{"id":27593,"date":"2017-11-03T11:10:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=27593"},"modified":"2017-11-03T11:10:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:10:31","slug":"us-boosts-special-operations-forces-presence-at-russias-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=27593","title":{"rendered":"US Boosts Special Operations Forces Presence at Russia\u2019s Border"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US Boosts Special Operations Forces Presence at Russia\u2019s Border<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n

The deployment of US Special Operations Forces in Europe is never in spotlight but it is rapidly increasing. There can be no other purpose than acquisition of capability to deliver strikes deep into Russia\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u00a0is relying heavily<\/a>\u00a0on Special Operations Forces (SOF). They\u00a0are deployed<\/a>\u00a0to 137 countries or 70% of them in the world. At least 8,000 of SOF are operating in around 80 countries at any given moment. The numbers\u00a0have ballooned<\/a>\u00a0from a few thousands in the 1980s to 70,000 at present. In 2016, the US\u00a0deployed<\/a>\u00a0special operators to Taiwan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, India, Laos, the Philippines, South Korea, and Japan. In 2006, 3 percent of special operators deployed overseas were in Europe. In 2016, the number topped 12 percent.<\/p>\n

Much has been said recently about SOF operations in Africa, which are going to\u00a0expand and intensify<\/a>. Formally, they are on train and assist missions to counter terrorist threats. But one can hardly imagine the need to deploy such special purpose forces from overseas to fight terrorists in the Old Continent.<\/p>\n

The United States increased the presence of SOF in Europe\u00a0four times<\/a>\u00a0last year. The forces are mainly deployed near Russia\u2019s borders, including such countries as the Baltic States, Romania, Poland, Ukraine and Georgia. In 2017, SOF\u00a0have deployed<\/a>\u00a0to more than 20 European countries.<\/p>\n

In March, SOF (Army Green Berets)\u00a0trained<\/a>\u00a0along local troops in Lapland,\u00a0Finland<\/a>, during exercise Northern Griffin 2017. In May, Navy SEALs\u00a0were part of exercise<\/a>\u00a0Flaming Sword 17 in Lithuania. In June, members of the US 10th Special Forces Group\u00a0trained<\/a>\u00a0near Lubliniec,\u00a0Poland<\/a>. In July, naval SOF\u00a0took part<\/a>\u00a0in Sea Breeze annual military exercise in\u00a0Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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US Boosts Special Operations Forces Presence at Russia\u2019s Border The deployment of US Special Operations Forces in Europe is never in spotlight but it is rapidly increasing. There can be no other purpose than acquisition of capability to deliver strikes deep into Russia\u2019s territory. The Trump administration\u00a0is relying heavily\u00a0on Special Operations Forces (SOF). They\u00a0are deployed\u00a0to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[281,16490,694,8203,827,844],"class_list":["post-27593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-europe","tag-peter-korzun","tag-russia","tag-strategic-culture-foundation","tag-united-states","tag-us-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27594,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27593\/revisions\/27594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}