News From Antiwar.com Original and up-to-date news Preparing for War in the Atlantic, NATO Opens New Command in Virginia Gen. Milley said the command could fight a future battle of the Atlantic Preparing for a future battle in the Atlantic, NATO announced on Thursday that its new command in Norfolk, Virginia, is now fully operational. Joint Force Command-Norfolk is the third of its kind and will coordinate with similar commands in Brunssum, Netherlands, and Naples, Italy. The headquarters is the second NATO command structure in Norfolk, joining the NATO’s Allied Command Transformation. The new command will oversee NATO operations in the Atlantic and in the Arctic, two regions where the US is warning Russia and China are expanding their presence. At an inauguration for the new command, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley warned of so-called “great power wars” and drew parallels between future conflicts and World War II.