7:39 AM3/30/2022

8:17 AM3/29/2022

9:56 AM3/20/2022

An honor guard welcomes Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III as he arrives in Sofia, Bulgaria on March 18, 2022. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

9:51 AM3/20/2022

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks to Soldiers assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Bulgaria on March 18, 2022. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

9:39 AM3/20/2022

3:37 PM3/18/2022

9:28 AM3/15/2022

U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers support a routine, pre-planned Dynamic Targeting and Close Air Support training event at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 4, 2022 in support of NATO allies and regional partners. The B-52H's are manned by aircrew assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Bomber Task Force rotations demonstrate the U.S.’ ironclad commitment to promoting regional security alongside our NATO allies and regional partners. (U.S. Army photos by Kevin Sterling Payne)

9:19 AM3/15/2022

5:22 PM3/11/2022

U.S. and Bulgarian forces work together during DEFENDER Europe 21.

5:17 PM3/11/2022

4:03 PM3/10/2022

12:14 AM3/10/2022

8:51 AM3/8/2022

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ryan Loucks, left, and Capt. Corbin Boodee, assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at RAF Fairford, England, return to base after an integration mission with NATO Allies and Partners in a B-52H Stratofortress during Bomber Task Force Europe on March 4, 2022. The U.S. is the only Allied nation that maintains strategic bomber capabilities and exercises their global reach on behalf of Allies and Partners around the globe anytime, anywhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Corban Lundborg)

8:32 AM3/8/2022

12:23 PM3/7/2022

U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers support a routine, pre-planned Dynamic Targeting and Close Air Support training event at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 4, 2022 in support of NATO allies and regional partners. The B-52H's are manned by aircrew assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Bomber Task Force rotations demonstrate the U.S.’ ironclad commitment to promoting regional security alongside our NATO allies and regional partners. (U.S. Army photos by Kevin Sterling Payne)

12:21 PM3/7/2022

U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers support a routine, pre-planned Dynamic Targeting and Close Air Support training event at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 4, 2022 in support of NATO allies and regional partners. The B-52H's are manned by aircrew assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Bomber Task Force rotations demonstrate the U.S.’ ironclad commitment to promoting regional security alongside our NATO allies and regional partners. (U.S. Army photos by Kevin Sterling Payne)

11:25 AM3/7/2022

3:05 PM3/4/2022

Danish military officials led by Royal Danish Air Force Maj. Gen. Anders Rex, Denmark Defence Command’s chief of staff for plans and capabilities; and American military officials meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, as part of bilateral military talks. The U.S. military delegation was led by U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Daniel Cheever, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command’s director of plans, policy and strategy; and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Edward Vaughan, U.S. European Command’s deputy director for security cooperation, policy, partnering and space capabilities.

3:04 PM3/4/2022

2:04 PM3/4/2022

Twelve-man flag details lower the U.S. and French garrison flags one last time as U.S. European Command says goodbye to its headquarters at Camp des Loges near Paris, France. Later that day, the U.S garrison flag was hoisted at the new USEUCOM HQ in Germany. (Courtesy photo by Merle Hunter / ⓒ 1967, 2022 Stars and Stripes, All Rights Reserved.)