Three Things the US Military Needs to Fight in Europe

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 Three Things the US Military Needs to Fight in Europe

    By Caroline Houck Staff Correspondent Read bio

December 15, 2017



One year into rotational deployments on the continent, here’s what the Army and Marines say they need.

For the first time since the Cold War, the U.S. military is relearning what it would take to fight alongside its NATO allies on the European continent, and the soldiers and Marines who took part in the first year of rotational deployments have a few requests.

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A generational issue. When you think that it’s been almost a generation (as compared to a normal 20 year retirement) since the US operated in a NATO environment and European laws (almost since Desert Storm I). Basically only the most senior of officers and even civilians remember what it was like. So now it’s a complete relearning experience. It will take a long time to readjust thinking, doctrine, training, equipment, etc.