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ROMANIA’S MILITARY CHALLENGES AS A VALUABLE NATO PARTNER
Maj. BURCUT ADRIAN
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Advisor:
Assistant Professor Maria CONSTANTINESCU
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CONTENTS
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………p. 3
Chapter 1 The American Dream …………………………………………………p. 3
1. Joining NATO – the target?……………………………………….p. 3
2. The expectations of the NATO members………………………….p. 4
Chapter 2 Romania – a valuable member of the coalition ………………………p. 4
1. Section 1 Romania – strategic member or position?………..p. 5
Chapter 3 The challenges……………………………………………………………p. 6
1. Rules and targets…………………………………………………………..p. 6
2. Equipment acquisitions …………………………………………………p. 7
3. Budget rules………………….………………………………..p. 8
1. The financial obligations of Romania to NATO……………p. 8
2 . The U.S. presence in Romania…………………………..p. 9
4. Allies on international operations…………………………………..p.10
5. The support offered to the US Army ……………………………………p.10
Conclusions………………………………………………………………………………………p.11
References…………………………………………………………………………………………p.12
Introduction
The end of World War II was not only a great victory for all mankind but it also brought hope for the people of many countries that they could get to live the American Dream. When the war was over, despite being an ally of the winners, Romania was left with an important debt to Russia and almost 45 years of communism. All those years, the Romanians had been dreaming of western and American societies.
The revolution of 1989 triggered in our country the change of the political and defense ideology and the start of the long and difficult journey towards becoming an important NATO member. Although the old Russian military strategy had been deeply and irreversibly implemented, the Romanian traditional military school had the ability to improve and to showcase our skills as we clearly stated our determination to become a member of NATO.
Consistent with the geostrategic position of Romania in South-Eastern Europe – a border country of NATO and the European Union – national defense policy aims to defend and promote the vital interests of Romania and the active participation of our country in providing security zones of NATO and EU interest. This paper aims to address a topical issue: the defense and national security paradigm – Romania’s integration in European and Euro-Atlantic structures.
Chapter 1 – 59 YEARS FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM
The signing of the Partnership for Peace on January 26 1994 marked the beginning of Romania’s ten-year journey to become part of NATO. The inability of the government to restructure the economy and the Romanian army and to eradicate corruption led to Romania being rejected as a candidate at the Madrid and Washington Summits.
Romania was the first former communist country to join the Partnership for Peace (a politico-diplomatic training programme for the new candidates for NATO), but that good start was shadowed by the hesitant attitude of the Bucharest government which hardly met the performance criteria imposed by Brussels and Washington with regard to the market economy and the military reform.
The attacks on Washington in 2001 and the set-up of the antiterrorism alliance paved the way for Romania’s entry into NATO. Both US officials and former Secretary General of NATO, Lord Robertson said at the time that the enlargement of the Alliance will continue from the Baltic to the Black Sea. One year later, in November 2002, at the NATO Prague Summit, Romania finally got the invitation to join NATO.
Romania officially joined NATO on March 2004 after the military reform started and some of the measures requested by the Alliance were implemented.
1.1 JOINING NATO – THE TARGET
The question is : Whose interest does Romania’s admission to NATO serve?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation – NATO is a political-military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed in Washington, D.C. on 4 April 1949. Its aims are to maintain peace and defend the independence of its member states by political means and a defensive military strategy meant to respond to all forms of violence against them.
POLITICAL – NATO promotes democratic values and encourages consultation and cooperation on defence and security issues to build trust and, in the long run, prevent conflict
MILITARY – NATO is committed to the peaceful resolution of disputes. If diplomatic efforts fail, it has the military capacity needed to undertake crisis-management operations. These are carried out under Article 5 of the Washington Treaty – NATO’s founding treaty – or under a United Nations mandate, alone or in cooperation with other countries and international organizations.
Seen in the current geopolitical and geostrategic context, in the diagram Romania-NATO both parts share a common interest based primarily on common values, hence the collective interests of the partners involved in the two organizational structures. Noteworthy in this context is the bilateral dimension of Romania’s involvement in NATO, which has mostly military valences but also in terms of development,generating both political and military obligations, such as economic, social, institutional, cultural security, etc.
