2nd Cavalry Regiment Heads to Eastern Poland on Deterrence Mission
Army scouts with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment pull up to a German village during training on Feb. 2, 2017. (MARTIN EGNASH/STARS AND STRIPES)
Army scouts with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment pull up to a German village during training on Feb. 2, 2017. (MARTIN EGNASH/STARS AND STRIPES)
Stars and Stripes | Feb 24, 2017 | by Martin Egnash
VILSECK, Germany -- The U.S. Army is preparing to deploy a battalion-size battle group to eastern Poland, some 100 miles from the Russian border.
This mission is part of NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence initiative in Poland to reassure and protect eastern European nations nervous about Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014.
"When the U.S. is serious about something, we put money on it and people on it," said Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, U.S. Army Europe's commander. "We need to transition from assurance to deterrence. A big part of this is our enhanced forward presence to Poland."
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