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The U.S. will reduce troops in Romania from 1,700 to about 1,000, reflecting a shift to Indo-Pacific priorities while NATO strengthens defense along Europe’s eastern flank.
- On October 29, 2025, the United States military informed NATO allies it will scale back troop presence along Europe’s eastern border with Ukraine, where around 80,000 troops are usually present.
- Romania's Defense Minister Ionut Mosteanu said NATO's eastern flank was bolstered after the 2022 war, with U.S. officials noting a shift toward the Indo‑Pacific region .
- Stopping the brigade rotation will affect NATO rotation arrangements, as about 1,000 U.S. troops remain in Romania while more than 1,700 personnel were deployed there as of April.
- NATO allies have expressed concern that cuts might create a security vacuum as European countries on the eastern flank confront an increasingly aggressive Russia, but an unnamed NATO official said such adjustments are not unusual.
- Continued NATO activity, including Steadfast Dart 2025 exercise with 10,000 troops, suggests the administration's posture review findings are expected early next year.
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US to Pull Troops From Eastern Europe in Strategic Military Shift
The United States announced Wednesday that it will begin withdrawing troops from Eastern Europe, marking the first major reduction of American forces in the region under President Donald Trump's administration. The move affects units stationed along NATO's eastern flank, signaling a strategic shift in U.S. defense posture. According to a statement from the U.S. Army Europe, the brigade deployed to countries including Romania and Poland will retu…
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN - The US will withdraw some troops from Romania, on NATO's eastern flank, as the Pentagon works to shift its focus from Europe to domestic defense and Latin America, US and European officials said Wednesday. The United States will send the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division back to Kentucky and will not replace the unit after its scheduled rotation out of Eastern Europe, according to US Forces Europe …
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GOP Chairs Blast Pentagon Plan to Cut Troops in Eastern Europe
The Republican chairmen of the respective Senate and House Armed Services Committees issued a joint statement denouncing the Trump administration's reported intent to reduce the number of U.S. troops along Europe's eastern border with Ukraine.In a sharply worded joint release Wednesday, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said they "strongly oppose" the Pentagon's decision to discontinue a rotational U.S. brigade in Romania…
He argues that this is only a "adjustment" and states that "it is not a sign of a reduced commitment" to the Alliance. The decision, however, marks the path that the country wants to follow in the immediate future. Read
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