Therefore, from my point of view, Romania joining NATO is a mutual goal since both parts are interested in having a common strategy. NATO is increasing the area of interest and Romania will be under NATO’s umbrella due to its strategic position.
1.2 THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE NATO MEMBERS
Romania’s invitation to begin NATO accession talks together with six other Central and Eastern European countries has been hailed as a national triumph.
To be sure, Romanian membership of NATO will provide the Alliance with certain immediate benefits. Together with Bulgaria, Romania will help re-enforce the Alliance’s southern flank by creating a land bridge between Hungary and Turkey; it will improve NATO access to its Balkan peacekeeping operations and enhance regional cooperation and stability in Southeastern Europe. Bulgarian and Romanian membership of NATO also bolsters the Alliance’s presence around the Black Sea.
Having been the first country to join the Partnership for Peace in January 1994, Romania has effectively been preparing for NATO membership for most part of the decade. In this way, Bucharest endorses the Alliance’s comprehensive approach to security outlined in its Strategic Concept and is committed to the Alliance’s efforts to reduce the dangers arising from the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the means of their delivery.
CHAPTER 2 ROMANIA – A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE COALITION
Romania’s geographical position, physical geographical peculiarities and the structure of the surrounding powers – varying by time, intensity and potentiality – underline its being in a transitional, intersectional situation not only geographically, but geopolitically, too.
The advantageous results of the 1st World War must have carried a positive lesson to the Romanian geography, meaning that geography can be a useful tool to form politics in solving international conflicts, so Romanian geopolitical experts went on to work out and increase the intensity of further geopolitical thoughts and ideas to consolidate Great Romania’s territorial integrity.
The Romanian geopolitical theories and concepts have not changed much until today, except for being adapted to the actual political and security environment. Among the most common physical factors I noted the Carpathians, the Danube, the Black Sea and the country’s relief, while the human geographical factors can be the number of population, the religion, Latinity or language.
Regarding the practical usage of geopolitics I could prove the presence of the classical Romanian geopolitical views in the NATO accession foreign and military policy efforts and communication, and also in the national security strategy studied. The set of arguments is centred around the Danube as a commercial and civilisation liaison, and the favourable strategic position given by the Black Sea, especially the vicinity of Russia and certain CIS countries, and not the least, that of Iraq and Afghanistan regarding the international (NATO, USA) war against terrorism. The contemporary Romanian geopolitical arguments implying geographic determination are paired with NATO and EU membership (and the prestige deriving from it) and an intensive foreign military (peace support) commitment that finally express the notion of a regional leading country.
This discussion brings up the traditional geopolitical connotations adapted to the present situation of Romania being the ideal country from a geopolitical point of view, a competitive one, an Eastern European country but closely linked to South-Eastern Europe in terms of security with a leading role, with a medium economic and military power, also with the advantage of most of the natural geographic elements including access to the sea, all of which making Romania an active player in the European and Euro-Atlantic integration, in maintaining international stability and supporting the anti-terrorist war.
2.1 Romania – strategic member or position?
While much of the world has focused upon the Balkans, the Former Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) has received most of the attention. However, there is much more at stake in the Balkan region than just the FRY. The Dayton Accords of 1995, the 1999 air war in Kosovo and current NATO involvement in Macedonia prove that, while having been long ignored by the Western world, the entire Balkans have become a focal point for the United States and its fellow NATO members, as well as their historical adversary, Russia. In its Strategic Appraisal: 1996, the Rand Cooperation stated that “security in the Balkans will also be directly affected by how well the other non-former Yugoslav post-communist countries—Bulgaria, Romania, and Albania—manage their transitions.”
This paper also tries to bring to attention the historical context of Romania’s strategic value in order to show the effects of the Romanian membership of NATO upon Romania’s neighbours.
