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82nd Airborne, Truman carrier strike group deployments extended
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82nd Airborne, Truman carrier strike group deployments extended
By Meghann Myers
Apr 1, 10:24 AM
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with a paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division during a visit to Nowa Deba, Poland, March 4, 2022. (Master Sgt. Alexander Burnett/Army)
Thousands of troops who mobilized over the past two months in response to Russia’s military build-up and then invasion of Ukraine are probably going to remain activated into the summer, the Pentagon confirmed on Thursday.
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82nd Airborne, Truman carrier strike group deployments extended
By Meghann Myers
Apr 1, 10:24 AM
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with a paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division during a visit to Nowa Deba, Poland, March 4, 2022. (Master Sgt. Alexander Burnett/Army)
Thousands of troops who mobilized over the past two months in response to Russia’s military build-up and then invasion of Ukraine are probably going to remain activated into the summer, the Pentagon confirmed on Thursday.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT (Join to see) PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) 1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD SrA John Monette SPC Nancy Greene SGT Mark Anderson LTC (Join to see) SGT James Murphy SGT Damaso V Santana
82nd Airborne, Truman carrier strike group deployments extended
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
..."The Truman, its airwing and the destroyers and cruiser in the group have been operating in the Adriatric and Aegan seas, and flying air policing missions in NATO member airspace to bolster the alliances eastern flank for several weeks.
And as the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the north and east continues, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin thinks that’s exactly where the Truman group needs to stay for now.
“He has made — he reviews the posture, literally every day,” the Pentagon’s top spokesman, John Kirby, said Thursday evening. “And he has decided that the Harry S. Truman and her strike group will stay in the Med for a while longer.”
Kirby did not say how long the Truman group, or recently deployed soldiers of the 82nd Airborne, would remain in the region."...
..."The Truman, its airwing and the destroyers and cruiser in the group have been operating in the Adriatric and Aegan seas, and flying air policing missions in NATO member airspace to bolster the alliances eastern flank for several weeks.
And as the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the north and east continues, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin thinks that’s exactly where the Truman group needs to stay for now.
“He has made — he reviews the posture, literally every day,” the Pentagon’s top spokesman, John Kirby, said Thursday evening. “And he has decided that the Harry S. Truman and her strike group will stay in the Med for a while longer.”
Kirby did not say how long the Truman group, or recently deployed soldiers of the 82nd Airborne, would remain in the region."...
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