U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Twitty, deputy commander,

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Twitty, deputy commander, U.S. European Command (center) and chiefs of defense from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Slovenia (front row) and adjutant generals and military representatives from Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Vermont (back row) attend the 23rd U.S.-Adriatic Charter CHOD conference in Durrës, Albania, Sept. 25, 2019. The theme for this year's conference was enhancing NATO interoperability and readiness to face common security threats and challenges. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Capt. Benjamin Hughes)