Latest "u.s. european command" stories

Ukrainian servicemen shoot a SPG-9 recoilless gun during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

US military to treat wounded Ukrainian troops at Landstuhl hospital

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center can take up to 18 Ukrainian troops at a time under recently approved Pentagon guidance.

By Rachel S. Cohen

14 months ago

Putin says US and UK were behind Black Sea ‘provocation’

A spokesperson for U.S. European Command reaffirmed the Pentagon’s earlier dismissal of the Russian description of the Black Sea incident involving a British destroyer as false.

2 years ago

Austin orders review of US global troop presence as Biden halts US troops cuts in Germany

Biden said the troop pullout would be halted until Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin does a review of America’s troops presence around the globe.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

3 years ago

US European Command chief: Germany drawdown is ‘on freeze’ amid review

To be sure, it isn’t clear that any moves have already taken place at all.

By Sebastian Sprenger

3 years ago

US Air Force flies B-1 Lancer bombers over East Siberian Sea

The U.S. Air Force flew three B-1 heavy bombers over the East Siberian Sea, north of Russia’s far east, as part of a series of recent maneuvers that the military said Friday are meant to demonstrate American capabilities and ability to support allies, but which a top Russian commander blasted as “hostile and provocative.”

3 years ago

AFRICOM ordered to plan move out of Germany, latest pullout from key European ally

It’s the latest move by President Donald Trump to pull U.S. troops and resources from a key European ally.

By Howard Altman, Meghann Myers, Aaron Mehta and Sebastian Sprenger

3 years ago