Since the unravelling of the bipolar world, our country has remained forsaken in Europe and the world. Although we are now members of two large military and economic “clubs”, namely the European Union and NATO, Romania is lonelier than we might think. Although politicians at the helm of the ruling power disavow such a perception, this is how reality is perceived by the public opinion.
Now, for the past few years, the foreign visits paid by the top representatives of the Romanian state are devoid of any consistency and strategy. That is because we do not have any strategy that would pull us out of the anonymity we find ourselves in for almost three decades.
We recently heard that the strategic partnership with the US is so important that we can “sleep” easily. And it seems that is pretty much all we are doing. Although the Americans are allegedly very interested in coming to Romania to put to good use our professional and material resources for arms production. Nevertheless, unfortunately, the National Defence Strategy does not include much on the future of the Romanian defence industry. Apart from aviation, where we can still have some things to say, everything has crumbled away in the other segments of the defence industry.
Cooperation with partner countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia, including Russia, could improve NATO efforts of promoting stability and addressing the asymmetric challenges to its new neighbourhoods. Moreover thinking about the role of NATO in countering terrorism one should define the new tasks for the Alliance.
The most important task remains of course the extension of the ISAF mission to stabilize Afghanistan which should soon cover the entire Afghan territory. But there are other ongoing requirements we should think about in the future. One example is addressing the areas of maritime security and border security in the Black Sea – Caucasus region. Another one relates to continuing and enhancing NATO operations in the Mediterranean to counter the terrorist threat along the Southern border of the Alliance.
In this context, Romania should be aware of its national interests, which are supported by the US military presence on its territory, thereby enhancing the security of the state and helping to accelerate the transformation of NATO into an instrument to promote security in the Middle East and possibly Black Sea.
Finally, one further task could be the development of NATO in preventing the emergence of new terrorist safe havens by offering support to the Mediterranean and Middle East countries in their security sector reforms and the fight against terrorism.
Chapter 3 The challenges
Romania’s Armed Forces have to continue their restructuring in accordance with the ongoing programmes to become more operational and efficient. The future force structure will try to balance forces with financial resources and will comprise active and territorial forces. It will allow a quick reaction in a possible future conflict, which will secure the time needed for augmenting the territorial forces and the intervention of the Allies. Emphasis will be placed on operational mountain troops, paratroopers, aviation, artillery, navy and infantry.
In the Membership Action Plan (MAP), Romania has focused on increasing the interoperability, deployability and sustainability of its forces earmarked for peace-support operations and Article 5 missions. Priority has been given to training, including operational language training, and operational readiness to comply with NATO standards.
3.1 Rules and targets
We become members of an Alliance and we have to behave as such. In order to become one of the members, we must “speak the same language” with our partners so that to assimilate the action procedures and standards that are now used in the Alliance.
In the Membership Action Plan (MAP), Romania has focused on increasing the interoperability, deployability and sustainability of its forces earmarked for peace-support operations and Article 5 missions. Priority has been given to training, including operational language training, and operational readiness to comply with NATO standards.
In this way, Romania has earmarked a number of units for collective-defence operations and other Alliance missions ranging from peace-support and crisis-response to combat operations. All forces earmarked for collective-defence or Partnership-for-Peace operations are also available, as required, for operations in or outside Romanian territory on a case-by-case basis. Moreover, Romania is determined to participate in all NATO’s new force structures, including the NATO Response Force.
Concerning defence planning, Romania already has a NATO-compatible system and is now taking steps to prepare for the rigours of NATO force planning. This involves improving decision-making explicitly to link Romania’s Alliance responsibilities with the country’s limited resources. In this way, the country’s defence budget is now pegged to GDP forecasts and based on the government’s commitment to ensure a proper level of defence spending.
As soon as Romania becomes a fully-fledged Alliance member, the country will want and be expected to have an effective national representation at NATO and to fill a number of posts in Alliance structures, both civilian and military. Identifying personnel with the appropriate language skills, experience and qualifications for these tasks is a major undertaking. As a result, a commission has been set up within the defence ministry to coordinate this process and select a pool of civil servants, military officers and non-commissioned officers with the necessary backgrounds.
