Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group Completes Historic Deployment: Welcome home!
By Rear Adm. Roy Kelley Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic Earlier this year, Secretary of Defense James Mattis introduced a new concept called Dynamic Force Employment, which makes our naval force more agile and operationally unpredictable to our long-term strategic adversaries. As we enter a new era of great power competition, this strategy is radically …
Special Report: Exercise Trident Juncture 18
U.S. Navy Sailors will be among 14,000 participants from the U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Air Force when Exercise Trident Juncture 18 begins Thursday with 30 NATO allies and partner nations. Trident Juncture 18 is designed to test NATO’s ability to plan and conduct a major collective defense operation – from troop training at the …
Ally Island Stands Watch over the North Atlantic
By Adm. James G. Foggo III Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples There is no NATO without the North Atlantic. Strong presence in this key region assures NATO’s collective security and Iceland is central. As I recently said in my second podcast, “On the Horizon,” the operational reality is that …