Thousands of U.S. troops are now on heightened alert for a possible NATO mission in Eastern Europe, but one potential obstacle stands in the way: all 30 alliance members must agree to the deployment.
The former Marine officer, who spent years at Camp Lejeune, is on a media tour following a months-long gag order he was under after he publicly decried the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last August.
U.S. bases on Okinawa and in Japan remain in Health Protection Condition Bravo and Korea in Bravo-plus – one step away from HPCON-Charlie where schools and sports would be shuttered and remote learning would resume as was the case in spring 2020.
Jonathan Williams, president and CEO of the Pacific Battleship Center and president of the L.A. Fleet Week Foundation, received the Distinguished Public Service Award from the Department of the Navy earlier this month.
