12:00 AM5/15/2023

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) stations during a photo exercise in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023 while operating in the North Atlantic Ocean on May 15, 2023. On May 8, 2023, the U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Julissa Reynoso, signed in Madrid on behalf of President Biden the enhancement of the Defense Cooperation Agreement with the Kingdom of Spain to increase the U.S. Navy’s presence at Rota Naval Base, Spain, from four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers to six.

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.

10:17 AM5/5/2023

The U.S. and Romanian delegations discussed U.S. European Command's country plan for Romania, and how it supports Romania's attainment of NATO capability targets and long-term program management, during staff talks in Bucharest, Romania, on May 3, 2023.

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.

1:11 PM5/4/2023

Romanian Maj. Gen. Remus Bondor, chief of strategic planning directorate for the Romania Defense Staff, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Edward Vaughan, U.S. European Command’s deputy director for plans, strategy and capabilities, discuss security cooperation and support to Allies during bilateral staff talks in Bucharest, Romania, on May 3, 2023.

1:11 PM5/4/2023

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Edward Vaughan, U.S. European Command’s deputy director for plans, strategy and capabilities, and Romanian Maj. Gen. Remus Bondor, chief of strategic planning directorate for the Romania Defense Staff, discuss security cooperation and support to Allies during bilateral staff talks in Bucharest, Romania, on May 3, 2023.

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)

9:13 AM4/27/2023

Fifty senior military leaders from 11 nations participated in the annual Arctic Security Forces Roundtable held April 25-27, 2023, in Turku, Finland. (Courtesy photo by Finnish Defence Forces)

9:13 AM4/27/2023

Arctic Security Forces Roundtable co-chairs, from left, Norwegian Navy Rear Adm. Solveig Krey of the Norwegian Defence Staff and U.S. European Command's Air Force Maj. Gen. Daniel Lasica, joined Finnish Defence Forces Army Maj. Gen. Janne Jaakkola in leading discussions during the annual strategic forum April 25-27, 2023, in Finland's oldest city, Turku. (Courtesy photo by Finnish Defence Forces)

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.