Cadet First Class Richard King is currently attending his final year at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he is majoring in Military and Strategic Studies and minoring in German. He spent summer 2018 at the JAPCC conducting interviews and doing research about the role of NATO IAMD in Alliance cohesion. During the course of researching this article, he met with representatives from the Competence Centre for Surface-Based Air and Missile Defence, US Air Forces – Europe, the European Integrated Air and Missile Defense Center, 10 AAMDC, NATO Allied Air Command, CTF-64 and the 603rd Air Operations Center.