The Pentagon has designated units ready to be sent to Eastern Europe due to the situation in Ukraine

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On Monday, the US Department of Defense announced that up to 8500 troops have been ordered to prepare to deploy either alongside NATO forces or as a unilateral response. As Pentagon spokesman John Kirby noted, all units preparing for dispatch have the necessary logistics, medical and aviation support. The Pentagon has designated units ready to be sent to Eastern Europe due to the situation in Ukraine.

Units ready to deploy to Eastern Europe include the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg in North Carolina, the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell in Kentucky, and the 4th Infantry Division from Fort Carson. in Colorado. Also on high alert are troops at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, Robins Air Force Base in Georgia.



The US 82nd Airborne Division includes a rapid response force that was recently used to secure evacuations at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. Then the American paratroopers were quickly deployed to Afghanistan and provided protection for the withdrawal of troops and the evacuation of some Afghan citizens from the Kabul airport.

Many units were periodically sent to Europe as part of the rotation. For example, in 2017, the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division sent 3500 troops to Europe, 87 tanks and 144 Bradley fighting vehicles. It was the largest deployment of troops since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The division's servicemen were in Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Romania and Bulgaria.

At the same time, Kirby did not elaborate more specifically on the units that are preparing to move to the east of Europe. He allowed the possibility of an additional order for other units, which are based both in the United States and at American military bases outside the country.
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  1. +5
    28 January 2022 10: 53
    The Pentagon has designated units ready to be sent to Eastern Europe due to the situation in Ukraine
    those who guarded opium ...
    1. -2
      28 January 2022 13: 35
      You are mistaken - these are the highest-level "specialists" in DRAPU!
    2. +2
      28 January 2022 17: 15
      And how is opium doing in Afghanistan, I suppose the Taliban have already burned everything? But no, it grows and spikes even more winked
      1. -3
        28 January 2022 21: 58
        I have my doubts... Will they not be thrown directly into Ukraine? Airplanes above and near too often buzz ... recourse
    3. 0
      29 January 2022 20: 52
      No, museums in Cairo were robbed! And they also guarded oil rigs in Syria! Yes!
  2. +1
    28 January 2022 10: 55
    why do the Yankees have a board with a "quilted blanket"? B52 - they fly with the "corrugation" of the fuselage (there were photos), here is a "blanket". old used planes?
    1. +1
      28 January 2022 11: 13
      In Russia, they spied on how our radiators are closed in winter ...
      1. +7
        28 January 2022 11: 24
        "quilt" is a slang term for a fuselage defect (swelling of the skin in sectors) resulting from long-term operation of the aircraft under alternating loads (a lot of take-off and landing cycles were made). "corrugation" usually occurs due to the fact that the board was "attached" on landing on the runway (landing with an overload of 4g, for example). Or strong "fatigue" of the load-bearing structure from old age and the fuselage "floated" in shape - inelastic and irreversible deformations have already begun.

        The "quilt" defect is clearly visible in the upper right corner of the photo in the article.
        1. -1
          29 January 2022 02: 30
          The aircraft breathes, especially if air pressure is maintained in the fuselage while transporting people.
  3. +9
    28 January 2022 10: 56
    Units ready to deploy to Eastern Europe include the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg in North Carolina, the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell in Kentucky, and the 4th Infantry Division from Fort Carson. in Colorado.

    This is already serious, instead of reducing US troops in Europe, there is an increase. Such military transfers, undisguised preparations for the beginning of the hot phase of the Third World War, are not good.
    1. -1
      28 January 2022 11: 15
      hi There won’t be a third yet, according to strategic nuclear forces parity, we will raise the stakes. Ukraine will start, we will poison. No one will rock the boat. A kind of Check Point Charlie of the 21st century.
      1. 0
        28 January 2022 13: 55
        Quote: tralflot1832
        There will not be a third yet, according to strategic nuclear forces parity, we are raising the stakes.

