain maritime stability and to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Merissa Daley)

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Gibraltar, Oct. 28, 2023. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to provide the national command authority flexible, tailorable, warfighting capability to maintain maritime stability and to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Merissa Daley)

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Gibraltar, Oct. 28, 2023. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to provide the national command authority flexible, tailorable, warfighting capability to maintain maritime stability and to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Merissa Daley)

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Gibraltar, Oct. 28, 2023. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to provide the national command authority flexible, tailorable, warfighting capability to maintain maritime stability and to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Edinger)

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Chris McKinney, U.S. European command’s deputy director for the Security Cooperation and Partnering Division and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, and Italian Brig. Gen. Alessandro Grassano, deputy chief of the III Department of the Defence General Staff, International Relations and Arm Control. (Courtesy photo by RTSD South Italy VI-Team Vicenza)

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Daniel Lasica, the U.S. European Command strategy, plans and policy director, right; British Brig. Leigh R. Tingey, the EUCOM vice director for partnership, security cooperation and space capability, left; Finnish Defence Forces Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy Lt. Gen. Janne Jaakkola, center; and 27 members of FDF High Command Course meet to discuss defense cooperation at EUCOM headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, on Oct. 19, 2023.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Daniel Lasica, the U.S. European Command strategy, plans and policy director, fourth from left; J-5 Vice Director Brig. Leigh R. Tingey, fourth from right; Finnish Defence Forces Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy Lt. Gen. Janne Jaakkola, center; and 27 members of FDF High Command Course meet in front of EUCOM Headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, on Oct. 19, 2023.

U.S. European Command representatives met with senior officials from the Romanian Ministry of National Defense Oct. 16, 2023, at the Romanian Ministry of Defense building in Bucharest, Romania, to discuss ongoing bilateral security cooperation efforts in Romania and the Black Sea region. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. European Command representatives met with senior officials from the Romanian Ministry of National Defense Oct. 16, 2023, at the Romanian Ministry of Defense building in Bucharest, Romania, to discuss ongoing bilateral security cooperation efforts in Romania and the Black Sea region. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. and Luxembourg officials break ground on the deployable air base system support and storage facilities being built at the Warehouses Service Agency complex in Sanem, Luxembourg, on Oct. 19, 2023. The project supports the readiness and responsiveness of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe, reinforcing NATO’s collective defense and deterrence.

U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Det 4 Design and Construction Chief Allan Lucht, Det 4 Project Manager Ned Harshbarger, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District Project Manager Khang Ho discuss the deployable air base system support and storage facilities being built at the Warehouses Service Agency complex in Sanem, Luxembourg before a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 19, 2023. The project supports the readiness and responsiveness of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe, reinforcing NATO’s collective defense and deterrence.

U.S. Army Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, the commander of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, meets with Lt. Gen. Vasko Gjurchinovski, the chief of defense of North Macedonia and country host for the U.S. – Adriatic Charter Chiefs of Defense Conference held Sept. 26-28, 2023, in Skopje, North Macedonia. Chiefs of defense from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia, as well as the U.S. and observer nations Kosovo and Slovenia, discussed the security situation in Europe and expressed solidarity with Ukraine following Russia’s unprovoked invasion.

U.S. Army Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, the commander of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, meets with North Macedonia Minister of Defense Slavjanka Petrovska while attending the U.S. – Adriatic Charter Chiefs of Defense Conference Sept. 26-28, 2023, in Skopje, North Macedonia. Chiefs of defense from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia, as well as the U.S. and observer nations Kosovo and Slovenia, discussed the security situation in Europe and expressed solidarity with Ukraine following Russia’s unprovoked invasion.

U.S. Army Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, center, the commander of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, speaks to participants at the U.S. – Adriatic Charter Chiefs of Defense Conference, held Sept. 26-28, 2023, in Skopje, North Macedonia. Chiefs of defense from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia, as well as the U.S. and observer nations Kosovo and Slovenia, discussed the security situation in Europe and expressed solidarity with Ukraine following Russia’s unprovoked invasion.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) and the Norwegian Coast Guard Vessel Svalbard sail in formation while en route to conduct joint exercises in northern Norway in the Barents Sea on Sept. 27, 2023. The Healy deployment to the Arctic Ocean represents a deepening of Arctic cooperation and strengthens the defense of the Baltic and Nordic regions.

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft is deployed to Lask Air Base in Poland. NATO's air forces regularly conduct deployments abroad to further strengthen Alliance cohesion and collective defense. (Archive U.S. Air Force photo by 52nd Fighter wing)

The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford arrives in Trieste, Italy, for a scheduled port visit Sept. 17, 2023. Gerald R. Ford is the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, representing a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied and partner interests.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Bryony Terrell walks Danish military officials across Washington Square at the U.S. European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, on Sept. 20, 2023. Meeting on the heels of Denmark taking delivery of its first fifth-generation aircraft, the American-produced F-35 Lightning, only underscored the close and enduring military relationships shared by the two nations.

U.S. and Danish military officials meet at the U.S. European Command headquarters building on Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, on Sept. 20, 2023. Meeting on the heels of Denmark taking delivery of its first fifth-generation aircraft, the American-produced F-35 Lightning, only underscored the close and enduring military relationships shared by the two nations.

A Royal Danish Air Force F-16 and Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35 intercept a U.S. B-1 Lancer during an training mission as part of exercise Noble Defender on June 28, 2023. The exercise was conducted by the North American Aerospace Defense Command to demonstrate the close cooperation between the U.S., Canada and European Allies and partners and to strengthen the collective ability to respond to threats on short notice.

Key leaders six Allied countries: Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania and Belgium, participated in a professional seminar focused on the importance of cyber capabilities Sept. 11-15, 2023, at the NATO Support and Procurement Agency in Luxembourg. (Courtesy photo)