Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook announced January 5, 2017, operational deployments that will boost U.S. presence in the western Pacific and in Europe.Poland and the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have requested United States to increase presence of NATO troops following the increase of Russian military operations in the region.
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| A M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle from 5th Squadron, 7th Calvary Regiment conducts maneuvers as part of a section gunnery qualification at Camp Ujmajor, Hungary July 21. (Source image EUCOM By SPC. RYAN TATUM,) |