{"id":47871,"date":"2024-04-10T17:44:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T17:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/10\/us-troop-numbers-in-eastern-europe-could-continue-to-grow\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:18:17","slug":"us-troop-numbers-in-eastern-europe-could-continue-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2024\/04\/10\/us-troop-numbers-in-eastern-europe-could-continue-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"US troop numbers in Eastern Europe could continue to grow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of U.S. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/01\/19\/nato-holds-its-biggest-exercises-in-decades-involving-90k-personnel\/\" target=\"_blank\">NATO troops<\/a> stationed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/07\/14\/more-reservists-troops-to-be-sent-to-europe-angering-some-in-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eastern Europe <\/a>could increase in coming years as Russian threats continue to grow, but American military officials aren\u2019t yet pushing to add more permanent bases in the region as part of a larger military footprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly 100,000 U.S. servicemembers are stationed throughout Europe today, including about 20,000 who were surged to countries like Poland and Romania in response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/03\/12\/pentagon-rushing-ukraine-300-million-in-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/a> in 2022. U.S. forces have not been involved in fighting against Russia but have trained with Ukrainian forces headed to the front lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another 40,000 NATO troops are stationed in the region as well, in support of Eastern European countries\u2019 security efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2024\/01\/19\/nato-holds-its-biggest-exercises-in-decades-involving-90k-personnel\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP24018531484732.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">NATO holds its biggest exercises in decades, involving 90K personnel<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Dubbed &quot;Steadfast Defender 24,&quot; the drill come as Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine bogs down.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday, Gen. Christopher Cavoli \u2014 head of U.S. European Command \u2014 said the deployments are part of \u201ca definite shift eastward\u201d for the NATO alliance, and said infrastructure is in place to up the troop numbers even more if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the immediate aftermath of the invasion, NATO took the decision to establish new battlegroups on a standing basis,\u201d he said. \u201cBy design, they can all go up to brigade size at a time of need. And a number of nations have already elected to go up to that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022, the White House announced plans to station the V Corps Headquarters Forward Command Post, an Army garrison headquarters, and a field support battalion in Poland, the first permanent U.S. forces on NATO\u2019s eastern flank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cavoli said officials are planning to continue rotating U.S. units into Poland and other Eastern European sites for the foreseeable future, in recognition of Russian aggression in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he sidestepped questions from committee members about making some of those surge bases permanent, instead saying that officials are only preparing for potential changes in deployments in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe see a Euro-Atlantic area that faces more threats and dynamic challenges than at any time in the past 30 years,\u201d 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