Admiral James G. Stavridis, Commander of the United States European Command, will be visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina on September 17, 2009. Admiral Stavridis will observe the Combined Endeavor 2009 exercise final day activities and take part in the closing ceremony of the exercise, which are being held in Banja Luka. Combined Endeavor 2009, which is run by the United States European Command and is being held for the first time in its history in a non-NATO country, is a demonstration of the close cooperation between the Armed Forces of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the United States and forty partner countries under the NATO Partnership for Peace program.