National Guard discussing possible deployments to Eastern Europe
By Meghann Myers
Apr 19, 04:32 PM
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine expected to last months, thousands of troops deployed in February and March have been extended past their initial 90-day commitments, calling into question how long these deployments will last, and how rotations might continue.
To that end, the National Guard has been discussing the possibility that it’s part-time troops will be called up to fill in, the chief of the National Guard Bureau told Military Times on Monday.
“So we, last week, had a chance to visit with all the adjutants general, and we don’t have any information right now. But as always, we never want to surprise anybody,” Army Gen. Dan Hokanson said at a Foundation for Defense of Democracies event. “And so we always try and think of that ― what are those potential possibilities? Because we can always plan, but if we don’t plan, we can’t adjust from there.”
https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/04/19/national-guard-discussing-possible-deployments-to-eastern-europe/
