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On Wednesday, President Joe Biden promised to expand American military activities in Europe. According to Biden, the United States will increase rotational deployments in the Baltic states and similarly send more troops to Romania. He declared that Poland would remain the country where the U.S. 5th Army Corps would have its permanent headquarters.
Biden additionally indicated the United States will deploy two F-35 squadrons to the United Kingdom, increase air defense and other capabilities in Germany and Italy, and expand naval operations in Spain by stationing six destroyers there instead of the current four.
For operational security and planning reasons, the Department of Defense declined to specify how many extra troops would be dispatched to Europe and from where they would be arriving.
According to Biden, the actions were taken to ensure that NATO was prepared to face potential threats from the air, land, and sea.
The U.S. sent 20,000 more troops to Europe earlier this year, raising the total number of American military personnel stationed there to 100,000.
According to Biden, "NATO is strong and united, and the actions we're taking this summer will further increase our collective power."
