Pentagon Scraps Deployment of 4,000 US Troops to Poland

A Pentagon spokesman said, ‘The decision to withdraw troops follows a comprehensive, multilayered process’ across the chain of command.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (C) and Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz (R) review an honorary guard in Warsaw, Poland, on Feb. 14, 2025. Aleksandra Szmigiel /Reuters

The Pentagon and the Polish defense minister have confirmed that the United States has decided not to go ahead with the temporary deployment of 4,000 extra U.S. troops to Poland, which was linked to the withdrawal of personnel from Germany.

The decision follows the Pentagon’s announcement on May 1 that it would be reducing its military presence in Germany by 5,000 soldiers.