US troops depart Fort Bragg for Europe to bolster NATO forces in Ukraine crisis

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division and 18th Airborne Corps departed Fort Bragg, N.C., on Thursday, as part of a fresh deployment of US forces to Europe to reinforce NATO troops amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Images showed soldiers lining up on a tarmac at the base as they waited to board C-17 transport planes and begin their journey to Poland and Germany.

Of the 2,000 troops deploying from Fort Bragg, 1,700 members of the 82nd Airborne will go to Poland, while 300 from the 18th Airborne Corps will be sent to Germany to take part in “joint task force-capable headquarters,” the Pentagon said.

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