United States Army Europe

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis will open next Wednesday an international conference called "Strengthening NATO's Eastern Flank: Challenges and Strategies for Baltic-Black Sea Coherence," to be hosted by the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.

US Army Europe troops will arrive from Poland at the end of this February together with military equipment at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Constanta County as part of the US engagement to secure NATO's eastern flank under Operation Atlantic Resolve, according to a press statement released by the Romanian Defence Ministry (MApN) on Wednesday.

Secretary of State for Euro-Atlantic Strategic and Bilateral Affairs with Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) George Ciamba, on Wednesday met Lieutenant-General Ben Hodges, coordinator for strategic studies at the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).

US Army Europe commander Gen. Ben Hodges says he "does not believe" the Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center (RSHC) in Nis is in fact a humanitarian center.

Hodges, who was interviewed during the Belgrade NATO Week gathering on Thursday, told Insajder that the humanitarian title was "a facade."

BELGRADE - The cooperation between the Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) and the US Armed Forces occupies a significant place in overall bilateral relations and is constantly improving, SAF Chief of General Staff Gen Ljubisa Dikovic and a delegation of the United States European Command (EUCOM) agreed at a meeting Tuesday.

The US military will hold drills in Bulgaria at the end of August, the commanding general of US Army Europe Lt. Gen. Frederick "Ben" Hodges has said.

Speaking after a meeting with Bulgaria's Chief of Defence Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov in Sofia on Monday, Hodges said the drill will involve US ground troops and an airborne assault unit, according to BGNES news outlet.

The US Army is due to begin on May 1 the Combined Resolve IV drills at two German training grounds located in Bavaria.

Two Operation Atlantic Resolve military exercises started in Eastern Europe on Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman has said.

The 173rd airborne Brigade jumped into Smardan Training Area, Romania, for a combined, multinational training exercise with Romanian allies the US Department of Defense quotes Col Steve Warren as saying.

The deployment of US troops and military equipment in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia has been extended throughout 2015 in order to contain Russian aggression in the region, Lt Gen Frederick Ben Hodges, Commanding General of US Army Europe, has announced.

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