The NATO flag flies under the Cinquantenaire Arch in Brussels from 11 to 15 June, on the occasion of the NATO Summit (14 June 2021).

Today (10 May 2021), NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg participated in a meeting with Heads of State and Government of the Bucharest 9 Initiative, which includes Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. “The NATO Summit next month offers us a unique opportunity to start a new chapter in transatlantic relations to reinforce the unity between Europe and North America and to prepare our Alliance for the challenges of today and tomorrow,” Secretary General Stoltenberg said. “In a more unpredictable and competitive world, we must do more together and demonstrate transatlantic solidarity not just in words, but in deeds. So at the Summit, we will have an ambitious and forward-looking agenda; strengthening our commitment to defend each other, broadening our approach to security, and taking a more global approach, to safeguard the rules-based international order. This meeting today is an important opportunity to take this agenda forward.” The Bucharest 9 Initiative was launched by Poland and Romania in 2014 by the Presidents of the 9 countries. Its aim is to consolidate views on issues of interest in the Alliance for the participating nations, and to support joint security projects.

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C.-- U.S. Army Central, the Army Service Component Command of U.S. Central Command, hosted a Change of Command ceremony at Patton Hall’s Lucky Park, Aug. 4, here. During the ceremony, incoming Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Ronald P. Clark, assumed command from outgoing Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Terry Ferrell.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with President of Palau Surangel Whipps Jr.

Soldiers from the 140th Chemical Company from California conduct search and rescue training alongside FDNY members, Aug.4 2021 at Randall's Island, New York. From August 3-5, 2021, the DUT exercise in New York City includes over 170 Soldiers from 12 Army National Guard and two Army Reserve units with military police, engineering, medical, logistics and HAZMAT-response capabilities. The Michigan National Guard's 46th Military Police Command provides command and control to DoD service members who partner and train with civilian authorities to effectively respond to a significant incident or complex catastrophic event requiring a national effort. (U.S. Army video by SSG Cambrin Bassett)

Soldiers from the 216th Engineer Company from California train with FDNY equipment often used in search and rescue efforts, Aug.4 2021 at Randall's Island, New York. From August 3-5, 2021, the DUT exercise in New York City includes over 170 Soldiers from 12 Army National Guard and two Army Reserve units with military police, engineering, medical, logistics and HAZMAT-response capabilities. The Michigan National Guard's 46th Military Police Command provides command and control to DoD service members who partner and train with civilian authorities to effectively respond to a significant incident or complex catastrophic event requiring a national effort. (U.S. Army video by SSG Cambrin Bassett)

U.S Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers conduct search and rescue training alongside FDNY members, Aug.4 2021 at Randall's Island, New York. From August 3-5, 2021, the DUT exercise in New York City includes over 170 Soldiers from 12 Army National Guard and two Army Reserve units with military police, engineering, medical, logistics and HAZMAT-response capabilities. The Michigan National Guard's 46th Military Police Command provides command and control to DoD service members who partner and train with civilian authorities to effectively respond to a significant incident or complex catastrophic event requiring a national effort. (U.S. Army video by SSG Cambrin Bassett)

In this installment of the Mental Health Minute, Capt. Jordan Navas shares insight on ways our Team Kadena family can cope with loss and grief. We hope you will find these tips useful and share what you learn with your friends and loved ones. As always, please continue to take care of yourself and look out for one another. Remember, we are stronger together. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Stephen Pulter)

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing return home to Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J., Aug. 3, 2021. The Airmen were deployed for more than four months in support of U.S. Central Command operations throughout the Middle East.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas –Army Medicine soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE), graduated from Advanced Individual Training (AIT), as fully qualified 68W Combat Medics today, August 3, 2021 at Joint Base San Antonio- Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The 68W Combat Medics, the second largest Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) in the U.S. Army, have been at Fort Sam for 16 weeks of medic training, immediately following their Basic Combat Training. To graduate, the soldier medics underwent difficult training assessing their proficiency in both emergency medical treatment and combat trauma care. With over 200 soldiers graduating in formation on Fort Sam’s main post parade field, nearly 250 friends and family able to attend in-person, and another 300 watching virtually, today’s graduation was a milestone: the first large-scale, outdoor open graduation hosted by the command since the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began. Up until a few weeks ago, it was uncertain if these medics would get the honor of marking their achievement with a formal ceremony in front of their loved ones. During the early days of the pandemic, Maj. Gen. Dennis LeMaster, MEDCoE Commanding General, suspended all graduations March 13, 2020 to help limit community spread of the virus and protect the training pipeline of the Army’s medical soldiers. The MEDCoE is the Army’s largest civilian-accredited service school and trains more than 35,000 students annually through 192 health-related programs of instruction at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston. The school’s trainees represent 94 officer medical areas of concentration and 24 enlisted medical specialties: everyone from doctors, nurses and respiratory specialists to patient administration, dental assistants and veterinary specialists, though combat medics are the largest medical specialty trained at Fort Sam.

B-roll of a B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 20th Bomb Squadron taking off and a KC-46 Pegasus assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing taxing during Red Flag 21-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

B-roll taken from of U.S. Air Force and joint partners taking off the during Red Flag 21-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

This b-roll is for general use in future video projects.

On this edition of the AFN Europe Report: The country of Georgia receives lifesaving water skills from the U.S. state of Georgia and shipmates come together in Bahrain to welcome Task Force 55’s new commander

The 114th Logistics Readiness Squadron B-Roll of daily operations.

