Posted on 11/28/2014 7:38:57 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Fort Carson's 4th Infantry Division will lead an American effort to bolster European allies and deter Russian aggression, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.
The post just got a team of soldiers back from Germany where they led a NATO exercise, but the new mission is wider and will last longer.
"This is not going to be a three-week or a month deployment," said a source at the post familiar with the new mission.
The Army hasn't said how long the division troops will be overseas, leaving the deployment indefinite.
U.S. European Command said that a 100-soldier team from the 16,000-soldier division will head to Europe in early 2015 to lead ground forces in "Operation Atlantic Resolve."
"Operation Atlantic Resolve is a continued demonstration of the United States' commitment to the collective security of our NATO allies and support for our partners in Europe, in light of the ongoing Russian intervention in Ukraine," European Command said in a news release. "The operation will remain in place as long as required to reassure our allies."
Russia's eight-month intervention in Eastern Ukraine has heated up this month with reports of increased Russian military activity including more heavy tanks.
European Command boss Gen. Phil Breedlove has been traveling the region in recent days, including a trip to show support for Ukraine.
"The U.S. is committed to supporting Ukraine through this difficult challenge," Breedlove wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. "The international community is imposing ever-tightening economic sanctions on Russia in response to its illegal annexation of Crimea and their destructive military actions and support to forces in Eastern Ukraine."
The Fort Carson soldiers will play a role in deterring Russia by building U.S. ties to allies in the region including former Soviet republics in the Baltic.
Leaders from the division will run a series of training exercises to ensure American forces are ready to fight alongside partners.
Leaders at the post are still developing plans for how they will support the open-ended troop commitment in Europe. Exact dates of when soldiers will leave haven't been announced.
Fort Carson got the call as part of the Army's new "regionally-aligned forces" plan. That concept assigns U.S.-based units to overseas areas of responsibility. In the division's case, troops in Colorado Springs will get specialized training in European languages and culture.
The Army hasn't had a division headquarters stationed in Europe since the 1st Armored Division finished its move from Germany to Texas in 2011.
Pulling the 4th Infantry Division to rotate into Europe has long precedent. The division spent much of the Cold War training to deploy to Europe for battle. Starting in 1977, the division was periodically flown to Europe so its soldiers could train to fight with prepositioned gear they retrieved from storage depots.
The division has been redesigned in recent years and has fewer heavy tanks and artillery pieces.
The changes, though, left the division well-suited to European war, with infantry troops to tackle tough terrain, tanks to fight on open plains and eight-wheeled Stryker vehicles for urban battles.
“The division has been redesigned in recent years and has fewer heavy tanks and artillery pieces.”
Yep. Sure. ‘Redesigned.’ Uh-Huh.
FUBO
FWIW, Peeps - that could be as many as 20K troops deployed!
Where are the protests from the Peaceniks? Where is Cindy Sheehan, or some other USEFUL TOOL to protest this ‘illegal, unconstitutional war?’
*Crickets Chirping*
Seep bumps.
Speed bumps.
It’s 100 soldiers in support of an ongoing exercise. It’s not the entire division.
Active Duty ping.
REFORGER!
Not a speedbump, a tripwire. If the Bear kills American soldiers, then he will awaken the Sleeping Giant, and the Giant will stomp the Bear into a bloody pulp.
Is there any sector of the globe where the NWO won’t send our boys?
Do you live in 1941?
You either stand with our American soldiers or with our Russian terrorist enemies. Make your choice.
Don’t f****** tell me about “our American soldiers” you mook. I WAS one of our American soldiers, crazy man.
Where are the protests? Where are the anti-war songs? Where is the “trying to provoke Russia” the “we need detente?”
O, thats right, Putin don’t like homos. “Send in the military!” the left NOW approves of standing up to Russia.
Let’s not get too caught up in the NWO boogeyman too much. The reality is, it’s the natural decay and evolution if society. Te same happened with the Roman Empire. We got lost in the alternate reality of our own entertainment, society also dumbed down, elected incompetent senators, depopulated itself, and allowed an eventual alien takeover (Germanian tribes for the Romans). Society and the electorate are so dumbed down and dumbed down, they wouldn’t be willing to know beyond what is stated on the headlines.
Im certain that this Administration is being 1o0 Percent forthcoming as to the final number of troops to be deployed..../SSS<
WAS is right!
Our communist enemies have many foolish Americans convinced that it wasn’t a Communist who killed JFK, it was George H. W. Bush when he worked for the CIA. The commies have turned many Americans against our own nation with the same kind of “NWO” propaganda. It’s the same as the “911 was an inside job” garbage you’ll find on the “RussiaToday” Neo-Soviet state-run disinformation network.
Please detail your military background for all of us.
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