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UN humanitarians warn against Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza City Israel's order for people to leave Gaza City on Wednesday "will only fuel mass suffering for Palestinian families", many of whom have been displaced multiple times, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, has warned.  Read more

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NATO Secretary General: Ukraine Aid Is the Most Urgent Task at Summit

View Online NATO Secretary General: Ukraine Aid Is the Most Urgent Task at Summit July 10, 2024 | By David Vergun The three topics up for discussion this week at the NATO summit are defense and deterrence, NATO partnerships with Asia-Pacific nations and support for Ukraine.    Of those, "the most urgent, the most critical task at this summit will be everything we will do and decide on Ukraine because this is really the time where we are tested if we want to stand up for democracy and freedom," said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the summit today in Washington.  Stoltenberg said he expects NATO leaders this week to agree on a substantial aid package for Ukraine.   That package, he said, will include establishing a NATO command in Wiesbaden, Germany, to facilitate and ensure training and delivery of security assistance to Ukraine, he said.  Spotlight: Support for Ukraine That command, consisting of 700 NATO personnel, will take over much of what the U.S. has done, so far, in leading the coordination of security assistance and training, he said.  In addition to the command in Germany, there will also be logistical nodes in the eastern areas of NATO, he said.    Stoltenberg said other summit pledges include: Long-term support to Ukraine, which will send the message to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he cannot outwait continued allied support; Announcements for immediate military aid for Ukraine, including air defense systems and F-16 jets;  Entering into 20 bilateral security agreements between NATO allies and Ukraine; and  Improved military interoperability among NATO nations and Ukraine and a new joint training center in in Bydgoszcz, Poland.  Stoltenberg said these pledges will constitute a possible bridge to future NATO membership for Ukraine, adding that being a NATO member offers the best protection from Russian aggression.  The NATO leader also mentioned that China is providing parts for Russian weapons, such as microelectronics that are being used against Ukraine.   "I strongly believe that if China continues, they cannot have it both ways. They cannot believe that they can have a kind of normal relationship with NATO allies … and then continue to fuel the war in Europe that constitutes the biggest security challenge … since the Second World War," he said.

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General Officer Announcements

View Online IMMEDIATE RELEASE General Officer Announcements July 10, 2024 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the President has made the following nominations: Air Force Brig. Gen. Steven G. Behmer for appointment to the grade of major general. Behmer is currently serving as the deputy commanding general, Security Assistance Group - Ukraine, U.S. European Command, Wiesbaden, Germany. Air Force Brig. Gen. William D. Betts for appointment to the grade of major general. Betts is currently serving as the director, Operations, Ninth Air Force, Air Forces Central; and director, U.S. Central Command Combined Air Operations Center, Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Air Force Brig. Gen. Joseph L. Campo for appointment to the grade of major general. Campo is currently serving as the director, Operations, Strategic Deterrence, and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Air Force Brig. Gen. Colin J. Connor for appointment to the grade of major general. Connor is currently serving as the director, Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Site Activation Task Force, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. Air Force Brig. Gen. Luke C. Cropsey for appointment to the grade of major general. Cropsey is currently serving as the Department of the Air Force program executive, Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert D. Davis for appointment to the grade of major general. Davis is currently serving as the director, Operations, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gerald A. Donohue for appointment to the grade of major general. Donohue is currently serving as the director, Operations, Strategic Deterrence, and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Air Force Brig. Gen. Aaron D. Drake for appointment to the grade of major general. Drake is currently serving as the senior defense official/defense attaché-Russia, Defense Intelligence Agency, Moscow, Russia. Air Force Brig. Gen. Lyle K. Drew for appointment to the grade of major general. Drew is currently serving as the director, Logistics, Civil Engineering and Force Protection, and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Air Force Brig. Gen. Russell D. Driggers for appointment to the grade of major general. Driggers is currently serving as the commander, 502nd Air Base Wing, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael R. Drowley for appointment to the grade of major general. Drowley is currently serving as the director, Joint Training and Exercises, Headquarters U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. Air Force Brig. Gen. David S. Eaglin for appointment to the grade of major general. Eaglin is currently serving as the deputy director, Operations, Headquarters U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gregory Kreuder for appointment to the grade of major general. Kreuder is currently serving as the director, F-35 Integration Office, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Air Force Brig. Gen. Joseph D. Kunkel for appointment to the grade of major general. Kunkel is currently serving as the director, Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability, deputy chief of staff, Strategy, Integration, and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jefferson J. O'Donnell for appointment to the grade of major general. O'Donnell is currently serving as the commander, Air Force Personnel Center, deputy chief of staff, Manpower, Personnel and Services, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Air Force Brig. Gen. Derek J. O'Malley for appointment to the grade of major general. O'Malley is currently serving as the deputy director, Operations, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. Air Force Brig. Gen. Neil R. Richardson for appointment to the grade of major general. Richardson is currently serving as the deputy director, Strategic Planning and Policy, Headquarters U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. Air Force Brig. Gen. Frank R. Verdugo for appointment to the grade of major general. Verdugo is currently serving as the director, Financial Management, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Air Force Col. John M. Schutte for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Schutte is currently serving as the deputy chief of staff, Headquarters U.S. European Command, Wiesbaden, Germany. Air Force Col. Lucas J. Teel for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Teel is currently serving as the commander, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan.

