Black Sea Area Support Group (BS-ASG), is a United States European Command initiative executed by U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) designed to strengthen relationships between the United States and its Eastern European allies. This program is an innovative element of the Theater Security Cooperation program that focuses on enhancing partner capacity and fostering regional cooperation. TF-East provides the U.S. and its partners in Romania and Bulgaria with training facilities and, currently, a periodic integrated combined staff that stands up to facilitate combined training.
Task Force East
Romanian and US forces train together
US and Bulgarian troops renovate a kindergarten
Romanians and Americans train together
United States European Command
The United States European Command (EUCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States military, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Its area of focus covers 21,000,000 square miles (54,000,000Â km2) and 51 countries and territories, including Europe, The Caucasus, Russia and Greenland. The Commander of the United States EUCOM simultaneously serves as the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) within NATO, a military alliance. During the Gulf War and Operation Northern Watch, EUCOM controlled the forces flying from Incirlik Air Base.
The EUCOM headquarters in the IG Farben Building, Frankfurt, 1952
An Euler diagram of European alliances, partners, and competitors, denoted by their national flags, in EUCOM's Area of Responsibility. The alliances and agreements include the following supranational bodies: PESCO, Schengen Area, EU, and NATO.
Attendants during the playing of the Armed Forces Medley at the USEUCOM change of command ceremony on 1 July 2022, where Christopher G. Cavoli (second from right) assumed command from Tod D. Wolters (far right).
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter (far left), outgoing combatant commander Philip M. Breedlove (far right), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford (background, obscured) applaud the new commander, Curtis Scaparrotti at the USEUCOM change of command ceremony on 3 May 2016.