NATO's New Strategy Will Better Protect Europe, Commander Says
... One of the good news stories is that NATO now has its own military strategy, he said, something they didn't have for the last 50-plus years. "We did not have a document that the military arm that represents NATO could follow in order to apply a strategy," he said.
That strategy, which was endorsed by the North Atlantic Council, allows the U.S. military to have a more productive role within NATO and identifies two basic threats: Russia's status as a near-peer competitor and international terrorism, he said.
NATO has also implemented a "command structure adaptation," which means forces are placed in Europe wherever they are needed to better deter potential conflict, wherever that might be anticipated.
Although Europe is the primary focus, Wolters also said he is in consults regularly with his counterparts in other combatant commands to ensure the right balance of forces in the places they're needed most.