JUST IN: The U.S. is removing nearly 12,000 American troops from Germany and will move the headquarters of U.S. European Command from Germany to Belgium in a major repositioning of forces.
Returning to the United States will be 6,400 of troops while another 5,400 will be moved to other locations in Europe that already house American troops, and troops from the U.S. will rotate into locations in southeastern Europe -- strengthening NATO's presence in that part of the region.
"Nearly 5,600 service members will be repositioned within NATO countries and approximately 6,400 will return to the United States, though many of these or similar units will begin conducting rotational deployments," said Esper. Nearly 4,500 soldiers from the Army's Second Cavalry Regiment, an armored Stryker unit, will return to the United States, but other Stryker units will rotate to the Black Sea region of Eastern Europe.
The Pentagon is framing the troop reduction in Germany in the context of improving the deterrence of Russia in Europe, but's displeasure with Germany not contributing 2% of its Gross Domestic Product toward its defense, a goal of NATO countries. "We're reducing the force, because they're not paying their bills. It's very simple. They're delinquent. Very simple," Trump said, seeming to link Germany's defense spending with the decision to move the troops out of the country.
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