U.S. Deploys Tanks to Bolster Force in Europe Army restocks Cold War-era Dutch depot as deterrent
Source: ruthfullyyours/Wall Street Journal
U.S. Deploys Tanks to Bolster Force in Europe Army restocks Cold War-era Dutch depot as deterrent to Russia By Julian E. Barnes
December 16th, 2016 ruthfullyyours/WSJ
EYGELSHOVEN, NetherlandsThe U.S. Army reopened a Cold War-era storage facility here on Thursday and began restocking it with tanks, part of the American effort to return heavy weaponry to Europe in the face of Russias military buildup.
The U.S. Army is moving to put in place congressionally approved military forces in Europe, including rotating a heavy brigade into Europe beginning in January. In early spring, units from North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies will begin moving into the Baltic states.
Three years ago, the last American tank left Europe; we all wanted Russia to be our partner, said Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, the commander of U.S. Army Europe. My country is bringing tanks back
as part of our commitment to deterrence in Europe.
The annual defense authorization act, passed by Congress with veto-proof majorities, approved a $3.4 billion spending plan to boost European defenses including reopening or creating five equipment-storage sites in the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium and two locations in Germany.
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Getting crazy
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Ka-ching!
Aristus
(66,399 posts)Pre-positioning Of Materiel Configured to Unit Sets.
We sent a lot of that stuff from Europe to the Gulf in the Fall/Winter of 1990-91. And when I got to the Gulf myself in February, 1991, a POMCUS tank was waiting for us. It had 13 miles on the odometer.
Fortunately, our unit never got sent into combat. I wonder whatever became of that tank, and if it's part of the new shipment to the Netherlands...
wordpix
(18,652 posts)not taking Poot and Drumpf's coup lightly.
DK504
(3,847 posts)and his military buddies get in and resend that order.
ananda
(28,867 posts)Of course, they can stop helping Europe,
which Putin will order them to do.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,076 posts)... try to spin this into a, "Johnny Come Lately", meme.
"Originally published Sept. 22, 2015; updated Feb. 19, 2016
FRIGAARD CAVE, TRONDHEIM, Norway Deep within a Norwegian hillside, thousands of US Marine Corps combat veterans await their next assignment. They are lined up in rigid rows. They are clean, fresh and ready. They are prepared to deploy worldwide.
"You can put a key in any of these vehicles and it'll turn on," declared Kevin Finch, a civilian working for the Corps."
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/show-daily/modern-day-marine/2015/09/20/inside-us-marine-corps-prepositioning-program-norway/32511065/
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Had a blast...beautiful city...
Oh, The Norwegian Air Force Academy is there, high on the top of a hill..
That is all..