Army, European Allies Build ‘Immediate Deterrence Posture’
Wed, 10/01/2025 - 08:14
As Army transformation advances in formations across the force, U.S. Army Europe and Africa is taking what’s being learned and working with allies across Europe to build their capacity, a senior officer said.
“Operationally and strategically, we’re very focused with our partners and allies right now on our immediate deterrence posture,” Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie, a senior officer with U.S. Army Europe and Africa, said during the recent Maneuver Warfighter Conference at Fort Benning, Georgia.
“This immediate deterrence posture … really coheres existing plans, and it complements the forces that are already in place,” Norrie said via livestream from Wiesbaden, Germany.
The focus with partners and allies includes persistent sensors and live data in functional command posts, where formations communicate from command post to command post, “not discreetly as part of an exercise, but every day,” Norrie said.
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