Polish president's White House visit raises questions about U.S. troops in Germany.
In that op-ed, O'Brien said,"several thousand troops currently assigned to Germany may be reassigned to other countries in Europe" but did not specify the countries.
President Donald Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda during Three Seas Initiative Summit at Warsaw Royal Castle, Poland on July 6th, 2017.Earlier this month, Trump told reporters at the White House that the U.S. was"going to bring down the soldier count to 25,000 soldiers" from"around 52,000 now." While rotations mean troop levels can rise to as high as 52,000, there are approximately 34,674 U.S.
U.S. troops in Germany have been a critical part of NATO's deterrence against Russian aggression in Europe, but the country is also home to American operations beyond the continent, including U.S. Africa Command's headquarters in Stuttgart and Landstuhl hospital, the largest American military hospital outside the U.S.
Airmen from the 86th Maintenance Squadron and local nationals from the 435th Construction and Training Squadron tow an RF-4C Phantom II aircraft to be put on static display at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, June 4, 2020.
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