By Jim Garamone, DoD News, Defense Media Activity
LONDON -- Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford arrived here today beginning
a trip that will concentrate on the North Atlantic alliance.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is meeting with
his British counterpart Gen. Sir Nicholas Carter of the British army, the chief
of defense staff.
The two men will journey to Warsaw, Poland, for the NATO
Military Committee Meeting.
The committee, made up of all the alliance defense chiefs,
will discuss the way forward following the successful NATO summit in July. To
counter Russia, alliance heads of state agreed to raise the readiness of forces
and make them more mobile. The leaders agreed to form two new commands to
safeguard the link between North America and Europe, and a logistics command in
Europe. The United States will host the Atlantic command, and Germany the
logistics command.
Cyber Operations Center
The leaders also approved a new cyber operations center and
counter-hybrid support teams.
The alliance also looked to combat terrorism, approving a
new training mission in Iraq; more support for Jordan and Tunisia; a fully
operational hub for the South in Naples in Italy, and more.
NATO defense chiefs will examine the road ahead and how each
of these tasks will be accomplished.
Dunford and Carter have worked together in the past, most
recently when Dunford commanded the International Security Assistance Force in
Afghanistan and Carter was the deputy commander. Carter took his position in
June 2018 and this is his first Military Committee Meeting.
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