"The US military is reducing the number of troops it has stationed in Romania, scaling back Nato's deployment to countries along Europe's eastern border with Ukraine, US and Romanian officials have announced. In a statement on Wednesday, the US army said that the 2nd Infantry Brigade combat team of the 101st Airborne division would redeploy to its home-based unit in Kentucky without replacement as part of a plan to ensure a balanced US military force posture."
"The Trump administration has indicated that it is planning to prioritise its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region in order to combat the growing threat from China, as well as to focus on its own borders and priorities in the western hemisphere. Roughly 4,000 troops had been deployed to Romania in 2022 after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and were sent in part to reassure allies worried about the potential for Russia's aggression to extend into Nato's eastern flank."
The US is redeploying the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne back to its home base in Kentucky without replacement to rebalance US force posture. The move will cut US troop presence in Romania from about 4,000 in 2022 to roughly 1,000 and will affect forces at the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase, an important NATO logistics and training hub. The shift reflects a decision to prioritise military presence in the Indo-Pacific to address the growing China threat and to press European allies to increase defense investment as part of a global posture reassessment.
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