RDML Andy Brown
Director of Logistics
United States European Command
30 July 2009
The overall classification of this
briefing is UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
EUCOM AOR and Mission
51 Countries and
independent Nations
Defend the Homeland Forward and Support U.S. and Partner Strategic Interests by:
• Maintaining ready forces for global operations (unilateral or in concert with coalition partners)
• Securing strategic access and enabling global freedom of action
• Enhancing transatlantic security through support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)
• Promoting regional stability
• Countering terrorism
UNCLASSIFIED
2
UNCLASSIFIED
EUCOM Organization
DCDR
EUCOM
SACEUR/CDR EUCOM
One of Only Two Forward
Based Geographic
Combatant Commands
TOTAL
Military Strength
USAREUR
USAFE
NAVEUR
MARFOREUR
SOCEUR
Reserve/NG (daily avg)
TOTAL
USAFE
Ramstein,
Germany
UNCLASSIFIED
3
Mons,
Belgium
45,740
26,960
6,580
140
1,860
3,800
85,080
USAREUR MARFOREUR
Heidelberg,
Germany
Stuttgart,
Germany
Stuttgart,
Germany
SOCEUR
NAVEUR
Stuttgart,
Germany
Naples,
Italy
UNCLASSIFIED
European Flashpoints
•
•
•
•
•
•
AOR Wide
High North
Violent extremism
Cyber threats
Proliferation issues
Energy Security
Iranian missile threat
Criminal trafficking
• Arctic resource competition
• Potentially increasing military presence
• New commercial shipping routes
Caucasus
•
•
•
•
Georgia vs. Russia, Abkhazia & S. Ossetia
Ukraine vs. Russia
Armenia-Azeri contest over Nagorno-Karabakh
Rapidly increasing terrorism in Russian N. Caucus
Eastern Turkey
• PKK/KGK terrorism
Eastern Mediterranean
Balkans
• Tension in Kosovo & Bosnia
UNCLASSIFIED
4
• Israel-HAMAS, HAMAS-Fatah
• Israel-Hizballah
• Internal strife in Lebanon and Syrian meddling
UNCLASSIFIED
Strategic Vision
Theater Objectives & Security Challenges
Capable and Expeditionary
NATO
• Dynamic and diverse AOR
• Wide spectrum of
challenges
Transformed, Expeditionary,
Trained and Ready Forces
• Rising Russia; near abroad
and energy
Strengthened Partnerships
• Terrorists in the Theater
– Sanctuary, battleground,
recruitment, logistics
base
Improved Partner Nation
Capabilities and Capacities
Russia as Responsible
Partner
UNCLASSIFIED
5
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– AQ-inspired terrorist
groups plotting
operations
Protection of Allies, Partners,
and U.S. Interests is Assured
Strategic Freedom of Action
• Potential flashpoints in
Balkans, Caucasus, and
Levant
• Illegal immigration and
drug trafficking
• Shifting Demographics
Regional Crisis Precluded
UNCLASSIFIED
EUCOM Strategy of Active Security
• Derived from National level guidance
• Supports two over-arching Strategic Objectives:
• Defend the Homeland
• Create and Maintain an Environment that Supports the
Strategic Interests of the U.S. and our Allies and Partners
• USEUCOM is uniquely positioned to actively engage our
strategic partners in Europe, Eurasia, and the Levant
• Forward presence and strategic location
• New and enduring partnerships allow us to proactively foster
opportunities and rapidly respond to challenges
BUILDING PARTNERSHIP CAPACITY
UNCLASSIFIED
6
UNCLASSIFIED
Increasing Partner Nation Capacity & Capability
(Implementing A Strategy of Active Security)
• Coalition Support to OIF and OEF
• International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF)
• State Partnership Program (SPP)
• Partnership for Peace (PfP)
• Membership Action Plans (MAP)
• NATO Special Ops Force Coordination Center
• Maritime Domain Awareness and Security
• Task Force-East
• Joint and Combined Exercises
• George C. Marshall Center
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Requires a Whole of Government and
Multinational Approach
• Integration of EUCOM activities with the rest of USG is a
Commander’s priority
• EUCOM shares interests with other agencies:
• Partner Engagement objectives are similar throughout USG and
international agencies and departments
• Continue to improve interagency participation from strategy
development and planning to execution and assessment
• Establishment of Commander’s Interagency Engagement Group
(CIEG)
