Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 10. June 2000 - April 2001, operations officer, 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy 11. April 2001 - July 2002, Commander, 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy 12. August 2002 - June 2003, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 13. June 2003 - August 2004, Chief, Joint Plans and Operations, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Mons, Belgium 14. August 2004 - July 2005, senior special assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander, U.S. European Command, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe,
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Allied Commander Europe General Alfred Gruenther as: In 1957, SACEUR General Lauris Norstad, USAF, noting the numerical superiority of Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces over NATO ground forces, called for "about 30" divisions to augment NATO's central European front. That year Allied Command Europe carried out Operation Counter Punch, which involved AFCENT forces on the European mainland, and two other major military exercises in September 1957. Operation Strikeback was a series of multilateral naval exercises that concentrated on NATO's eastern Atlantic/northern European flank. Operation Deep Water involved NATO carrier and amphibious assault forces operating along NATO's southern flank in the