Nevertheless, human resource management in the Romanian Armed Forces needs to be revamped to bring it in line with best NATO practice. This will require improving military career structures, reforming recruitment and training systems and offering greater professional opportunities to non-commissioned officers. A considerable reduction of central structures will be achieved by eliminating unnecessary signal, logistics and administrative support units, as well as by eliminating redundant installations, depots and training facilities, reorganising Romania’s military education and reducing the current infrastructure.
2.2 Equipment acquisitions
Romania has opted to extend its force modernization period rather than cut important purchases as it deals with its version of the global budget crisis. Despite suffering from the severe economic downturn that began years ago, the Black Sea country continues to upgrade its military with the goal of being a significant security force in an uncertain region.
The country’s efforts are part of a long-term plan that began with its application for, and acceptance of, membership in NATO. The first part of the three-phase modernization programme concluded in 2007, the year before the global economic crisis.
The global financial slump affected Romania’s defense budget significantly. However, the country considered its modernization efforts as essential for its military, especially as a member of NATO. So, instead of implementing cuts as many other nations have done, Romania has delayed some of its programmes.
Romania currently has 106 active military acquisition programmes. We range from large programmes such as fighter aircraft and a new air defense system to small programmes with lesser impact. About 15 to 20 programs have finished delivery, but they are still ongoing because of upgrades and maintenance improvements. Another 20 programs have pending contracts, and the remaining 45 to 50 programs are ready to start but are among those delayed for financial reasons.
In the future, some acquisition programmes may need to be scaled back. But for now, postponement rather than cancellation is the method of economizing adopted by the Romanian military.
The military’s top priorities was a new fighter aircraft—the F-16; modernizing the country’s frigates; and upgrading the military’s infrastructure. This infrastructure modernization includes communications, with a focus on new technologies for units. Some Romanian forces still operate Russian-made equipment dating back to the country’s membership in the Warsaw Pact, which ended in 1991.
Replacing that Russian equipment will be gear developed indigenously and purchased on the international market. The country’s aviation industry, which produced the domestic IAR-99 Hawk aircraft, can provide maintenance and support. The local munitions industry can provide guns and ammunition as well as armored vehicles for the country’s land forces and for international export.
The Army benefits from an increase in the allotted funds that would allow it to start the big endowment programs, as they are also defined in the introduction of annex 3/18 for the draft budget for 2017: 8×8 and 4×4 armoured personnel carriers; 4×4 light armoured and non-armoured off road vehicles; C4I systems with integrated ISTAR capabilities; multipurpose corvette; long-range ground-to-air missile system; mine hunter; helicopters.
In the last years, many small Romanian companies have emerged that are skilled in electronics and information technology. In particular, some of these small firms are offering software for command and control systems. This will help the modernization of command and control already underway.
For communications and information systems, Romania is looking at buying commercial off-the-shelf technologies. Much of the new equipment entering the force is based on ruggedized hardware, which makes it easier to maintain and less expensive than traditional military-specification equipment. This approach has been suggested to the rest of the Romanian defense industry so it can offer affordable solutions to the military today.
The country is part of NATO’s working group for improved command and control, which will help ensure its interoperability and compatibility with the NATO Command and Control System. It also is actively involved in the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program.
In addition, Romania has strategic partnerships with fellow NATO members such as the United States, France and Italy, with all of which it supports and develops bilateral relations. Romania is also a member of the European Union and is aiming to properly integrate within these organizations so that we can become one of Europe’s pillars.
Even with the acquisition program delays, Romania’s military should continue to progress toward its objectives.
3.3 Budget rules
In 2006, NATO member countries agreed to commit a minimum of two per cent of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to spending on defence. This guideline principally served as an indicator of a country’s political will to contribute to the Alliance’s common defence efforts. Additionally, the defence capacity of each member country has an important impact on the overall perception of the Alliance’s credibility as a politico-military organisation.