The last C-130 H series three mission crewed by airmen from the 130th Airlift Wing took off August 3, 2021, from Yeager Airport, Charleston, West Virginia. Aircraft tail number 96-7325 crewed by Lt. Col. Rober Menear, Maj. Steve Szente, Maj. Sam Stuck, Technical Sgt. Chris Kirk, Staff Sgt. Andrew Toney, and Airman 1st Class Tever Meadows. The Air Force selected the 130th Airlift Wing to convert to the C-130J- 30 Super Hercules on May 19, 2021. The 130th Airlift Wing previously operated eight C-130H3 Hercules model aircraft, which are more than 25 years old. The 130th Airlift Wing has had a C-130 mission since 1975 and has converted to numerous variations of the C-130 over the years.

B-roll of U.S. Air Force aircraft and joint partners taxing during Red Flag 21-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

USASMDC commanding general LTG Daniel Karbler provides an update August 3, 2021, to command policies regarding COVID-19.

Competitors in the National Matches participate in the National Trophy Individual Match at Camp Perry, Ohio, Aug. 3, 2021. This video was created to showcase the National Matches at Camp Perry. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Parker J. McCauley)

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas –Army Medicine soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE), graduated from Advanced Individual Training (AIT), as fully qualified 68W Combat Medics today, August 3, 2021 at Joint Base San Antonio- Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The 68W Combat Medics, the second largest Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) in the U.S. Army, have been at Fort Sam for 16 weeks of medic training, immediately following their Basic Combat Training. To graduate, the soldier medics underwent difficult training assessing their proficiency in both emergency medical treatment and combat trauma care. With over 200 soldiers graduating in formation on Fort Sam’s main post parade field, nearly 250 friends and family able to attend in-person, and another 300 watching virtually, today’s graduation was a milestone: the first large-scale, outdoor open graduation hosted by the command since the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began.

U.S. Army Forces Command Best Warrior Competition participants begin the land navigation course, August 3, 2021, at Fort Riley, Kansas. The Best Warrior Competition highlights Soldiers that embody the Army's Warrior Ethos and reinforces basic fundamental Soldier skills. (U.S. Army b-roll package by Spc. Catherine Bravo, 19th Public Affairs Detachment)

Deputy Police Chief Brian Lord with the Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) Police Department at Fort McCoy, Wis., discusses the DES support for the Monroe County National Night Out event Aug. 3, 2021, at Winnebago Park in Tomah, Wis. Hundreds of people attended the event. Introduced in 1984 by the National Association of Town Watch, National Night Out is a nonprofit crime-prevention organization that works in cooperation with thousands of crime-watch groups and law-enforcement agencies throughout the country. (U.S. Army Video by Scott T. Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office.)

The FDNY Academy has a water wagon titled "White Ghost" on display that dates back as far as George Washington.

The FDNY Academy in New York has the helmets of the firefighters that died in the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.

Competitors from across the United States participate in the President’s Hundred Match at Camp Perry, Ohio, Aug. 2, 2021. This video was created to highlight the President’s Hundred Match. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Parker J. McCauley)

A time-lapse video of a Pittsburgh sunrise viewed from Mount Washington. A tow barge moves along the Monongahela River during a sunrise in Pittsburgh Aug. 2, 2021. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District ensures safe navigation on the riverways in the region. The district's footprint covers 328 miles of navigable waterways, 23 navigational locks and dams, 16 reservoirs, and more than 80 local-flood damage-reduction projects across five states: Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District video by Michel Sauret)

B-Roll for general use. Footage taken Aug. 2, 2021 at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.

The Combined Force Space Component Command hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of its new headquarters building on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Aug. 2, 2021. Following a presentation of a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition by Wendy Motta, a representative for Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara), CFSCC commander Major General DeAnna Burt welcomed guests and spoke of the benefits of having this central location for space operations. Prior to the opening of this building, CFSCC headquarters and the CSpOC were working out of three separate buildings to accomplish its mission of coordinating command and control of space effects to joint forces and allied partners. “With today’s ceremony we are finally able to conduct space operations in a central location, with joint, coalition and commercial agencies in this state-of-the-art facility you see behind me,” said Burt. “The refurbishment of this facility was not a small feat. From concept to operational capability it, took approximately seven years and it was truly a team effort to make this happen – across Space Delta 5, Space Launch Delta 30, Combined Force Space Component Command, Headquarters Space Operations Command and United States Space Force staff.”

The Combined Force Space Component Command hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of its new headquarters building on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Aug. 2, 2021. Following a presentation of a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition by Wendy Motta, a representative for Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara), CFSCC commander Major General DeAnna Burt welcomed guests and spoke of the benefits of having this central location for space operations. Prior to the opening of this building, CFSCC headquarters and the CSpOC were working out of three separate buildings to accomplish its mission of coordinating command and control of space effects to joint forces and allied partners. “With today’s ceremony we are finally able to conduct space operations in a central location, with joint, coalition and commercial agencies in this state-of-the-art facility you see behind me,” said Burt. “The refurbishment of this facility was not a small feat. From concept to operational capability it, took approximately seven years and it was truly a team effort to make this happen – across Space Delta 5, Space Launch Delta 30, Combined Force Space Component Command, Headquarters Space Operations Command and United States Space Force staff.”