The US military on Monday places around 8,500 alert troops to be prepared to be used to Europe if needed, potentially in a very short time, in the latest efforts to convince allies Jittansy NATO in the face of Russian military buildup near Ukraine.
Although the decision does not support U.S. support. To Ukraine, which was not part of the NATO alliance, it underlined the preparation of NATO which grew up for what was believed by Washington and Kyiv was the Russian movement to focus his troops for a potential invasion to Ukraine.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said most troops were 8,500 U. was notified of ready-made orders so they could fill the ranks of the NATO fast response style, if the alliance called them to serve.
But Kirby stressed that Austin also wanted a number of unspecified troops "to be ready for other possibilities too."
"What happens now is preparing them on a shorter tether," Kirby told news direction.
"Today, we are not talking about order placement. We don't have a deployment order to talk."
This alliance illustrates the NATO (NRF) force response as "a very prepared multinational style and technology made from land, air, maritime, and special operations that can be used by alliances quickly, wherever needed."
NATO increases NRF in 2014 by creating a "Spearhead forces" in it, known as a very high unit of assignment of readiness.
US forces notified from ready-made orders on Monday include additional brigade combat teams, logistics personnel, medical support, flight support, and force troops involved with intelligence missions, supervision and reconnaissance. The announcement came on the same day NATO said it placed the troops on standby and strengthened Eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets, and could also send additional troops to the side of trouble, in what Russia was criticized as an escalation of tensions over Ukraine.
