{"id":66585,"date":"2022-12-15T20:52:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T20:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/15\/us-to-begin-training-hundreds-of-ukrainian-troops-every-month\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:42:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:42:58","slug":"us-to-begin-training-hundreds-of-ukrainian-troops-every-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/12\/15\/us-to-begin-training-hundreds-of-ukrainian-troops-every-month\/","title":{"rendered":"US to begin training hundreds of Ukrainian troops every month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Starting in January, 500 Ukrainian troops a month will travel to Germany to train with the U.S. Army, the Pentagon announced Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The training will be focused on battalion-level operations, said Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, during a press briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCombined arms-maneuver training is a logical next step in our ongoing training efforts, which began in 2014, to build the Ukrainian armed forces\u2019 capacity,\u201d Ryder said. \u201cWhile there\u2019s an understandable focus on the equipment being provided to Ukraine, training is and has been essential to ensuring Ukraine has the skilled forces necessary to better defend themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. and other NATO allies have held training in Europe since earlier this year, including Canadian soldiers familiarizing Ukrainian troops on the M777 Howitzer artillery system<\/a> in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also that month, a unit of Florida Army National Guardsmen<\/a> \u2014 evacuated from Ukraine ahead of Russia\u2019s invasion \u2014 resumed training with their Ukrainian partners, this time in Germany, focusing on equipment such as vehicles and radars recently sent to support Ukraine\u2019s fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This latest round of training will be focused at the battalion level, Ryder said, including live-fires, and a progression from squad-, platoon- and company-level maneuvers. There will also be specific training for battalion headquarters staff elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\t