President Joe Biden has announced the deployment of United States military reinforcements across Europe to bolster security in the eastern flank in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Madrid on the sidelines of the 30-nation alliance’s summit, Biden said, “The Untied States will enhance our force posture in Europe and respond to the changing security environment as well as strengthening our collective security”.<\/p>\n
Biden announced that a permanent U.S. Army garrison headquarters will be established in Poland to strengthen U.S.- NATO interoperability across the entire eastern flank.<\/p>\n
Additional rotational Brigade Combat Team, consisting of 3,000 fighters and another 2,000 personnel, will be deployed in Europe, with its headquarters in Romania.<\/p>\n
The United States will enhance its rotational deployments in the Baltic region.<\/p>\n
The Pentagon will send two additional F-35 squadrons to the UK, and station additional air defense and other capabilities in Germany and in Italy.<\/p>\n
In Germany, the U.S. will forward station an air defense artillery brigade headquarters, a short-range air defense battalion, a combat sustainment support battalion headquarters, and an engineer brigade headquarters managed by 625 military personnel. <\/p>\n
In Italy, the United States will forward station a short-range air defense battery – totaling approximately 65 personnel. <\/p>\n
U.S. Navy destroyers stationed in Spain’s Rota Naval Base will be increased from four to six.<\/p>\n
“And together, our Allies \u2014 we’re going to make sure that NATO is ready to meet threats from all directions, across every domain: land, air, and the sea,” Biden said.<\/p>\n
“In a moment when Putin has shattered peace in Europe and attacked the very, very tenets of the rules-based order, the United States and our Allies \u2014 we’re going to step up. We’re stepping up,” he added. <\/p>\n