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NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF)

06/22/2015

A joint task force of forces from Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Lithuania, and the U.S. is setup in Poland in June 2015. The 5000 troops VJTF goal is to be capable of responding in less than a week. A plan to station a brigade with heavy armor near the Baltic states is being considered by NATO. The German and U.S. defense ministers visit a German-Dutch brigade during a visit to Germany by U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. This is NATO's response to Russian advances in Ukraine using hybrid warfare and other methods.

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Obama Renewing U.S. Commitment to NATO Alliance

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Lt. Gen. Frederick "Ben" Hodges, Commander of the U.S. Army in Europe on the threats and challenges facing the U.S. and lack of spare resources for crises

02/09/2015

Lt. Gen. "Ben" Hodges says today 9 out of 10 divisional headquarters are committed, a situation unprecedented even at the height of the U.S. action in Afghanistan and Iraq. New crises are emerging that no one could predict such as Islamic State and Ukraine in 2014. Spare resources to meet new threats are urgently needed but the army is limited by the sequestration budget cuts, sending the wrong type of message to bad actors in the Middle East and Europe, says Hodges. Senators generally think of their state first, Texans about Ft. Hood, Carolinans about Fort Campbell, but no one represents Fort Wiesbaden, Germany. Hodges is based at the U.S. army base in Wiesbaden, Germany.

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The View From NATO’s Russian Front

Wall Street Journal 02/09/2015

Defense Chief: Subversion, ‘Big Lie’ Are in Russia’s Arsenal

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U.S. Is Poised to Put Heavy Weaponry in Eastern Europe

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This Is No Time to Cut The U.S. Army

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U.S. Military Officials Aim to Bolster Troop Presence in Europe

Wall Street Journal 11/10/2015

Notable & Quotable: John McCain on NATO

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