could. but no decisions have been made right new. sounds like it s been a discussion with ucom sure, when we put the posture review together we spoke with general walters and our allies and partners as we sort of gained that out. but of course, that was completed well before mr. putin decided to invade ukraine. so, we are going to keep an open mind, megan. the security environment is different now, and however this war ends, and we don t know when and don t know what it s going to look like, i think we are working under the assumption that europe is not going to be the same anymore, and so therefore we probably shouldn t have the same outlook to our posture in europe. what s the blend going to be between temporary and the other thing i d say, whatever decisions we make, they re in lock step with the
russia is this is a military that remains potent and if you want proof of being an acute threat, a specific threat, a relevant, timely threat, if that s the way you want to describe acute, that s the way we would certainly look at it, look at places like mariupol. look at the question that oren just asked. you can see it for yourself, that they re very much posing a threat right now in this time frame, acutely on the european continent. and that s what we refer to when we talk about an acute threat. megan. general walters at ucom told lawmakers this morning that there needs to be some sort of repositioning of permanent and rotational forces in europe. and he said he talked to lawmakers about it. you ve said in the past couple weeks the pentagon that s a discussion in the pentagon. is that part of the posture review that was completed last year? can we expect in the next few months or this year any
The United States has 100,000 service members operating in Europe, the largest number in nearly two decades, as the Pentagon shifts forces in the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine.