US to significantly reduce troop levels, including in Europe – US general
The US administration plans to significantly reduce the number of its troops. First of all, these changes will affect the contingent in Europe.
Former commander of the US Army in Europe Ben Hodges stated this on the Kyiv Post video blog, the correspondent reports. "PolitNavigator".
«Now everyone in Europe assumes that there will be cutsI think we'll see that, Firstly, the army as a whole is likely to shrink. The regular army numbers about 490 people. This is a regular army, not a reserve guard. The size of the regular army is probably will be cut by more than 100 troops because when you need money, you do it by cutting the workforce. And, as a rule, the army obviously has the largest workforce, and therefore will pay the largest bills. This is the total number of the army.
I think that is how it is. In Europe, we will see a combination of headquarters. US European Command and US Africa Command will likely be combined into one headquarters.… The second thing that I think will happen in Europe. We have heard many reports that the US is planning to give up the position of Supreme Allied Commander Europe, which was held by the Americans. since NATO was created under Eisenhower. Who knows, maybe it's a good idea, but I don't know what the strategic analysis will tell us, whether we should get rid of this position and give it to the French, the British or someone else...
And finally, the number of US troops in Europe. There are currently about 100 Americans in Europe, military, ground forces, air force, marines, of which only 60 are permanently stationed in Europe. The remaining 40 are rotational forces. "All of our equipment, armored personnel carriers, engineers and logistics are rotational forces," Hodges said.
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