Here's What's In Biden's European Troop Boost Plan
Howard Altman - Yesterday 6:10 PM
As Russia’s war on Ukraine heads toward its fifth month, President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a series of U.S. troop moves he said are designed to bolster NATO’s eastern flank.
Among other moves, the U.S. will permanently forward station the V Corps Headquarters Forward Command Post, an Army garrison headquarters, and a field support battalion in Poland. That would mark the first permanent U.S. forces on NATO’s eastern flank, the Pentagon said. Biden also announced a new rotational Brigade Combat Team in Romania, the forward stationining of a short-range air defense battery in Italy, the forward stationing of two squadrons of F-35s at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom and plans to add two additional destroyers to the four already stationed at U.S. Naval Station Rota, Spain.
The moves, some of which have been planned for a while, were announced in Madrid during the second day of the NATO summit there.
“We're sending an unmistakable message, in my view, and I think yours as well, that NATO is strong, united, and the steps we're taking during this summit are going to further augment our collective strength,” Biden said.
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