• Coordination with Embassy Country Teams
• Encourage cross-talk and coordination at conferences and
clearinghouses
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8
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Exporting Security From Europe
Coalition Partners in OEF/OIF
Armenia
(ARM)
Albania
(ALB)
Denmark
(DNK)*
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
(BIH)
Azerbaijan
(AZE)
Estonia
(EST)
Bulgaria
(BGR)
Georgia
(GEO)
Czech Republic
(CZE)
Great Britain
(GBR)
El Salvador
(SLV)
Lithuania
(LTU)
Macedonia
(MKD)
Poland
(POL)
Romania
(ROU)
Ukraine
(UKR)
Japan
(JPN)
Austria
(AUT)
Hungary
(HUN)
Norway
(NOR)
Belgium
(BEL)
Iceland
(ISL)
Portugal
(PRT)
Croatia
(HRV)
Ireland
(IRL)
Slovak Rep
(SVK)
Finland
(FIN)
Italy
(ITA)
Slovenia
(SVN)
France
(FRA)
Latvia
(LVA)
Spain
(ESP)
Luxembourg
(LUX)
Germany
(DEU)
Kazakhstan
(KAZ)
Greece
(GRC)
Korea, Rep. of
(KOR)
Australia
(AUS)
Mongolia
(MNG)
OIF/NTM-I AND OEF/ISAF (13/14)
Turkey
(TUR)
Netherlands
(NLD)
Iceland
(ISL)
Canada
(CAN)
New Zealand
(NZL)
Singapore
(SGP)
Jordan
(JOR)
OIF/NTM-I (2/6)
Sweden
(SWE)
OEF/ISAF (21/25)
OIF
ISAF/OEF
COALITION
PARTNERS
FROM
EUCOM AOR:
COALITION
PARTNERS
FROM
EUCOM AOR:
Building Partner Capacity brings Forces to the Fight
75%
87%
75%
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87%
Transforming EUCOM
• EUCOM Basing
• Re-positioning Land Forces
• Changing Priorities and Perspectives
• Strategy of Active Security vs. War Plans
• Fostering Security to less stable regions
• Global Force Posture
• Whole of Government and Multinational
Approach
10
Transformed EUCOM Footprint
EUCOM 1990 Footprint
Personnel: 315,000
Sites: 1421
EUCOM 2009 Footprint
Personnel: ~ 86,000
Sites: 438
• Heavy, massed forces
• Expeditionary presence
• European Center of Gravity
• Agile and sustainable
• Robust infrastructure
• Enables regional approach
• Extensive family support structure
• Strategic effects at strategic distances
Major Operating Base
11
11
Forward Operating Site
Cooperative Security Location
Top Infrastructure Focus Areas
• Construction for 173rd BCT Consolidation at Dal Molin (~$100M
FY10-11)
• Complete 7th Army Consolidation Strategy (Move to Wiesbaden)
• Enhanced DoDEA MILCON Program for DoDDS-E
• Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) Replacement
• Elimination of Inadequate Family and Single Service Member
Housing
• En Route Infrastructure Recapitalization and Upgrades
• Joint Analysis Center (JAC) Molesworth Recapitalization
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12
UNCLASSIFIED
QoL Improvements
• FY10-15 $81M request for additional MTF counselors
• Current proposed DoDEA MILCON increase by 500% -- EUCOM will
receive 70% of the budget FY10-15
• Deleted up-front dental service payment requirements
• Improved joint outreach to families of deployed service members
• Developed joint Healthcare Access Marketing Coalition – Sept is
Healthcare Benefit Awareness month across the command
• Added baseball as a DoDDS-E sponsored High School athletic
program
• Focused command on improving community counseling
services/support
• QoL marketing in AAFES theatres EUCOM-wide
• Teenage Driver Education Opportunities OCONUS
UNCLASSIFIED
13
EUCOM Logistics Initiatives
• Humanitarian Assistance Program Improvements
• Nested with EUCOM Strategy
• Strategic communication – force multipler
• Multi-National Logistics Coordination Center
• Logistics Engagement – i.e. LOGEX 10
• Strategic Air Consortium C-17
• Pandemic Influenza Planning
• Northern Distribution Network
• European Union Foods Initiative
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Strategic Vision
Theater Objectives
Capable and Expeditionary
NATO
UNCLASSIFIED
Transformed, Expeditionary,
Trained and Ready Forces
Strengthened Partnerships
Improved Partner Nation
Capabilities and Capacities
Protection of Allies,
Partners, and U.S. Interests
is Assured
Russia as Responsible
Partner
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• Forward
Defense
of Homeland
•Protect U.S.
Interests
Strategic Freedom of Action
Regional Crisis Precluded
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