3.3.1 The financial obligations of Romania to NATO
The effects of the financial crisis and the declining share of resources devoted to defence in many Allied countries have exacerbated this imbalance and also revealed growing asymmetries in capability among European Allies. At the Wales Summit in 2014, NATO leaders agreed to reverse the trend of declining defence budgets and decided:
• Allies currently meeting the 2% guideline on defence spending will aim to continue to do so;
• Allies whose current pocentage of GDP spent on defence is below this level will halt any decline; the aim to increase defence expenditure as GDP grows and to move toward the 2% guideline within a decade.
While the 2% of GDP guideline alone is no guarantee that money will be spent in the most effective and efficient way to acquire and deploy modern capabilities, it remains, nonetheless, an important indicator of the political resolve of individual Allies to devote to defence a relatively small, but still significant, level of resources at a time of considerable international uncertainty and economic adversity.
The great winner of the draft budget, presented on January 27th and later on adopted by Romania’s Supreme Defence Council (CSAT) and by the Government on January 31st, is, without any doubt, the Ministry of National Defence. From 11,022 billion lei, representing 1.35% of the GDP, which was what the funding for the Ministry of National Defence looked like in the budget version dating January 23rd, the budget allocation grew in a few days to the amount of 16,322 billion lei. This amount represents the 2% commitment undertook by Romania as a NATO member state.
3.3.2 The U.S. presence in Romania
Since 1993, the Office of Defence Cooperation Programs has been spending on various programs more than $340 million.
Foreign Military Financing (FMF): $203 million since 1996
FMF is the U.S. Government program for financing through grants or loans the acquisition of U.S. military articles, services and training to support U.S. regional stability goals and enable friends and allies to improve their defense capabilities. The FMF program began in Romania in 1996. Funding is allocated to the Romanian Ministry of National Defence only. With the help of ODC it allocates FMF funds on tactical communications, C-130 purchases and support, the Air Support Operations Center, secure data management systems, joint conflict and tactical simulation, training and transformation consultants and individual soldier equipment. The amount of FMF funds allocated to Romania in 2010 was $13 million.
International Military and Education Training Program (IMET): $19.8 million since 1996
IMET provides for officers and enlisted personnel to attend courses at one of the U.S. war colleges for advanced degree or security studies programs, or for shorter, specialized professional courses. The Romania program began in 1996. $1.8 million was spent in 2010 and $1.8 million is allocated for 2011.
Mil-to-Mil Engagement: Estimated cost is $40 million
There have been more than 1000 events since 1993 to provide training and exchanges.The program consists of engagements between U.S. and Romanian military, including traveling contact teams, familiarization visits, conferences, studies, assessments and senior leader visits. In addition, 145 events have been conducted by the Alabama National Guard under the State Partnership program.
Humanitarian Assistance: $6.5 million since 1996
Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, the Humanitarian Assistance Program began in 1996. The U.S. Government has renovated kindergartens, schools and hospitals in the neediest areas of Romania. Some projects include: the renovation of No. 3 Kindergarten in Navodari (Constanta County); the renovation of City Hospital in Babadag; the renovation of a clinic in Maliuc; and the renovation of “Cristian” Centre for children with physical and neurological disabilities (all in Tulcea county). The annual budget is approximately $850,000.
1206 funds: $11.1 million since 2010
These funds are used to train and equip foreign military forces for military and stability operations in which U.S. forces participate. In FY 2010, Romania received $11.1 million for equipment for special operations forces participating in International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), and counter-IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) training for units scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan. Driver training was also provided in Germany for MRAPs (mine-resistant armored personnel vehicles) that the U.S. Government donated to Romania in Afghanistan. Funds are also used to bring U.S. training teams to Romania to train and prepare soldiers for combat in Afghanistan.
Support to Romanian Military in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo.
The U.S. has provided 60 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles for Romanian use in Afghanistan (worth $60 million). MRAPs protect soldiers against explosive attacks and ambushes, the number one killer in the theater of operations.
3.4 Allied on international operations
Currently, there are 1,425 Romanian troops participating in international missions deployed under NATO, EU and UN. According to the Operations Directorate of the Ministry of Defence in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 57 soldiers have attended the EUFOR mission led by the European Union; another 151 soldiers are in the KFOR mission in Kosovo, led by NATO.
