"There is no campaign plan yet," said one senior officer at the military's European Command.

The European Command has asked for $125 million for the region over five years.

The United States has a little more than 326,000 troops in its European command.

The European command had projected savings of about $20 million based on ealier plans for scaling back the exercise.

The European Command had formed a request for port repair ships in 1942.

It was also striking because of who carried it out: an antiterrorist naval task force under European command.

A statement from the European command based in Stuttgart said the attack took place north of Mosul.

That has been shown by the fact that for the first time a soldier has been killed during an operation under European command.

There was the flaming, sword on a blue background shoulder patch, the insignia of the European Command.

France does want the two regional European commands assigned to European officers on a rotating basis.