{"id":105698,"date":"2022-01-25T19:16:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T19:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/25\/more-troops-could-be-put-on-alert-for-ukraine-response\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:47:22","slug":"more-troops-could-be-put-on-alert-for-ukraine-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/01\/25\/more-troops-could-be-put-on-alert-for-ukraine-response\/","title":{"rendered":"More troops could be put on alert for Ukraine response"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Pentagon may put even more troops on heightened alert in case of a Russian incursion into Ukraine<\/a>, a spokesman said Tuesday, above and beyond the roughly 8,500 troops<\/a> it announced on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The services began Monday notifying an initial group of units to tighten their recall times in case of a deployment. They might be just the first group, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to rule out the possibility that there will be more such direction given to additional units at home, or even abroad, in terms of their readiness posture,\u201d Kirby said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As notifications are ongoing, Kirby said, the specific units on alert aren\u2019t ready to be identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some units moving from a 10-day timeline to five days, he offered as an example, adding that currently there aren\u2019t any units preparing to move more quickly than in five days.<\/p>\n\n\n\t