Alliance Unity

Millions of Comrades in Arms in NATO Bound Europe Together

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:09:07 -0500

From George Friedman, Stratfor: On a personal level, my relationship with Europe always passes through the prism of NATO.

Hillary Clinton: We cannot afford to let NATO 'slide into military irrelevance'

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:28:13 -0500

From Hillary Rodham Clinton, Atlantic Council: [T]he Obama administration continues to update America’s ballistic missile defense systems to protect both Europe and the United States against threats from outside the continent.

NATO AWACS provided security support for Dutch royal handover

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:42:51 -0500

From NATO: NATO radar surveillance aircraft, known as AWACS, patrolled the skies over the Dutch capital of Amsterdam on Tuesday (30 April), working with the Royal Netherlands Air Force to safeguard Dutch airspace during the royal investiture ceremonies and festivities.

French jets take command of NATO Air Policing mission in the Baltic

Jorge Benitez — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:25:24 -0500

From Ministry of Defense of Lithuania: On April 26 four “Mirage F-1 CR” fighter-jets of the French Air Force will land in the Air Base of the Lithuanian Air Force in Šiauliai to take over NATO’s Air Policing mission in the Baltic States.

Rasmussen desires to 'strengthen the collective political commitment' to NATO

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:12:11 -0500

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish Institute for International Studies: There is no doubt that the economic crisis is challenging for the defense ministers, and all of the alliance.

Foreign ministers discuss danger from Syria to region and NATO

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:31:11 -0500

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO: The Patriot deployment in Turkey is proof of the commitment and capability of NATO Allies to deter threats and defend Turkey.

U.S. warns European allies that they risk 'collective military irrelevance'

Jorge Benitez — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:12:17 -0500

From Steven Erlanger, New York Times: Alarmed by years of cuts to military spending, the NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, issued a dire public warning to European nations, noting that together they had slashed $45 billion, or the equivalent of Germany’s entire military budget, endangering the alliance’s viability, its mission and its relationship with the United States.

Estonia bestows Medal of Honor on NATO Commander Stavridis

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:07:53 -0500

From Estonian Public Broadcasting: President Toomas Hendrik Ilves presented admiral James Stavridis, NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, the first class Order of the Cross of the Eagle.