The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday approved a proposal to rename military bases named after Confederate soldiers and another to set limits on the president’s power to reduce U.S. troops in Europe; U.S. military headquarters for Europe are in Germany.
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In response to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Army Europe has cancelled a host of exercises linked to Defender Europe 20 and redeployed troops back to the United States.
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A growing team inside U.S. Army Europe is fighting fake news and misinformation.
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Relations between Washington and its former partners in counter-ISIS operations in Syria are deeply strained. The president’s budget request for 2021 may add to the pressure.
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U.S. Army Europe hosted the free, 11-city rock concert tour as part of its Defender-20 Europe Goodwill Outreach Tour from Feb. 28 to March 12. The tour was an effort to “build trust and confidence among the civilian populations” that will be affected by the exercises.
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While the Pentagon has made its quota in some areas, there are significant gaps in tech and cybersecurity forces
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US collaborates with NATO to combat the Russian disinformation on the exercise Defender 2020, the U.S. Army in Europe authorities say.
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U.S. and South Korea reached a critical point in their military expense dispute as the U.S. announced plans to furlough 9,000 South Korean workers on its bases in the country if no deal is reached by April 1.
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The creation of the United States Space Force may end up being a boon for overall military recruitment, according to Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett. Formal recruitment for the new service has not started.
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Closing pay gaps is not usually a bipartisan effort in the capital, but a bipartisan effort in both chambers of Congress could end a major pay disparity between non-active-duty and active-duty military.
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