Believe this is what JMA and others called for at the very beginning of this six months ago.
Operation Atlantic Resolve: Ironhorse BCT prepares military equipment for European deployment:
http://goo.gl/P8I38l
There is absolutely no heavy US armor on the ground in the EU to at least provide the WH another option if needed.
This is being shipped over at a massive cost---why it was never forward based as was the planning for the Reforger exercises is beyond me---maybe the DoD planners should explain why they sent all armored equipment back to the States in the first place--but wait they assumed that Russia had gone "peaceful".
By the way the 1st Cav was always a premier heavy armored division to be used in the defense of Europe- and participated in all Reforger exercises--why now instead of six months ago?
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