| Tango01 | 25 Oct 2014 11:43 a.m. PST |
… Joint Task Force VJTF for the end of 2015. "NATO would like to create the new Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) with 5,000 troops from an international coalition ready at a moment's notice to deploy anywhere in the world. Officials from the 28 NATO member countries will spend the next two months in Belgium establishing watch capabilities VJFT will have and where they will be stationed. (Source Armytimes)
The goal is for the task force to reach initial operational capability in the fall of 2015 and full operational capability in early 2016. "Think about Ukraine. Think about ISIL. Our president spent months trying to build a coalition. We've learned that politically, as well as operationally, it makes more sense to do that. You just get so much more capability," said U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Frederick Hodges, who relinquished command of NATO Allied Land Command in Izmir, Turkey, on Thursday, Military Times reported…"
Full article here
link So few… Amicalement
Armand |
| Mako11 | 25 Oct 2014 1:29 p.m. PST |
Another tripwire/speedbump in the making. |
| skippy0001 | 25 Oct 2014 2:02 p.m. PST |
Wow! A whole brigade. That'll show 'em. |
| Blackhorse MP | 25 Oct 2014 2:07 p.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 25 Oct 2014 3:31 p.m. PST |
5000 troops! That's what, 500 actual trigger-pullers? |
| doug redshirt | 25 Oct 2014 5:08 p.m. PST |
All journeys start with one step. Then again some don't even get out the door. |
| Weasel | 25 Oct 2014 7:29 p.m. PST |
If the current army we have can't actually do what we're paying for it to do, maybe we can replace that, instead of paying for yet more dudes. |
| Mako11 | 25 Oct 2014 7:49 p.m. PST |
Perhaps that is all NATO can now afford…….. |
| Battle Phlox | 25 Oct 2014 8:05 p.m. PST |
It's international because when it fails then leaders of countries can point the finger at others for their shortcomings. Very sad. |
| Gwydion | 26 Oct 2014 6:17 a.m. PST |
Is this going to be the ARRC after it has been on a diet? |
 Legion 4  | 26 Oct 2014 6:57 a.m. PST |
5000 troops! That's what, 500 actual trigger-pullers?
Maybe 2000 – 2500 … maybe … |
| Zargon | 27 Oct 2014 9:48 a.m. PST |
LOL. the 'Very High Readiness Joint Task Force'… what happened to the 'High Readiness Joint Task Force'?
Please this is smoke to make the Poles and the like feel like they are part of the big boys club.
Cheers |
| 49mountain | 27 Oct 2014 12:34 p.m. PST |
So, does the U.S. contribute 90% of the troops and weapons and costs? It would not suprise me. |
| Zargon | 27 Oct 2014 1:52 p.m. PST |
I should think so there would be no NATO without them. |
paints up some Israeli mortar vehicles.
