US To Withdraw 5,000 Troops From Germany – Pentagon

Pentagon officials said at the weekend that they were pulling 5,000 troops from Germany and would redeploy them to the United States and other posts overseas, the New York Times reported yesterday.

The Defence Department is also canceling a plan developed under the Biden administration to place a missile-equipped artillery unit in Europe.

The moves will return U.S. forces in Europe to the level they were in 2022, before Russia began its war in Ukraine, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the planning process.

Last year, the Pentagon redeployed a brigade in Romania and did not send replacement forces.

The Pentagon’s latest pullback was sharply criticized on Saturday by senior Republicans in Congress, who cited the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.