I wondered how man troops were still in Europe and cut this from a recent article.
“Currently, about 80,000 U.S. troops are based in Europe. The changes outlined by the Pentagon will reduce that number by more than 11,000.”
Apparently, we use Europe as a training base. I suspect they’re not there to fight. I’m not certain why they can’t be trained here unless it’s interoperability training with our allies. Any knowledgeable freeper comments?
American troops were in Europe during the Cold War as a tripwire to make sure America had ‘skin in the game’ should Soviets attacks.
Since then, they are forward bases for intervention in the Middle East.