US Army Europe faces future training questions
With President Trump’s decision to remove nearly 12,000 troops from Germany, questions are being asked about the long-term viability of 7 Army Training Command’s two major German training areas, Grafenwöhr and Hohenfels.
As well as hosting live training for the US Army, both training areas provide training facilities for a number of other NATO nations. Hohenfels, for example, is currently hosting part of Exercise Saber Junction 20.
Participating nations include Albania, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania and Ukraine.
‘Saber Junction 20 is focused on a joint forcible entry today. We try to rapidly converge forces
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