NATO Proposes Huge 50% Increase in Number of Troops: Report

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2. Hope they improve their training as well. And do rotating stationing of brigades forward in Poland and Baltic States.

I was in the army in Europe in the late 1970s. West Germany then had over 2500 front line tanks and they were far superior to what we had at the time. I was flummoxed when they let that highly capable force wither to just 350 tanks and with it usually of that number 1/3 are out of service for some or another maintenance issue. I was never very impressed with most EU country forces, they were heavy on administrative falderol, not well organized or lead and most of the soldiers I met were very casual and did not seem engaged and well trained the way we were. US forces are even more capable and well trained now and not sure that most NATO countries have forces close to par with us. I have heard good things about the Poles and Finns but after that seems a lot of work needs to be done. Sorry they had to get here.