11:06 AM7/3/2024

Swedish Armed Forces’ Maj. Gen. Johan Pekkari, director of strategic plans and policy, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Daniel Lasica, USEUCOM’s director for plans, policy, strategy and capabilities, met in Stuttgart, Germany, July 3, 2024, for bilateral military staff talks. The Swedish and American military delegations discussed a full range of issues – from bilateral security cooperation and military exercise and training opportunities to NATO convergence and respective operational and policy strategies.

11:04 AM7/3/2024

Swedish Armed Forces’ Maj. Gen. Johan Pekkari, director of strategic plans and policy, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Daniel Lasica, USEUCOM’s director for plans, policy, strategy and capabilities, met in Stuttgart, Germany, July 3, 2024, for bilateral military staff talks. The Swedish and American military delegations discussed a full range of issues – from bilateral security cooperation and military exercise and training opportunities to NATO convergence and respective operational and policy strategies.

10:52 AM7/3/2024

The Swedish Armed Forces and USEUCOM have long been mutual members of the Arctic Security Forces Roundtable, a flag-and-general-officer level, military-to-military forum designed to promote regional understanding and enhance multilateral security cooperation in the High North. ASFR is the longest running military forum focused on the Arctic’s uniquely challenging security dynamics.

10:55 AM6/28/2024

The U.S. regularly hosts and participates in multinational, large-scale training events alongside Allies and partners in Europe to exercise the full array of military capabilities.

6:31 AM6/28/2024

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (June, 26, 2024) An AH-1Z Viper, left, assigned to the “Blue Knights” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (Reinforced), and an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Dragon Whales” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, flies patrol as the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) transits the Strait of Gibraltar, June 26, 2024. Wasp is conducting operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations as the flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG)-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC). The WSP ARG-24th MEU (SOC) supports high-end warfighting exercises while demonstrating speed and agility operating in a dynamic security environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sydney Milligan)

3:28 PM6/27/2024

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) entered the Mediterranean Sea, June 26, 2024.

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7:33 AM6/27/2024

USEUCOM held the largest international BRAVO 101 Hackathon from June 3-10, 2024, in which 258 data scientists, coders and developers from the DoD and tech industry gathered to develop solutions to warfighters’ most pressing challenges using data.

8:39 AM6/26/2024

During BTF 24-3, U.S. Airmen and aircraft integrated with NATO Allies and other international partners to synchronize capabilities and assure security commitments across the U.S. European Command area of responsibility. Most notably, the B-52s integrated with the British, Swedish, French, Lithuanian, Polish, German, and Spanish Air Forces.

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7:14 AM6/26/2024

Four U.S. Air Force B-52 strategic bombers return to Minot Air Force Base, N.D., concluding their overseas deployment with Global Guardian, a U.S. Northern Command-led exercise integrating with eight NATO Allies, June 20, 2024.

2:09 PM6/21/2024

The trip underscored USEUCOM's commitment to security throughout the Baltics, notably Lithuania, a frontline NATO Ally on Europe's eastern flank.

2:09 PM6/21/2024

As part of a two-day official visit to Lithuania, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Bryony Terrell, deputy director of U.S. European Command's J5 Strategy, Plans and Capabilities Directorate, and Chief of the Lithuanian Defense Staff Maj. Gen. Mindaugas Steponavičius, hosted the first-ever USEUCOM-Lithuania military staff talks June 13-14, 2024, in capital city Vilnius. During the trip, the two senior military officials also surveyed the surroundings from the Queen Louise Bridge, a bridge over the Nemunas River on the Lithuanian-Russian border, and conducted aerial reconnaissance of the Suwalki Gap, a sparsely populated area between Lithuania and Poland that critically serves as the only land route between the Baltic states and the rest of NATO. The trip underscored USEUCOM's commitment to security throughout the Baltics, notably Lithuania, a frontline NATO Ally on Europe's eastern flank.

2:08 PM6/21/2024

As part of a two-day official visit to Lithuania, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Bryony Terrell, deputy director of U.S. European Command's J5 Strategy, Plans and Capabilities Directorate, and Chief of the Lithuanian Defense Staff Maj. Gen. Mindaugas Steponavičius, hosted the first-ever USEUCOM-Lithuania military staff talks June 13-14, 2024, in capital city Vilnius. During the trip, the two senior military officials also surveyed the surroundings from the Queen Louise Bridge, a bridge over the Nemunas River on the Lithuanian-Russian border, and conducted aerial reconnaissance of the Suwalki Gap, a sparsely populated area between Lithuania and Poland that critically serves as the only land route between the Baltic states and the rest of NATO. The trip underscored USEUCOM's commitment to security throughout the Baltics, notably Lithuania, a frontline NATO Ally on Europe's eastern flank.