The U.S. Army has abruptly canceled the planned deployment of roughly 4,000 soldiers to Poland, a defense official confirmed to the Washington Examiner.
The deployment involved the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, also known as the “Black Jack” brigade, based at Fort Hood, Texas. The move reduces American troop levels in Europe to near pre-2022 levels.
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The unit had been preparing for a nine-month rotation to Poland as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, the NATO mission launched after Russia‘s 2014 annexation of Crimea and expanded following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The official confirmed the deployment had been halted but offered no explanation for the sudden decision.
Soldiers and families reportedly began learning of the change early Tuesday as word spread informally among troops preparing to leave. Portions of the brigade’s advance team were already in Poland, and military equipment had begun transit overseas, according to Defense News.
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