New Permanent Europe Bases Should Be Built to Host Rotational Troops, Joint Chiefs Chairman Says
If new permanent military bases are built in eastern Europe to host more American troops in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, U.S. forces should rotate through the new posts, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said Tuesday.
Poland, Romania and the Baltic states are "very, very willing" to work with the U.S. to establish such bases and could take on the costs of construction, Milley told House lawmakers during testimony to the House Armed Services Committee.
"They'll build them; they'll pay for them," he said about how the U.S. presence could change amid global alarm after Russia launched its unprovoked war in February.
