alert. some of the troops are in that more ready state to be ready to go. now, pentagon press secretary detailed a couple different scenarios in which they would be given the deployment orders. first if the nato response is activated. in response to russian aggression and russian posturing on the boarderrder of ukraine. another would be if deteriorating security situation along the eastern flank of nato. these troops aren t heading into ukraine but they are intended to bolster the presence of nato ally along nato s eastern flank. now they are at five days. that s not the case for every