        World War III began immediately after the collapse of the USSR, with the bombing of the capital of the independent state of Belgrade. As well as the Second World War with the capture of the Sudetenland by Germany.
    2. -1
      28 January 2022 19: 20
      Where will they send? To which countries? All this caudle needs to be fed, watered, laid. And this is already from the budget of the allied countries.
  4. +3
    28 January 2022 11: 01
    The Pentagon has designated units ready to be sent to Eastern Europe due to the situation in Ukraine
    . Bolivar bit the bit ... now she rushed wherever her eyes looked.
    1. The comment was deleted.
      1. +1
        28 January 2022 12: 22
        Everyone has their Wishlist ... but sometimes there are circumstances when all Wishlists fly sideways.
        1. +1
          28 January 2022 13: 18
          Forewarned - armed. The main Wishlist may be to draw Sweden and Finland into NATO, due to provocations in Ukraine.
          1. 0
            28 January 2022 13: 30
            The question is not in Kukuev ... the question is how quickly and by how much, they turn their brains there, in the direction they need.
            They will try.
            1. 0
              28 January 2022 13: 42
              Quote: rocket757
              They will try.

              Hmm ...
              "Question: How can you comment on J. Stoltenberg's latest statement that NATO is considering the possibility of further building up its military presence on the eastern flank?

              Foreign Minister Lavrov: I have not considered his statements for a long time. I think he's lost touch with reality."
              https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1795953/
              1. +1
                28 January 2022 14: 21
                React to local statements ... ours have something and where to do specific things.
                That's when / if a serious threat appears there, then the answer will be serious.
                1. +1
                  28 January 2022 14: 38
                  Quote: rocket757
                  That's when / if a serious threat appears there, then the answer will be serious.

                  good
                  Good must be with fists.
                  Good must be harsh
                  so that wool flew in shreds
                  from all who climb for good.
                  Good is not pity and not weakness.
                  Good crush locks of shackles.
                  Good is not slush or holiness,
                  not absolution.
                  Being kind is not always convenient,
                  accept not just the conclusion that
                  that fractionally fractional, good-good
                  knew how to work a machine gun,
                  what's the point of the story in the end
                  in good action alone -
                  knock calmly
                  good not surrendered to good!


                  Stanislav Kunyaev
                  1959
                  1. 0
                    28 January 2022 17: 06
                    So teach us, only spoil!
                    Even if not the most aggressive ones, they always were, but to give back, we always have something and there is someone.
                    1. 0
                      28 January 2022 17: 40
                      Quote: rocket757
                      but to give back, we always have something and there is someone.

                      Reminded smile :
                      - Andrey Vasilyevich, the passengers there are worried, the cabin is cold. What should I do?

                      - What to do? To do, Tamarochka, that's what. Bring us some coffee.

                      - Coffee?

                      - Yes, and generally worry less and run around the cabin. We are descending, breathing will soon become easier.

                      Crew, 1979

                      1. 0
                        28 January 2022 17: 44
                        The film is a classic, for all time ... a story about real people, heroes and more.
  5. +4
    28 January 2022 11: 02
    Isn't it time for our Foreign Ministry to somehow react and try to drag the blanket over itself that NATO is preparing for aggression against Russia?!
    1. +1
      28 January 2022 11: 16
      Quote: 75Sergey
      Isn't it time for our Foreign Ministry to somehow react and try to drag the blanket over itself that NATO is preparing for aggression against Russia?!

      It has long been clear that the game is one-sided. With whom to talk there, the collective West (NATO) "turned on the fool" and will not listen to anything. The UN has become a useless, formal organization that decides nothing.
      1. -2
        28 January 2022 11: 23
        Yes, in principle, the UN has never decided anything, it is a club for communication between countries.
    2. +2
      28 January 2022 11: 54
      Quote: 75Sergey
      Isn't it time for our Foreign Ministry to somehow react and try to drag the blanket over itself that NATO is preparing for aggression against Russia?!

      That's right, but it's time not only for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also for the Ministry of Defense to somehow respond.

      It's time to show the promised military and military-technical responses. If we again silently mourn (and according to Lavrov, the answer received on the main points is negative), then they will not reckon with us in the future at all.
    3. -1
      28 January 2022 12: 14
      Quote: 75Sergey
      Isn't it time for our Foreign Ministry to somehow react and try

      Our Foreign Ministry has already reacted, puzzled the Americans with an ultimatum! Apparently, they were very scared that transport workers were frequenting Kiev. Ultimatums cannot solve the problem!
      There was parity with NATO and the USA when it was opposed by the strong USSR and the Warsaw Pact. Much has changed since then - the USSR has sunk into oblivion, and our allies have switched sides. hi
      1. 0
        28 January 2022 17: 24
        It turns out that the ultimatum not only achieved nothing, but, on the contrary, worsened the situation in Ukraine.
    4. +2
      28 January 2022 14: 56
      The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already responded:
      On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on the air of four Russian radio stations, answering the question whether there will be a war, said: "If it depends on the Russian Federation, there will be no war."
      1. -2
        28 January 2022 17: 36
        Actually, Russia (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), with its demands, with ultimatums, wanted to completely withdraw troops from Eastern Europe and the former republic of the USSR. ALREADY FORGOTTEN! They gave it back! Now the conversation is only about Ukraine. hi hi
  6. +6
    28 January 2022 11: 03
    The Americans decided to go with trump cards) Transfer their legendary 101st division to help the independent one) The main thing here is how not to get surrounded near Bastogne) then they came to the rescue, but the Ukrainians are afraid to immediately throw in the environment hi
  7. -4
    28 January 2022 11: 15
    One piece of advice to the FSA military command, give plenty of toilet paper and plastic coffins to the personnel sent to confront Russia.
  8. 0
    28 January 2022 11: 24
    That's interesting, the guys from Fort Bragg understand WHAT a batch they are trying to shove in, or Hollywood with its "America is the strongest" has completely atrophied the brain's ability to critically assess the situation. Grazing in the immediate vicinity of the lair of a Russian bear and chasing the Tuareg through the desert with drones is far from the same thing.
    1. +1
      28 January 2022 11: 49
      Did you hear what the headmaster said? That in a conventional war, they give us the most unindulgent. And in the West, everyone from plebeians to politicians is sure that this will be the case. We just need to gather a larger flock and put an end to the enraged bear. And the fact that Russia also has a vigorous bomb, how come "they won't use it. This is the end of everyone." That is, the thinking is like that of Ukrainians, such as what for us?
      1. -2
        28 January 2022 11: 55
        Excuse me please, I didn’t write Ukrainians, but x.x.v
  9. +7
    28 January 2022 11: 29
    Watch our news and news feeds. I watch Medvedev pulled out of oblivion...Yesterday I was mumbling something, today..It looks like. that the elites turned on reverse gear .. Putin and Shoigu are not heard or seen ... Everything is somehow very strange ... Why was it then to show the steepness? If Kudrin and co. still appear on the horizon, everyone considers us to be leaked ... I hope I want to make a mistake ..
    1. +7
      28 January 2022 12: 50
      Two options are available:
      1) Medvedev was released to create a "smoke screen of peace",
      covering intensive preparations for war.
      2) Someone from Putin's entourage explained to him what an economic collapse
      will happen in Russia even in the most optimistic and victorious course of the war.
      And then the words of Medvedev - pressing the brake.
      1. +4
        28 January 2022 12: 55
        Before Putin's statements, he was not aware of the seriousness of his actions and the possible response? I'm sure he gave it .. we will wait for his answer. And this Luntik was released to rumble to fill the pause .. You are right, most likely the first option .. But in this world everything can happen ... So life experience suggests.
        1. 0
          28 January 2022 17: 12
          Quote: 30 vis
          But in this world anything can happen..


          Whoever puts on the first dressing gown of the "dokhtura" is the one to be treated.
    2. +1
      28 January 2022 12: 56
      Thank God that you did not include Chubais and Ulyukaev in the list ..))). In general, you are right. There will be no answer to "ultimatums" .. - because this is pure hype, and not a sound policy .. But there will definitely be a war in Ukraine .. (
      1. 0
        28 January 2022 13: 20
        Quote: Dikson
        Thank God that you did not include Chubais and Ulyukaev in the list ..))). In general, you are right.

        Chubais with Ulyukaev it would be too much. There are stupid ones, but not to that extent.
    3. 0
      29 January 2022 04: 17
      Quote: 30 vis
      Watch our news and news feeds. I watch Medvedev pulled out of oblivion...Yesterday I was mumbling something, today..It looks like. that the elites turned on reverse gear .. Putin and Shoigu are not heard or seen ... Everything is somehow very strange ... Why was it then to show the steepness? If Kudrin and co. still appear on the horizon, everyone considers us to be leaked ... I hope I want to make a mistake ..

