activated by the alliance. i don't have any imminence in terms of a deployment order from the states. i will tell you, though, we have tens of thousands of troops in europe, all over the continent. and we're certainly looking at their posture as well, and trying to decide whether we need to make that a little bit more forward-leaning and whether some of our nato allies might want some intrinsic organic u.s. forces that are already on the continent made available to them as well. >> before the invasion? >> well, we're not taking anything on or off the table here. we absolutely would consider the possibility of movement of troops, even on the continent, but, you know, pre an incursion. nobody wants to see that happen. this is about consultation with allies and partners and what their readiness might be, what their self-defense might be. >> moving troops before an invasion? >> we haven't taken that off the table. no deployment issues have been issued, but we have been very clear that that is certainly one