US troops in Germany deployed to Romania to bolster Nato amid Ukraine crisis 

US troops in Germany deployed to Romania to bolster Nato amid the Ukraine crisis.
The US 2nd Cavalry Regiment at Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany prepare for deployment to Romania and host media to show the preparation and loading of Stryker combat vehicles including a statement by the regiment's commander Colonel Joe Ewers.
About 100 U.S. service members have arrived in Romania to lay the groundwork for a follow-on force that is deploying to reassure allies worried about potential Russian aggression, Romanian officials said Tuesday.
Defense Minister Vasile Dancu told reporters in Romania that “the Americans have arrived,” while another 1,000 troops are on the way.
U.S. Army Europe and Africa confirmed in a statement Tuesday that elements of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment “have started movement to Romania and are due to arrive over the coming days.”
U.S. forces actually have been in Romania long before the decision to send elements of the Vilseck, Germany-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment to the country. There are about 900 U.S. troops carrying out a wide range of long-standing missions, U.S. European Command said last week. The incoming cavalry soldiers will more than double those troop levels.
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