{"id":1317,"date":"2026-06-12T22:41:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2026-06-12T22:41:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:41:44","slug":"after-trump-cuts-aircraft-and-warships-natos-top-military-officer-refocuses-europes-defense-plans-on-things-that-we-can-acquire-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1317","title":{"rendered":"After Trump cuts aircraft and warships, NATO\u2019s top military officer refocuses Europe\u2019s defense plans on \u2018things that we can acquire quickly\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The so-called\u00a0NATO\u00a0Force Model is Plan A for making forces from the 32 member nations available in times of peace, crisis or war. It sets out the military assets that commanders can call on in phases over the first six months of any conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1315\">Despite his new trillionaire status, Elon Musk says money \u2018will stop being relevant\u2019 in the future because of AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But last month, the Pentagon warned its NATO allies that it would be\u00a0scaling down\u00a0its commitment to focus on potential threats elsewhere, notably from China in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>European countries and Canada had waited impatiently for over a year for the Trump administration to detail its plans after it warned that Europe is no longer a top U.S.\u00a0security priority. They knew\u00a0cuts were coming, but not how big, fast or what kind.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, NATO\u2019s supreme allied commander, said that \u201cthe United States is still committed to providing limited but critical capabilities to the alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to focus on things that we can acquire quickly, that we can field quickly, and that we can scale rapidly and sustain over time, and that goes for long-range fires\u201d as well as drones, Grynkewich said at the ILA Berlin Air Show on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose sorts of things can help us mitigate the near-term risk should we find ourselves needing to deter and defend,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>US calls on Europe and Canada to plug gaps<\/h4>\n<p>After allies met on June 2-3 to assess gaps left by the U.S. move, Grynkewich said that European allies and Canada should fill them by supplying manned and unmanned aircraft, and with naval vessels. It should happen \u201cnow and in the near term,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The precise nature of the cuts remains secret, but media reports in Germany and the U.S. suggest that an aircraft carrier with its support group of warships and aircraft as well as a submarine would leave the European theater. Aerial refueling planes and dozens of fighter jets would no longer be available.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All are in short supply in Europe, and it\u2019s unclear where they might be found in a hurry. Still, Washington wants to know how its allies intend to backfill these assets by the time President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts meet for a summit in Turkey on July 7-8.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1314\">Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Valor, and the biggest VC winners from SpaceX\u2019s IPO<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Cutbacks in Kosovo<\/h4>\n<p>On Friday, NATO military headquarters announced that it will cut back its security force in Kosovo by withdrawing some troops and equipment. KFOR began deploying in 1999 to keep the peace between Kosovo and Serbia.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Once composed of 50,000 personnel, KFOR has been routinely scaled back over the years as tensions eased, although 1,000 additional troops were deployed there in 2023,\u00a0after fresh violence\u00a0erupted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current conditions provide an opportunity to optimize KFOR\u2019s size and posture further,\u201d Grynkewich said. His team declined to say what forces might leave and whether any Americans would go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about numbers, it\u2019s about optimization, and about ensuring the safety and security of all people living in Kosovo, and more broadly the region,\u201d his spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>The United States currently has 590 troops deployed with KFOR, second only among its 31 contributing nations to Italy, with 907 personnel. U.S. Black Hawk helicopters are also stationed at the sprawling U.S. base there, Camp Bondsteel.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>No immediate threat from Russia<\/h4>\n<p>In any case, Grynkewich said in Berlin that intelligence reports and Russian troop movements suggest \u201cRussia is not looking for a conflict with NATO.\u201d Russia is also currently bogged down in the war on Ukraine and struggling to recruit enough troops.<\/p>\n<p>Governments and intelligence services in Europe have warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin could be in a position to launch an attack elsewhere on the continent within three to five years, especially if he wins in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press writers Kirsten Grieshaber in Berlin and Zana Cimili in Pristina, Kosovo, contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=1312\">Victor Wembanyama nearly got egged by a rabid Knicks fan. 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