Army Revives V Corps to Reinforce European Allies

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U.S. Admiral James G Foggo (R), Commander of the NATO Trident Juncture exercise speaks during a ceremony to mark the end of NATO exercise Trident Juncture at the Vaernes airport in Stjoerdal, Norway, on Nov. 7, 2018. Ole Martin Wold / AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Army announced on Tuesday that it would re-establish after seven years of inactivity an additional corps headquarters called Fifth Corps (V Corps) in Fort Knox, Kentucky. The goal is to support a command post in Europe on a rotational basis, according to a U.S. Army press statement.

Approximately 635 soldiers will be stationed at Fort Knox, and 200 (about company size) of them will take turns to rotate in Europe where they will support a new operational command post yet to be established, the statement said.