U.S. Army Pfc. Brandon Horvath, a machine gunner with the 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, holds a fighting position during an exercise at Camp Adazi, Latvia, on Sept. 16, 2023. The 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team will deploy 3,400 soldiers to Europe to replace the 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
(Oscar Gollaz/U.S. Army)
The U.S. Army will send another infantry brigade and division headquarters to Eastern Europe in the coming months, meaning that the Pentagon is sticking with a larger force presence established after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., will deploy 3,400 soldiers to replace the division’s 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team this fall, the Army announced Wednesday.
The units primarily will be based out of locations in Romania, but also will carry out missions stretching up to the High North, said Col. Martin O’Donnell, U.
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