US Military Says European Forces Remain Vigilant Amid Reports of Higher Terror Alert

The U.S. military’s European command said that “we will not get into specific measures, but we remain vigilant.”

An Apache attack helicopter is being unloaded from a Galaxy C-5 transport plane at the U.S. Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, on Feb. 22, 2017. Martin Goldhahn/AFP/Getty Images

The U.S. military on Sunday responded to reports that bases across Europe were placed on their second-highest level alert, saying that its European command will “remain vigilant.”

Reports from multiple news outlets that cited unnamed U.S. Department of Defense and military officials said that the alert level of Force Protection Condition (FPCON), or “Charlie,” was implemented over the past weekend.