President Joe Biden will be sending 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg to Poland and Germany in the coming days, according to Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby. Kirby also confirmed that 1,000 service members from a Stryker squadron currently in Germany will be repositioned to Romania.

"The 82nd Airborne Division is deploying components of an Infantry Brigade Combat Team and key enablers to Poland and the 18th Airborne Corps is moving a Joint Task Force-capable headquarters to Germany," Kirby said in a press briefing Wednesday morning. 

Kirby said that these forces will not fight in Ukraine, rather they will give support to the allies of the United States. He also reiterated that these are not permanent moves.

"They are moved designed to respond to the current security environment," Kirby said. "Moreover, these forces are not going to fight in Ukraine. They're going to ensure the robust defense of our NATO allies."

The 82nd Airborne Division was chosen because they were already on heightened alert and they are multi-mission capable.

"I think their versatility, their ability to move quickly, and to conduct a range of missions across a range of contigencies which is well-proven, that is why the Secretary has ordered them to go," Kirby said.

These troops are separate from the 8,500 troops who were placed on alert in January for a possible deployment to Europe with the NATO Response Force.

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