{"id":52579,"date":"2019-05-05T17:38:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T17:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/05\/us-air-force-gen-tod-wolters-sworn-in-as-nato-commander\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:55:53","slug":"us-air-force-gen-tod-wolters-sworn-in-as-nato-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/05\/05\/us-air-force-gen-tod-wolters-sworn-in-as-nato-commander\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters sworn in as NATO commander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRUSSELS \u2014 U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/03\/15\/air-force-general-tapped-as-supreme-allied-commander-of-europe\/\" target=_blank>Air Force Gen. Tod D. 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Scaparrotti<\/a> for a term likely to run two to three years, will also be commander of U.S. forces in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/05\/01\/new-us-european-command-leader-will-take-over-amid-nato-worries-and-tensions\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19121607902215.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">New US European Command leader will take over amid NATO worries and tensions<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The United States is installing new military leadership in Europe at a moment of heightened worries about Russian aggression, doubts about the future of arms control and rising tensions among NATO allies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NATO post of SACEUR is always held by an American military officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NATO\u2019s top civilian official, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, says the command is \u201cone of the most challenging and most important military positions in the world.\u201d Wolters will oversee NATO\u2019s biggest reinforcement of its collective defenses in Eastern Europe since the Cold War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Air Force Gen. 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