Whereas United States military planners prepared a concept of operations to deploy 20,000 United States troops and 12,000 pieces of equipment by air, land, and sea, which would have been the largest military deployment from the United States to Europe in over 25 years; Whereas, as part of DEFENDER-EUROPE 2020, United States civilian and military ships coordinated their movements across the Atlantic Ocean, validating their ability to move thousands of troops and equipment through contested waters during opposed transit convoy operations; Whereas, additionally, the Army leveraged the use of its Prepositioned Stocks located in Europe that were deployed to exercise sites throughout Europe for sustainment; Whereas, through this elaborate coordination, the United States military validated its ability to rapidly deploy and sustain massive military capability to deter adversaries from conducting destabilizing hostilities against democratic institutions; Whereas NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) planned the training and logistics for 37,000 troops across 18 NATO countries that would participate in 6 complex exercises to demonstrate NATO’s ability to deter aggression while protecting peace throughout Europe, enhance relationships, readiness, and interoperability among NATO allies, and achieve the objectives of the United States National Defense Strategy and strategic objectives of NATO; Whereas United States commanders and partner countries quickly adapted exercise plans to the COVID–19 crisis in Europe by adjusting troop movements and activities to protect the force and its readiness from a highly infectious pandemic; Whereas, by leveraging existing NATO institutions and agreements, NATO forces completed, on short notice, more than 350 flights to transport over 1,000 tons of medical supplies, established in excess of 100 field hospitals containing more than 25,000 medical beds, and supported civilian medical and security efforts to respond to a global health emergency