Pentagon: 8,500 US Troops on "Heightened Alert" For Possible Deployment in Case NATO Activates Rapid-Response Force Over Russia-Ukraine Tensions (VIDE..

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby on Monday said 8,500 US troops are on “heightened alert” for possible deployment in case NATO activates its rapid-response force over Russia-Ukraine tensions. No US troops have actually been deployed…yet. “This is really about reassuring th..