Michelle Tan writes that Lt. Gen. Donald Campbell, commander of U.S. Army Europe, said the branch shows its support to partners in Europe by conducting joint military training exercises and by bolstering regional alignment of forces.
âAt this point itâs really about assurance and reassurance that the U.S. and U.S. Army are going to be there through whatever crises come up,â Campbell said, according to the report.
âOur commitment to the European nations ⦠is going to stay consistent, and weâre going to stay focused on it,” he added, according to Tan’s report.
Tan writes that the National Guard seeks to expand military-to-military engagements with U.S. partners through the EUCOM State Partnership Program.
The program was created to address instability and promote democracy in former Soviet Union states and has now grown into a global initiative among 68 partner nations, Tan reports.
âTheyâve asked us to take the relationships we have, at very senior levels, between the adjutants general and chiefs of defense, for example, and use them ⦠to assure [our partners] weâre there to support them,” said Maj. Gen. Donald McGregor, National Guard Bureau director of policy, strategy, plans and international affairs, according to the report.