Has paid huge dividends with respect to the effectiveness of this operation. That the trust and transparency that we've constructed over the course of the last several decades, in particular with our NATO allies and partners. And for additional context, as you all know, here in Europe, this is a whole of government, whole nation, whole of partner, whole of ally process. To date, a total of 1,605 evacuees have departed Ramstein, for the continental United States. For context, we received our first evacuation flights last Friday, the 20th of August.Īnd three short days later this last Monday, we had our first set of flights depart Ramstein for the continental United States. We've received three flights and Naval Air Station Sigonella in Italy, and we currently have 662 evacuees on deck there. And we currently have 5783 evacuees on deck at Ramstein. To date we've received 55 flights at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. All of our civilian employees and most importantly to the volunteers who have given us their relentless efforts in support of this operation. Let me start by extending my personal and professional thanks to the women and men in the United States military. Good afternoon, and it's good to be with you and to the press corps thanks for taking a little bit of time to share with us on the other side of the Atlantic over here in Europe. WOLTERS: John, I've got you loud and clear. So, would that General if you can hear me loud? OK? Because the general can't see you from where he is. Please identify yourself and your outlet before you ask the questions. I will moderate just like I did the other day. And then once the Generals done with his comments, we'll go to questions. We've got the General for about 30 minutes, so I don't want to eat up any more of the clock. And like to keep our limit our questions to the General to that purpose. He's here to talk to you about EUCOM and NATO's contributions to the ongoing evacuation effort out of Afghanistan. And I'm going to turn it over to the General in just a minute who's got some opening comments. General Tod Wolters, the Commander of U.S. As I mentioned earlier this morning, we have a special guest with us here virtually in the briefing room.
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