 The year 2009 marked the third rotation of JTF-E/TF-East and it continues to be one of the USAREUR commander's strategic priorities playing a key role in EUCOM's theater security cooperation program.Romania and Bulgaria are strong and important allies of the U.S. and have provided consistent support to U.S. overseas contingency operations; both of these countries currently have forces fighting alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan.Training together hones and develops techniques, tactics, and procedures that assist tactical units in working together in combat.