U.S. Plans to Cut Roughly 200 Posts From NATO Command and Intelligence Bodies

Overview

• About 200 U.S. billets will be removed across entities including the NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre, Allied Special Operations Forces Command, and STRIKFORNATO.
• Most positions will lapse through attrition as personnel rotate out rather than through immediate recalls.
• Roughly 400 Americans serve in the affected centers, suggesting the U.S. presence there would drop by about half.
• A NATO official said such adjustments are not unusual and noted U.S. forces in Europe total around 80,000.
• The move tracks with a stated shift of resources toward the Western Hemisphere and has heightened concern in Europe following the revived Greenland push and a repost labeling NATO a threat.