There are 587 soldiers In Afghanistan, in ISAF, under NATO command, and another 57 soldiers in coalition missions (under Operation Enduring Freedom). In Iraq, two Romanian officers participate, under NATO command in the training of Iraqi soldiers and another 499 soldiers are acting in the operation Iraqi Freedom. Finally, another 72 Romanian troops are acting in various regions of the world in UN missions.
Romania may participate soon in the EU mission in Chad and the Central African countries, with a staff of 120 troops.
Soon, Romanian troops will be deployed in Poland to participate in exercises under the aegis of NATO. As part of Romania’s commitment to support NATO, a company of short-range AA guns will be deployed in Poland in exchange for a Polish company subordinated to NATO’s Multinational Brigade.
A survey conducted late last year by the General Staff’s sociologists shows that 75% of the Romanian soldiers want to be present in theatres of operations from abroad.
3.5 The support offered to the US Army
1. MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU BASE. Romanian airline is a military base that houses the facility and US military forces participating in joint exercises with Romanian soldiers. Over 500 Marines and sailors of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment Marina were deployed at Mihail Kogalnicean Base in 2015. Kogalniceanu base is also a temporary base for the US transport planes bringing troops and weaponry in Afghanistan, on the way to the US.
2. DEVESELU AIR BASE will host the US missile shield elements. Three batteries 24 SM-3 interceptor missiles will be placed in the US facility in the Romanian Air Base at Deveselu. The US facility staff will be represented by 200 soldiers, civilian employees and contractor personnel.
The US Navy took command of the military base at Deveselu in October 2014. The missile defence shield will be operational by the end of this year. Another military objective of NATO that comes with a significant US presence is NATO HUMINT Centre of Excellence(military intelligence) in Oradea.
3. BABADAG TRAINING AREA — A walk around the 50-acre plot of land that U.S. and Romanian soldiers will call home for nearly three weeks offers a glimpse of the likely future of Army training.
As U.S. military officials look east of Germany for bases to train soldiers and deploy them for combat in other areas, they are looking at places like Babadag, which offers relatively unrestricted firing ranges and close access to an airfield and a port. U.S. officials have said, at least for now, that new bases would remain small places with little infrastructure where soldiers could pop in for a few weeks and leave.
The U.S. military paid 7 million euros or about $8.7 million to a contractor in Turkey to create a temporary base camp at Babadag — with roads, sewer lines, electricity and water — for the exercise called ROMEX ’05.
4. CINCU TRAINIG AREA – The U.S. Army has conducted battalion-size training exercises with Romanian Land Forces at Task Force East as well as four annual Mission Rehearsal Exercises at the Romanian Combat Training Center at Cincu for battalions preparing to deploy in support of the mission in Afghanistan.
CONCLUSIONS
Romania is particularly well placed, geographically and historically, to take on the role of promoter of Euro-Atlantic values into neighbouring regions. It is in our national interest to be more than the border of the West. We have to become a bridge so that to extend the benefits of stability and Euro-Atlantic values beyond our borders.
Global threats defining the strategic context of the Alliance are perceptible. A wide network of partnerships is an important asset of the Alliance, with regard not only to NATO’s current and future operations, but also in terms of strategic awareness and of multiplying the ability to fight new and emerging security challenges, such as cyber attacks and threats to the energy or waterways security.
ncepand cu anul 1994 Romania s-a angajat pe un lung si anevoios drum pentru a
deveni o natiune puternica, cu un cuvant greu de spus, cu un loc de top in Europa si in NATO,
cu un viitor sigur. Pentru a reusi in asta ne stau alaturi aliatii europeni si americani.
Provocarile pentru a face asta, pentru a excela in ceea ce facem, pentru a ne castiga
locul la “masa bogatilor” , pentru a face aceleasi treburi cu aceleasi resurse dar si cu aceleasi
rezultate, nu trebuie doar sa ne dorim asta. Trebuie sa intelegem ca nimeni nu va face treaba
in locul nostr, ca trebuie sa ne schimbam gandirea, comportamentul, asteptarile dar si nivelul
de viata, de eficienta si eficacitate.
