Biden Administration to Expand Military Presence in Germany in Reversal of Trump Policy

The United States will station 500 additional troops in Germany as early as this fall.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (R) and his German counterpart Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer talk to each other at the Bendlerblock German Ministry of Defense in Berlin, Germany, on April 13, 2021. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via Reuters

The Biden administration will station hundreds of additional troops in Germany as early as this fall, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said during his visit to Europe.

“I briefed the minister on our intention to permanently stage an approximately 500 additional U.S. personnel in the Wiesbaden area,” Austin said Tuesday at a press briefing in Berlin.