A report released in May by the Overseas Basing Commission (OBC) - an independent panel appointed to advise Congress on the Defense Department's troop realignment strategy - criticized the Pentagon for putting unnecessary stresses on an already overstretched military. Repatriation of tens of thousands...
Several American military bases across Europe under heightened state of alert The level was raised to the second highest state of alert, which applies when intelligence indicates some form of terrorist action is likely, according to the Army....
, although the system should work against Russian missiles launched at Europe. Still, from Russia's perspective, in order for nuclear deterrence to work, it must be able to hold nuclear powers in Europe—the United Kingdom and France—at risk, as well as American military bases in Eur...
It is simply the footprint for a more ambitious plan, which involves establishing half a dozen or so low maintenance bases and airports for US forces across Africa. Early this year, troops from the US "Special Command Operations Europe" worked under the PSI in Mali and Mauritania, while ...
Three U.S. military bases have been named after these Confederate leaders (clockwise): Gen. John B. Hood, Gen. Pierre Beauregard and Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon. (National Archives) In the debate over Confederate symbols in the U.S., the10 Army basesnamed afterConfederate generals ...
American culture and military technology have also shaped our approach to multilateralism, or the desirability of using force only under the auspices of international authorities. In fact, America’s deep-rooted individualism, coupled with our distance from Europe and Asia, has never made us very co...
Climate impacts that could affect the DOD's nearly 7,600 sites worldwide include hotter temperatures, rising sea levels and increasing storm frequency and intensity
For a recent study of American troop developments in Europe, see Carla Monteleone, "The Evolution of the Euro-Atlantic Pluralistic Security Community: Impact and Perspectives of the Presence of American Bases in Italy," Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 5/1 (2007), 43-85....
Outside of Europe, the UK stationed military forces in bases that were designed both to support friendly countries and oppose Soviet influence. As its empire contracted, the UK struggled to find the manpower and the resources needed to sustain its overseas presence. It regarded its relationship ...
military saw little need for strategic bomber bases in the U.K. The last aircraft and personnel left Upper Heyford in 1993, and the Air Force formally returned the base to the UK's Ministry of Defense in September 1994. Since then, grasses and wildlife have reclaimed the flightline, but ...