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Oct 3, 2026
Anthony LazarskiGUEST
I just wanna pass along, uh, lost a dear friend, a great, uh, airman, uh, and air power advocate, Colonel Retired Mike Ryan, was my roommate at the Air Force Academy, '82 grad.
Anthony LazarskiGUEST
Spent his entire time out in Europe, flew 810s, uh, worked for Ambassador EU, EUCOM, SHAPE, and his last job was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy.
Anthony LazarskiGUEST
A lot of us know him.
Anthony LazarskiGUEST
Um, his wife Gloria is also a classmate, '82, and then his children Michael and Clarissa.
Alexander R. TambasciaGUEST
I got, um, you know, I got several joint medals for that service.
Alexander R. TambasciaGUEST
Um, I served in, you know, I ended my career serving in EUCOM.
Alexander R. TambasciaGUEST
And, uh, as a tanker, EUCOM is always a good home for us because, um, Hohenfels is, is a great tank range.
Alexander R. TambasciaGUEST
And pretty much every tanker, uh, is right now, I just said that, they, they probably had a chill on their, you know, got a chill because everyone knows Hohenfels is a cold place.
Alexander R. TambasciaGUEST
Um, [laughs] very cold.
Dave RubinHOST
Last week, officials from several combatant commands met in Washington on a global cartel effort.
Dave RubinHOST
Commanders from European Command, Africa Command, Southern Command, Northern Command, and Special Operations Command took part.
Dave RubinHOST
The campaign sits inside a more muscular Latin America policy.
Dave RubinHOST
More than 20 groups designated foreign terrorist organizations and a widening set of military arrangements.
Rachel CohenCORRESPONDENT
Similar to, you know, Cyber Command or, you know, Strategic Command.
Rachel CohenCORRESPONDENT
So the organizations that oversee a capability, right, instead of a geographic combatant command like European Command or something like that.
Rachel CohenCORRESPONDENT
So these are going to be the folks that really focus on building up, you know, unmanned forces across DOD, getting them into everyday use in ways that we see in Ukraine, in ways that we see just through, you know, loyal wingman and things like that.
Rachel CohenCORRESPONDENT
Another high profile one is they're going to launch a competition for who gets to host a new base.
Rachel CohenCORRESPONDENT
Similar to, you know, Cyber Command or, you know, Strategic Command.
Rachel CohenCORRESPONDENT
So the organizations that oversee a capability, right, instead of a geographic combatant command like European Command or something like that.
Rachel CohenCORRESPONDENT
So these are going to be the folks that really focus on building up, you know, unmanned forces across DOD, getting them into everyday use in ways that we see in Ukraine, in ways that we see just through, you know, loyal wingman and things like that.
Rachel CohenCORRESPONDENT
Another high-profile one is they're going to launch a competition for who gets to host a new base.
Chad RaduegeGUEST
I was in support of the European Union.
Chad RaduegeGUEST
I worked for an organization called Headquarters European Command, U.S. European Command.
Chad RaduegeGUEST
And so my job was to support the main military leaders there in the NATO environment.
Chad RaduegeGUEST
And so my U.S. Army and Air Force four stars that were responsible for that mission, I supported them in that role.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Commander US Air Force General Alexis Grynkewich told lawmakers at the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday that the broad global security environment is both unsettling and complex and likely to become even more so in the coming years.
speaker_0NARRATOR
"Increasingly, around the globe, we see China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea collaborating in ways directly counter to all of our global interests," said the NATO Supreme Allied Commander and head of the United States European Command.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Grynkewich added that in considering the return of large-scale conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, we see not only a changing character of warfare, but also a sobering preview of how future simultaneous and potentially protracted conflicts might look: multi-theater conflicts, multi-domain conflicts, and highly autonomous conflicts.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Grynkewich was reiterating concerns about the risk of what he called the simultaneity of conflict, warning that Russia and China could launch new acts of military aggression in Europe and Asia at the same time.
Yoram EttingerGUEST
One of the last acts of his first presidency, namely January 2021, before vacating the White House, The president made a decision to transfer Israel to the area of CENTCOM, the US Central Command.
Yoram EttingerGUEST
Until then, we were part of the European Command, which is not very relevant to Israel.
Yoram EttingerGUEST
Shifting Israel to CENTCOM has upgraded, I would say, in a revolutionary manner.
Yoram EttingerGUEST
the cooperation between the two defense systems, the American and the Israeli.
speaker_20SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
-to prevent your entry into this country to kill Americans.
speaker_20SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So right now, the Navy has marshaled additional gray hull ships from both PACOM and EUCOM and from the naval fleet at Norfolk, and they are set sail already, and they are in the Caribbean right now.
speaker_20SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In addition to that, there's 10 Coast Guard cutters and there's special operations forces and security force assistance brigades, along with Air Force, uh, reconnaissance aircraft.
speaker_20SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The bottom line is you're not gonna get through.
Mark MontgomeryPANELIST
They've done some good things.
Mark MontgomeryPANELIST
And I'd say, you know, first, when I was U.S. European Command, you know, our war plan for a coalition of the willing was probably with annexes was six or seven feet high in terms of paper.
Mark MontgomeryPANELIST
The NATO plan for the same mission was about four inches, which told you there was no details in it.
Daniella CheslowMODERATOR
Four inches is still huge.
Mark MontgomeryPANELIST
Do I think General Grinkovich, who's a U.S. officer, U.S. Air Force four-star, says this internally? You bet.
Mark MontgomeryPANELIST
He's a smart guy.
Mark MontgomeryPANELIST
I worked with him closely at U.S. European Command in a previous life, and he gets this, and he's a good planner.
Mark MontgomeryPANELIST
The problem is...
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