NATO Joint Force Command Norfolk
NATO Joint Force Command Norfolk (JFC Norfolk) is one of NATO's three strategic-level operational commands. Headquartered at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, United States, it is responsible for planning and conducting Alliance operations across the Atlantic, including the security of transatlantic sea lines of communication and deterrence in the Atlantic domain. The command was established in 2018, and a Polish general, Lt. Gen. Andrzej D. Bartoszek, served as its first commander.
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NATO's top Europe commander warns of rising Russian-linked sabotage, urges calm
NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, U.S. Air Force General Alexus Grinkevich, told Reuters the Alliance is increasing intelligence sharing in response to a wave of sabotage and other incidents likely linked to Russia. He urged calm, called NATO "the most powerful alliance in history" and assessed the risk of a limited Russian attack on NATO territory as "unlikely but cannot be ruled out." Grinkevich also rejected the assumption that Vladimir Putin could exploit depleted US long-range precision missile stockpiles to strike the Alliance.