CORRECTED COPY: HOST NATION NOTIFICATION FOR AIR

S E C R E T STATE 076526 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/16/2018 TAGS: MARR PREL GM PO SP UK SUBJECT: CORRECTED COPY: HOST NATION NOTIFICATION FOR AIR MOBILITY COMMAND (AMC) REALIGNMENT REF: A. USEUCOM MSG DTG 092300Z APR 08 ¶B. AMC MSG DTG 091700 JAN 08 ¶C. JOINT STAFF APPROVAL MEMO ¶D. USDP APPROVAL MEMO ¶E. STATE 68446 Classified By: ACTING EUR/RPM DIRECTOR BRUCE TURNER FOR REASONS 1.4 (A) AND (D) ¶1. (U) THIS IS A CORRECTED COPY OF STATE 68446 THAT CHANGES THE CLASSIFICATION OF PARAS 2-3 TO ALLOW THE RELEASE OF DETAILS ON U.S. FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES TO HOST GOVERNMENTS. ¶2. (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR EMBASSIES LONDON, BERLIN, MADRID, AND LISBON. POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO CONDUCT HOST NATION NOTIFICATION AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL REGARDING USAFE FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES IDENTIFIED IN REF (A). POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT RESULTS OF HOST NATION NOTIFICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO FACILITATE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT BY 31 JULY 2008. WHEN POSTS, RESPONSES ARE RECEIVED, PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT AND PA GUIDANCE WILL BE PROMULGATED IN COORDINATION WITH OSD, STATE, JOINT STAFF AND EUCOM. ¶3. (S/REL GE, PO, SP, UK) COMMANDER, U.S. EUROPEAN COMMAND, HAS REQUESTED U.S. PERSONNEL CHANGES AT SITES IN GERMANY, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, TURKEY, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. SMALL PERSONNEL CHANGES THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED POLICY SIGNIFICANT WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE AT TWO FACILITIES IN JAPAN. THE SPECIFIC SITES AND PROPOSED CHANGES IN EUCOM,S AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY ARE LISTED BELOW. THE NUMBERS INCLUDE BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. -- RAMSTEIN AB, GERMANY: INCREASE OF 154 U.S. PERSONNEL -- SPANGDALHEM AB, GERMANY: INCREASE OF 3 U.S. PERSONNEL -- LAJES FIELD, AZORES, PORTUGAL: DECREASE OF 144 U.S. PERSONNEL -- ROTA AB, SPAIN: INCREASE OF 157 U.S. PERSONNEL -- INCIRLIK AB, TURKEY: INCREASE OF 5 U.S. PERSONNEL (NOTE: DUE TO THE SMALL CHANGE IN PERSONNEL, NO HOST NATION NOTIFICATION IS REQURED. END NOTE) -- RAF MILDENHALL, UK: DECREASE OF 194 U.S. PERSONNEL ¶4. (S/REL GE, PO, SP, UK) THIS OVERSEAS FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGE SUPPORTS THE AIR MOBILITY COMMAND EN ROUTE MOBILITY REALIGNMENT EFFORT IN FY08, CONTINUES THE USTRANSCOM AND USAFE TRANSFORMATION, AND CONSERVES RESOURCES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS ARE PROVIDED IN REF (A). ¶4. (U) OSD/ISA-EUR POLICY POC IS COLONEL PATRICK MCCLELLAND, COMMERCIAL 703-571-9641; JOINT STAFF POC IS LT COL GARY HUTFLES, COMMERCIAL 703-614-9751; EUCOM POC IS LCDR ANDREW CARLSON COMMERCIAL 49 711 680 7870. RICE