Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace (left), U.S. Marine Corps, meets with Gen. William Ward (center), U.S. Army, and Commander, U.S. European Command Gen. Bantz Craddock, U.S. Army, at US European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany on July 20, 2007. Pace is in Germany to visit recovering soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and meet troops stationed in Germany. Ward, who is the deputy commander of the U.S. European Command, has been nominated to become the first commander of U.S. Africa Command.