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Flag Officer Announcements

View Online IMMEDIATE RELEASE Flag Officer Announcements July 10, 2024 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Navy Vice Adm. Michael E. Boyle for reappointment to the grade of vice admiral, with assignment as director, Navy Staff, N09B, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Boyle recently served as commander, Third Fleet, San Diego, California. Navy Vice Adm. Daniel W. Dwyer for reappointment to the grade of vice admiral, with assignment as deputy chief of naval operations for Operations, Plans, Strategy, and Warfighting Development, N3/N5/N7, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Dwyer is currently serving as deputy chief of naval operations for Warfighting Development, N7, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Navy Rear Adm. (lower half) Scott M. Brown for appointment to the grade of rear admiral. Brown is currently serving as director, Industrial Operations (NAVSEA 04), Washington, D.C.

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From Military Side, NATO Ready to Defend Every Inch of Alliance

View Online From Military Side, NATO Ready to Defend Every Inch of Alliance July 10, 2024 | By Jim Garamone While the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's main mission is to deter any adversary from attacking, if called on, the 32 nations are ready to defend every inch of alliance territory, said Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, supreme allied commander, Europe, and commander of U.S. European Command.  Speaking at the NATO summit's public forum at the Washington Convention Center this morning, the general highlighted how the alliance's military side has put in place the strategic concept for deterrence and defense of the Euro-Atlantic area. These plans grew out of NATO's summit last year, he said.   "In the last couple of years, what we've done is turn those into concrete plans — traditional, classical, operational plans — that describe how we're going to defend specific areas of the alliance and what we're going to use to do it and what the sequence of events is," the general said. "This is a big, big shift." The alliance didn't need these types of plans following the implosion of the Soviet Union in 1991. "After the end of the Cold War, the alliance refocused on out-of-area operations and crisis management," he said. "These tended to be smaller scale operations, done on a predictable basis that allowed for a cyclical, force-generation model." But Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of neighboring Ukraine in 2022 changed this calculus, and alliance leaders saw the need for a new NATO defense plan. The new plans guide leaders in resourcing defense capabilities, Cavoli said.  This has meant a sea change for the alliance. Cavoli said instead of resourcing a brigade or two on a cyclical basis, the alliance now has 300,000 service members at higher levels of readiness. "That's because we've been able to amalgamate and incorporate national defense plans into the NATO defense plans, so they complement each other," he said. "It has produced an ability to be forward postured." Spotlight: Support for Ukraine Cavoli said when Russia stormed into Ukraine there were four NATO battle groups in Eastern Europe. There are now eight, and they're just the leading edge of NATO's defense. If needed, more troops, more air, and many other military capabilities would fall in on those forces.   "It's a very effective method, we have the right number of troops for right now."  Cavoli said the alliance has been exercising the reinforcing scenarios, and NATO has also done extensive readiness checks. "As we go forward, we've continued to do these large-scale exercises where we practice the subsequent reinforcement of specific areas."  Earlier this year, NATO's Exercise Steadfast Defender encompassed more than 90,000 service members, and the alliance's military officials are working to shore up some weaknesses highlighted by the exercise.   "For the most part, in capital platforms, in large ground units, we're pretty much where we need to be," Cavoli said. "We have some gaps in specific places, especially in enablement and logistics, and those we're working on through the NATO defense planning process right now."

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