      I think that Putin and Shoigu are silent because they want to first discuss the current situation with the President of China (his meeting with Putin is to take place on February 4). Depending on what agreements are reached, appropriate statements and decisions will be made to the US and NATO.

      In the meantime, in order to somehow fill the vacuum, they gave the floor to Medvedev, formally his position is high, but in essence it does not decide anything.
  10. +1
    28 January 2022 11: 33
    up to 8500 troops were ordered to prepare for deployment
    Once again, show the "allies" (especially the Balts and Poles) that if something happens, we will not leave you and will come to the rescue. True, when the "allies" fled from Afghanistan, they were not even warned about this. They are not going to fight for Ukraine, which has been officially announced more than once, but Russia really wants to tickle its nerves. Ukraine as a pretext for the introduction of additional forces. If it were not for Ukraine, they would come up with something else.
  11. +2
    28 January 2022 12: 12
    The hysteria continues....
    You need to attach units somewhere ....
  12. -3
    28 January 2022 13: 36
    8500 thousand people at such a distance and in such time. Cool, what do you say
  13. 0
    28 January 2022 13: 38
    No wonder this noise with "Russia's attack on Ukraine." Some kind of global provocation is being prepared. Croatia figured it out and washed its hands. And in Finland they have already announced that they want to join NATO, but ... not now. Who wants to get involved in a dangerous adventure.
  14. SIT
    -2
    28 January 2022 13: 46
    200 trains with military equipment and personnel are going to Belarus. C400s are transferred there from the Far East and fighter aircraft. From the southern border of Belarus to Kiev 90 km. All 5 airfields around Kiev will become a no-fly zone at the time such an order is given. How will the 82nd Airborne Division and the 101st Airborne Airborne Forces land? By parachute? Well let yourself jump on the western bank of the Dnieper. Tank columns and infantry of the RF Armed Forces will already be moving along the eastern coast. The boiler for the APU will be the scale of the Second World War. Pincers are closed along the Dnieper and the columns of prisoners will be returned to Ukraine through the Kiev bridges. This is the end of the 3rd reincarnation of the Kaiser project Ukraine. Does Joe Biden need it? Without his command, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not go to the Donbass and Crimea, which means there will be no Russian invasion. Everyone will sit on the priest exactly and scare each other.
    1. +1
      28 January 2022 13: 52
      they don’t even say that they are going to Ukraine, they are being transferred to Eastern Europe because of the situation with Ukraine
  15. 0
    28 January 2022 13: 46
    The answer will be formal, our government has children's business, money, children, apartments and mansions in the west,
  16. 0
    28 January 2022 14: 14
    8500 is not enough for a good boiler. Let them send 250 thousand to make the people of Amer feel that they are killing in the war
  17. +1
    28 January 2022 16: 20
    You might think that this pack will go to deal with the Russians? They were able to show their coolness only to unarmed natives in Grenada. Moreover, no one is going to chase them across the fields with a "broom". They know this, therefore, they will puff out their cheeks away from the fields of possible battles.
  18. 0
    28 January 2022 19: 21
    But let's suppose that Russia invaded Ukraine at the most reluctant, i.e. to its western borders and what will these 8500 do? Which of them is ready to throw a grenade under a Russian tank eight thousand miles from the Motherland?
    1. 0
      29 January 2022 04: 40
      Quote: hohohol
      But let's suppose that Russia invaded Ukraine at the most reluctant, i.e. to its western borders and what will these 8500 do? Which of them is ready to throw a grenade under a Russian tank eight thousand miles from the Motherland?

      8500 is not for a war with Russia (for a war with the Russian Federation this is a negligible figure), it's just a spit in the face of Russia and Putin personally.
      In his address, Putin demanded that NATO withdraw its troops from the countries of Eastern Europe to the line before 1997, so the United States and NATO replied that they would not only not withdraw, but also increase the number of their troops in the countries bordering Russia.

      Now it is important to make the right response steps.

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