[Disarmo] US adds 25 Black Hawk helicopters against Russia - b-antinato Digest Number 6795

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1. U.S. Adds Black Hawks To NATO Anti-Russian Operation
    From: Rick Rozoff


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1. U.S. Adds Black Hawks To NATO Anti-Russian Operation
    Posted by: "Rick Rozoff" rwrozoff at yahoo.com rwrozoff
    Date: Sun Mar 8, 2015 7:00 am ((PDT))

http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/operation-atlantic-resolve-expands-with-black-hawks-1.333038


Stars and Stripes
March 6, 2015

Operation Atlantic Resolve expands with Black Hawks
By Michael S. Darnell




GRAFENWÖHR, Germany: An additional 450 soldiers and 25 Black Hawk 
helicopters will join the expanding roster of units converging on 
eastern Europe in March as part of a longer-term effort to reassure 
allies worried about Russia’s intentions.

Pilots, flight and ground crews from the 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation 
Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade out of Hunter Army Air Field, Ga., 
will be deploying to Illesheim, Germany, later this month.

> From the staging ground there, they will then deploy in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, a multinational training mission to reassure Poland and the Baltic countries of NATO’s commitment in the face of Russia’s aggressive moves in Ukraine.

The unit will remain deployed for about nine months, U.S. Army Europe 
said in a March 3 news release.

While in Europe they will serve as a supporting element to the Operation 
Atlantic Resolve ground forces, led by the 1st Armor Brigade Combat 
Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Stewart, Ga., as that unit 
assumes the role of the regionally aligned force in the area. The 
Vilseck-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment is currently holding that position.

About 100 soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division from Fort Carson, 
Colo., make up the regionally aligned force operational command element, 
led in part by Brig. Gen. Randy George, the 4th ID deputy commander.

“USAREUR right now is running [Operation Atlantic Resolve], but the 
commander of USAREUR also has responsibilities elsewhere throughout 
Europe,” said 4th ID mission command element deputy chief of staff Maj. 
George H. Johnson. “He just has somebody now that he can give particular 
direction to.”

George will run the first iteration of the mission command element in 
Europe. His first task, according to Johnson, will be to coordinate the 
transition with the outgoing 2CR.

After that, the 4th Infantry soldiers will settle in for their first 
long-term command of troops in Europe as Operation Atlantic Resolve 
continues.

“USAREUR was running that themselves and that is because there hasn’t 
been a division headquarters in Europe since the 1st Infantry Division 
left,” Johnson said. “Now they see a place where having a division 
headquarters in Europe could help in synchronizing between the 
militaries of nations, making sure that we train together and learn how 
to work and operate together. That’s what we’re here to do."
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