US to deploy 1,000 troops in Poland from January - Macierewicz

On September 21, Polish Minister of National Defence Antoni Macierewicz announced that the first NATO military units under US command will arrive in Poland in January 2017. Additionally, an armored brigade is likely to be posted in Poland on a rotating basis in February. During the NATO July summit, alliance leaders agreed to deploy military forces to the Baltic states and eastern Poland for the first time in order to reassure its eastern partners and deter Russia. The United States will send 1,000 troops to Poland, while the UK will deploy 500 soldiers for a battalion based in Estonia. Canada and Germany will lead two more in Lithuania and Latvia. Speaking at the NATO summit in Warsaw, President Barack Obama said the troops would serve "shoulder to shoulder" with Polish forces.