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Quote, heightened alert for potential deployment to eastern europe. so far no deployment orders have been given, but what do we know about the potential for that change? >> all of those, many of those thousands of troops have been placed on a prepare to deploy order. they have not been deployed. look, they are told youre on a short leash right now. you could be asked to deploy to eastern europe in a very short time, and many of those, its important to point out, are already immediate reaction or...

Briefing where john kirby announced that lloyd austin has ordered a range of active duty military units here in the united states to be placed on heightened to deploy order if activated to support natos response force. the troops and their families are told that they could be called up in a matter of days. >> the numbers of forces that the secretary has placed on heightened alert has come up to 8,500 personnel. >> the troops would be under general todd walters. if requests, the nrf could draw up...

Mission is accomplished? >> yeah, so, on capabilities, barb, i touched this in the opening statement. again, when we are able to identify the units for you well do that. the reason i dont have specific units today is because the units are being notified as well as family members and i think you can understand we would not want to get ahead of the notification process. but broadly speaking, as i mentioned at the top, i mean, these would be additional brigade combat teams, logistics personnel, med...

Russian forces that are near on the eastern side of ukraine with russia as well as on the north side as russia keeps sending forces into its ally belarus there. given that situation, the pentagon has decided to put as many as 8,500 troops on prepare to deploy orders. essentially on heightened alert getting them closer or quicker to be ready when that order comes. john kirby says the order would likely come from nato. nato activates its response force, a 40,000 strong multi-national force that it...

That hes on the hit line. >> that is just one theory as to why all of this has reached such a fever pitch. why this standoff is happening and why now specifically. martha? >> thanks very much, amy. amy kellogg reporting. john kirby joins us. thanks for being here. we watched your news conference a short while ago. the first question is, what is the purpose of these 8,500 troops getting ready here in the u.s. should they be called to a nato force, where should they be stationed and what is their ...

U.s. supreme court could, should tell you about the direction america is heading. thanks for being here, everybody. we begin with the growing threat of war in eastern europe. heightened alert for possible deployment as there is real fear a russian invasion in ukraine could be imminent. the pentagon said the u.s. troop that would be sent would be in support of natos response force. the pentagon spokesperson is our guest this hour. for russias part, theyre now launching new military drills and t...

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Reconnaissance, transportation and additional capabilities into europe. >> so what were all watching here is will nato activate that nrf, that response force in advance of a russian invasion, or will it not come until after an invasion? we do expect to hear more specifics, potentially even in the coming hours today or tomorrow about some of those units that are bases here in the united states who have about placed on those prepared-to-deploy orders, craig. >> courtney kube from the pentagon with...

Matter of when and how extensive it is that he goes forward with here. you played a little bit of what press secretary john kirby said yesterday. its important that the troops based in the united states, many are already part of a reaction force, a response force, that is ready all the time to deploy if needed around the world. the other thousands in the last 24 hours or so, many are being put on a shorter tether. but they will be ready to go if necessary. in order for the united states to actua...

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