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The US will maintain about 1,000 troops in Romania after halting the 2nd Infantry Brigade rotation, reflecting a shift to Indo-Pacific focus while NATO strengthens 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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The U.S. military to Europe: Don’t call it a withdrawal! The thousand-odd U.S. soldiers who rotated out of Romania last month won’t be replaced, Bucharest revealed on Wednesday. The withdrawal follows months of signals from the Trump administration that America’s military presence on NATO’s eastern flank could be sustained at lower levels. In its own statement, the U.S. Army command in Europe said its “force posture adjustment” is not a withdraw…
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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