07 EUCOM Posture Statement - United States Department of Defense

• Support improved energy security for Europe, Eurasia, and the Black Sea
region, to include NATO and EUCOM
• Ensure the successful transition of AFRICOM from a sub-unified command
to a fully-operational Combatant Command
• Support NATO transformation for out-of-area operations
• Focus EUCOM transformation to ensure EUCOM has the capabilities to
conduct both security cooperation activities and wartime missions
The Global War on Terror
EUCOM’s number one theater-wide goal remains the defeat of
transnational extremist organizations that threaten the United States, its
Allies, and interests. We seek to do this by denying them freedom of action
and access to resources, building partner capacity to combat terrorism, and
working with partners to promote regional stability and diminish the
conditions that foster violent extremism.
We will continue our work to deter, interdict, or defeat violent
extremism wherever it appears. These efforts involve close cooperation with
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), U.S.
Government agencies and departments, and perhaps most importantly, a growing
list of foreign government partners with the same desire to protect their
societies from the threat of terrorism.
EUCOM-stationed forces continue to be heavily engaged in ongoing combat
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as in building partner nation and
coalition capacity supporting these operations. Over 70 percent of our
Coalition partners in Iraq and Afghanistan come from the EUCOM AOR.
Outside of direct support to combat operations, EUCOM-based forces are
in the forefront of promoting the transformation of militaries in our area of
operation. The engagement with, and support to, our Allies and partners
underlines the importance of persistent presence of U.S. forces for building
effective expeditionary capacity for multilateral theater and global
operations.
Strategic En Route Infrastructure
EUCOM’s experience in the GWOT demonstrates the value of a robust
European infrastructure. Our network has evolved given the fact that the
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