Overview
- Italy will take command of JFC Naples, the United Kingdom will lead JFC Norfolk, and Germany and Poland will rotate at JFC Brunssum under a decision confirmed by NATO's Military Committee.
- NATO says the transfers will be phased in over the coming years through normal rotation cycles, with current U.S. commanders remaining in place for now.
- The Supreme Allied Commander Europe remains a U.S. post held by General Alexus Grynkewich from NATO headquarters in Mons, Belgium.
- The United States will assume responsibility for Allied Maritime Command and retain leadership of Allied Air Command and Allied Land Command, maintaining key control nodes.
- Military Committee chair Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone hailed the step as "historic," and EU defense commissioner Andrius Kubilius tied the rebalancing to U.S. strategic focus on the Indo-Pacific.