U.S. European Command
February 10, 2022

USEUCOM commander highlights battle group in Romania

Gen. Tod D. Wolters, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander, U.S. European Command, visited Romanian and U.S. leadership at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, today.

During his visit, Gen. Wolters met with Romanian Chief of Defense Gen. Daniel Petrescu, and Maj. Gen. Matthew Van Wagenen, V Corps deputy commanding general.

As part of U.S. commitment to NATO Allies, approximately 1,000 troops from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment based in Vilseck, Germany, have departed for Romania to augment the more than 900 U.S. service members already there supporting Operation Atlantic Resolve.

“A credible…battle group has stood up in Romania to focus on enhanced vigilance activities in multi-domain operations,” Gen. Wolters said. “Alongside our Romanian Allies, the deployment of U.S. forces here reinforces…NATO’s eastern flank.”

To maintain a heightened state of readiness, the Department of Defense has also repositioned Europe-based units further east and forward deployed additional U.S.-based units to Europe.

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Agerpres
February 10, 2022

First convoy of trucks with US military equipment to arrive in Bucharest Thursday through Friday

A truck platooning with US military equipment will arrive in Bucharest around 1.00, on Thursday night to Friday, shows a press release of the Ministry of National Defense (MApN).

The Ministry of National Defense specifies that the trailers with military equipment will form two separate convoys. The first convoy, of approximately 18 trailers, left central Sibiu, around 10.45, for southern Ramnicu Valcea.

Persons operating these vehicles must rest for 9 hours, in accordance with European transport rules, which provide for mandatory rest periods for drivers….

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The first elements of military equipment of the US detachment, to be called the Cougar Task Force (TF), entered Romania on Wednesday evening, at the Nadlac I border crossing point, Arad County. The vehicles in the convoy, accompanied by special vehicles of the Military Police, travel on the route Arad – Deva – Sibiu – Ramnicu Valcea – Pitesti – Bucharest – Mihail Kogalniceanu, according to the Ministry of National Defense.

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TF Cougar will be made up mainly of military with the 2nd Squadron/2nd Cavalry Regiment, who will operate with Stryker armored personnel carriers, to which will be added soldiers with other specialties from the regiment’s battalions (artillery, genius, structures support etc).

The Pentagon announced last week that 1,000 US troops would be repositioned from Germany to Romania.