Following an April 25 visit from the deputy commander for European Command (EUCOM), U.S. Gen. Charles Wald, Armenian officials announced a joint logistical accord with the U.S. military. Yerevan committed to deploying a transportation company to support U.S. operations in Iraq. U.S. military visits — Wald's was the second in a month — and announcements of Armenian-U.S. cooperation seem like small steps toward an eventual U.S. presence in the Caucasus. On a much broader scale, these events begin to highlight U.S. designs for the region, which include drawing the former Soviet states away from Moscow and severing the trans-Caucasus Russian-Iranian link. This is many years down the road, but after NATO completes its consumption of the Balkan states over the next decade, the alliance could turn its attention — much to the chagrin of Russia and Iran — to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.