Trebuie sa avem sprijinul clasei politice dar si al populatiei pentru ca tot ce tine de
modernizare, capacitate de lupta si reactie, inzestrare, antrenament si dezvoltare sunt limitate
in primul rand de fondurile financiare repartizate sistemului militar. Nu este si nici nu va fi
usor sa strabatem acest drum dar este scopul poporului roman, al generatiei noastre.
Si cand va veni momentul in care vom reusi sa facem toate astea vom putea spune
bunicilor nostri ca ” Visul American ” a sosit.
ncepand cu anul 1994 Romania s-a angajat pe un lung si anevoios drum pentru a
deveni o natiune puternica, cu un cuvant greu de spus, cu un loc de top in Europa si in NATO,
cu un viitor sigur. Pentru a reusi in asta ne stau alaturi aliatii europeni si americani.
Provocarile pentru a face asta, pentru a excela in ceea ce facem, pentru a ne castiga
locul la “masa bogatilor” , pentru a face aceleasi treburi cu aceleasi resurse dar si cu aceleasi
rezultate, nu trebuie doar sa ne dorim asta. Trebuie sa intelegem ca nimeni nu va face treaba
in locul nostr, ca trebuie sa ne schimbam gandirea, comportamentul, asteptarile dar si nivelul
de viata, de eficienta si eficacitate.
Trebuie sa avem sprijinul clasei politice dar si al populatiei pentru ca tot ce tine de
modernizare, capacitate de lupta si reactie, inzestrare, antrenament si dezvoltare sunt limitate
in primul rand de fondurile financiare repartizate sistemului militar. Nu este si nici nu va fi
usor sa strabatem acest drum dar este scopul poporului roman, al generatiei noastre.
Si cand va veni momentul in care vom reusi sa facem toate astea vom putea spune
bunicilor nostri ca ” Visul American ” a sosit.
ncepand cu anul 1994 Romania s-a angajat pe un lung si anevoios drum pentru a
deveni o natiune puternica, cu un cuvant greu de spus, cu un loc de top in Europa si in NATO,
cu un viitor sigur. Pentru a reusi in asta ne stau alaturi aliatii europeni si americani.
Provocarile pentru a face asta, pentru a excela in ceea ce facem, pentru a ne castiga
locul la “masa bogatilor” , pentru a face aceleasi treburi cu aceleasi resurse dar si cu aceleasi
rezultate, nu trebuie doar sa ne dorim asta. Trebuie sa intelegem ca nimeni nu va face treaba
in locul nostr, ca trebuie sa ne schimbam gandirea, comportamentul, asteptarile dar si nivelul
de viata, de eficienta si eficacitate.
Trebuie sa avem sprijinul clasei politice dar si al populatiei pentru ca tot ce tine de
modernizare, capacitate de lupta si reactie, inzestrare, antrenament si dezvoltare sunt limitate
in primul rand de fondurile financiare repartizate sistemului militar. Nu este si nici nu va fi
usor sa strabatem acest drum dar este scopul poporului roman, al generatiei noastre.
Si cand va veni momentul in care vom reusi sa facem toate astea vom putea spune
bunicilor nostri ca ” Visul American ” a sosit.
In 1994 Romania set off on the long and demanding journey towards becoming a powerful nation, with a decisive role in Europe and NATO. In order to achieve that, we have European and American allies to help us.
The challenges along the way of reaching excellence in what we do and of earning a place at the table of the rich are things we have to deal with. It is our responsibility, and no one else’s. We have to become aware of the importance and the necessity of change: a change in our thought, our attitude, our expectations, and our efficiency along with a change in our standard of living.
We need all the support we can get from the population as well as from the political class, given the fact that everything that falls into modernization, fighting and reaction capacity, military equipment, training and development is primarily dependent on the financial funds allocated to the military sector. It’s not going to be an easy task, but it is what the Romanian people, what our generation wants to achieve.
The moment we finally succeed will be the moment we can tell our grandparents that we have reached the American Dream.