U.S. Army Photo by Andre Cameron. An M1A2 tank assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division arrives at the port facility in Alexandroupoli, Greece, July 20, 2021. This the first time the U.S. Army has deployed tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles and other tracked equipment through the port. The 1st ABCT is arriving for its nine-month deployment to the European theater in support of Atlantic Resolve.
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Kai Pederson, a cyber-defense manager with the 177th Cyber Protection Team, Minnesota National Guard, works alongside Croatian Armed Forces service member 2nd Lt. Marko Bilic during cyber training prior to the start of the joint cyber training exercise, Exercise Adriatic Thunder at Dr. Franjo Tudman Croatian Military Academy, Zagreb, Croatia, on June 14, 2021. More than 30 Airmen and Soldiers from the Iowa and Minnesota National Guard participated in the exercise alongside Croatian Armed Forces, and Kosovo Security Forces personnel.
Iowa Army National Guard Soldiers with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, react to flames during fire phobia training at Camp Novo Selo, Kosovo, on April 13, 2021. Troop B is assigned to the Maneuver Battalion for Regional Command-East, Kosovo Force. Hungarian Defense Forces troops provided individual, squad and platoon level instruction on how to prevent injury and maintain structure when faced with fire threats.
A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing based at Lakenheath, Royal Air Force Base in the United Kingdom receives refuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing while off the West Coast of Scotland on May 18, 2021. The 48th FW and 185th ARW are both provided support for multinational exercise Formidable Shield 21. Formidable Shield took place in the region of the North Atlantic Ocean around the United Kingdom and Norway.
U.S. Soldiers from 1-167th Infantry Regiment, Alabama Army National Guard participated in Greece-led CENTAUR 21 exercise May 24, 2021 at the Firing Range of Petrochori in Xanthi, Greece. CENTAUR 21 was held in conjunction with the Multinational Exercise DEFENDER-Europe 21.The joint military exercise between American and Hellenic Forces continues to strengthen the NATO allies in an on-going mutual defense cooperation agreement.
A Soldier from the Florida Army National Guard shows an Albanian cadet how to program a radio during DEFENDER-Europe 21-linked exercise Immediate Response, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. DEFENDER-Europe 21 is a large-scale U.S. Army-led exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between the U.S., NATO allies and partner militaries. This year, more than 28,000 multinational forces from 26 nations conducted nearly simultaneous operations across more than a dozen countries from the Baltics to the strategically important Balkans and Black Sea Region.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Justin Sachariason (left), a Soldier assigned to the Florida Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, instructs 1st Lt. Almir Sarač, a Soldier with the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH), on how to shoot the M4A1 Carbine rifle at Manjača Training Area, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), May 19, 2021. The 2-124th was in BiH for Immediate Response 21, a training exercise with approximately 500 members of the AFBiH and about 700 U.S. Soldiers working side by side to enhance alliance security while maintaining a broad range of military capabilities to deter aggression and assure readiness. Immediate Response 21 is a DEFENDER-Europe 21-linked exercise that integrates approximately 28,000 multinational forces from 26 nations to conduct nearly simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas in 12 countries.
Major General Charles Miller, USEUCOM Director of Plans, Policy, Strategy and Capabilities, gives remarks during a signing ceremony July 16, 2021. The U.S. and Hungary signed implementing agreements that allow American forces access and use of two air bases in Hungary. The agreements are an important step to fully implementing the Defense Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. and Hungary signed in 2019.
Major General Charles Miller, USEUCOM Director of Plans, Policy, Strategy and Capabilities, left, Marc Dillard, Chargé d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy Budapest, center, and Hungarian Brig. Gen. Csaba Ugrik, Kecskemét Air Base commander, Hungarian Defence Force, right, speak during a signing ceremony of two implementing agreements that allow American forces access and use of two air bases in Hungary July 16, 2021.
USEUCOM Missile Defense and Space Branch Chief receives Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal - Photo 2
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U.S. Navy Commander John Anthony "Tony" Campigotto, right, holds the citation that accompanies the medal pinned to his lapel. Lithuanian Air Force Commander Colonel Dainius Guzas, left, presented Campigotto with the Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal of Distinction during a ceremony held in Vilnius, Lithuania on June 14, 2021.
USEUCOM Missile Defense and Space Branch Chief receives Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal - Photo 1
11:26 AM7/19/2021
Lithuanian Air Force Commander Colonel Dainius Guzas, left, presents U.S. Navy Commander John Anthony "Tony" Campigotto, right, with the Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal of Distinction. Lithuania’s Chief of Defence, Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupšys awarded the medal to Campigotto for his “immense contribution and improvement of the architecture of the Integrated Air and Missile Defence in the Baltic States, coordination of the United States and Allied defence plans and strengthening of Air Defence in the Baltic region.”
USEUCOM Missile Defense and Space Branch Chief receives Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal
11:14 AM7/19/2021
Lithuania’s Chief of Defence awarded the Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal of Distinction to U.S. Navy Commander John Anthony “Tony” Campigotto for his work to strengthen the country's air defenses.
Major General Charles Miller, USEUCOM Director of Plans, Policy, Strategy and Capabilities, left, and Colonel Tibor Babos with the Hungarian Defence Force, right, sign an agreement that allows American forces to access and use two air bases in Hungary.
U.S., Hungary sign Implementing Agreements for Use of Air Bases
2:43 PM7/16/2021
As the U.S. and Hungary mark 100 years of diplomatic relations, USEUCOM and Hungarian Defense Force leaders sign an agreement that allow American forces to access and use two air bases in Hungary.