Inspector General finds EUCOM undermanned for growing mission
By JOHN VANDIVER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: August 24, 2017
STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. European Command force levels could be too small to maintain the military’s push into Eastern Europe, where operational tempo and unpredictable funding puts a three-year-old campaign at risk, a Defense Department watchdog said.
An Inspector General report released this week cautioned that the European Reassurance Initiative may not be resourced well enough to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank. The Joint Chiefs of Staff is reassessing EUCOM’s troop mix, the IG said.
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