Soldiers from 101st Airborne set to deploy to Ukraine

Rogue Valley · Apr 9, 2019

Soldiers from 101st Airborne set to deploy to Ukraine

President Petro Poroshenko dining with Ukrainian and American soldiers in Yavoriv, Ukraine. He is fluent in English.

4/8/19
Soldiers with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) will case their colors and deploy to Ukraine within days. About 150 soldiers will deploy in mid-April, according to a Friday release from the 101st Airborne, and they are expected to be gone for nine months. They will replace the Tennessee National Guard’s 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, which has been in Ukraine since last summer. Soldiers from each of the brigade’s seven battalions will form Task Force Carentan. They are scheduled to case their colors April 12 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Their mission will be to advise and assist Ukrainian armed forces in developing the Yavoriv Combat Training Center in the western part of the country. The mission is part of efforts to build up Ukraine’s defense and training capabilities though an initiative called the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine, the release said. Task Force Carentan will help develop cadre, ranges and training areas. By training the trainers, they will move toward a goal of Ukraine’s forces taking full responsibility for training at the center next year.

“The majority of deploying Soldiers are leaders who have years of experience overseeing and conducting tough, realistic training,” Lt. Col. Robert Tracy, commander of 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment and senior commander for the task force, said in the release. “I expect this to be a great opportunity to share lessons learned from our own combat training centers as well as gain valuable insights from the UAF that will make the Strike brigade a more ready force.” The 2nd BCT soldiers deploying “will be not be actively involved in operations in Ukraine’s conflict area,” according to the release, and instead their mission will be “strictly for training and advising purposes” at the request of the Ukrainian government. “This mission plays an important role in contributing to the security of Europe as a whole," Col. Joseph E. Escandon, commander of 2nd BCT, said in the release. "The Soldiers of Task Force Carentan stand ready to share their extensive knowledge and training experience, and we look forward to growing this strategic partnership with the UAF as we learn from their perspective and expertise.”

Elements of the 278th ACR have been in Ukraine since just before Thanksgiving of 2018. They will be rotating out and elements of the 101st AD will rotate in. They will help train Ukrainian NCO's in various facets of combat. In return, the UA NCO's share what they have learned of Russian military tactics/equipment in eastern Ukraine. The Yavoriv Combat Training Center (YCTC) is located in the Lviv region in Western Ukraine. Godspeed.

OrphanSlug · Apr 9, 2019

This article is really misleading on what this means.

PoS · Apr 9, 2019

OrphanSlug said:
This article is really misleading on what this means.

That's not a surprise...

Litwin · Apr 9, 2019

Rogue Valley said:
Soldiers from 101st Airborne set to deploy to Ukraine

President Petro Poroshenko dining with Ukrainian and American soldiers in Yavoriv, Ukraine. He is fluent in English.

Elements of the 278th ACR have been in Ukraine since just before Thanksgiving of 2018. They will be rotating out and elements of the 101st AD will rotate in. They will help train Ukrainian NCO's in various facets of combat. In return, the UA NCO's share what they have learned of Russian military tactics/equipment in eastern Ukraine. The Yavoriv Combat Training Center (YCTC) is located in the Lviv region in Western Ukraine. Godspeed.

God Bless the USA!!

Rogue Valley · Apr 9, 2019

OrphanSlug said:
This article is really misleading on what this means.

What do you think it means?

Rogue Valley · Apr 9, 2019

I mean, it's the Army Times. I doubt they're trying to pull a fast one.

An article from the AP ..... Soldiers from 101st Airborne deploying to Ukraine this month

Rogue Valley · Apr 9, 2019

PoS said:
That's not a surprise...

You know you have an open invitation to debunk any source I use in this forum.

So far, zilch.

Rogue Valley · Apr 11, 2019

Rogue Valley · Apr 15, 2019

2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st AD, hosted a color casing ceremony prior to the departure of Task Force Carentan to Ukraine in support of JMTG_Ukraine.
About 150 soldiers will deploy in mid-April and replace the Tennessee National Guard’s 278th ACR.

Westphalian · Apr 15, 2019

This deployment will .........

Increase regional tension
Reduce European security
Embolden the unstable and reckless Kiev regime

It also will give Poroshenko something to boast about ....... very conveniently timed given his failing re-election campaign :roll:

Still doesn't change the fact that the US will not assist Ukraine if it gets into a conflict with Russia.

Chagos · Apr 15, 2019

Westphalian said:
This deployment will .........

Increase regional tension

:lamo

Reduce European security

:lamo

Embolden the unstable and reckless Kiev regime

:lamo

It also will give Poroshenko something to boast about ....... very conveniently timed given his failing re-election campaign :roll:

maybe, maybe not.

Still doesn't change the fact that the US will not assist Ukraine if it gets into a conflict with Russia.

Considering the conflict you have with ANY facts, you shouldn't even speculate on them. Nobody knows what the US will do in any such cited case.

The only indisputable fact here is that your efforts to present your propaganda rubbish as factual are somewhat embarrassing to behold. The embarrassment being emphatic with how much you discredit yourself all the time, apparently without even realizing it.

Rogue Valley · Apr 15, 2019

Westphalian said:
It also will give Poroshenko something to boast about ....... very conveniently timed given his failing re-election campaign

Poroshenko doesn't set rotation dates. The US military does that internally.

Westphalian said:
Still doesn't change the fact that the US will not assist Ukraine if it gets into a conflict with Russia.

Nor will Russia assist Venezuela if it gets into conflict with the US.

Westphalian · Apr 15, 2019

Rogue Valley said:
Nor will Russia assist Venezuela if it gets into conflict with the US.

Venezuela is irrelevant, but for the record I'm sure you're right.

But it's disingenuous of US to create conditions under which Kiev's unstable regime might be emboldened and stupid enough to provoke a conflict with Russia. We both know it would all end in tears, just as it did for Georgia.

Poroshenko looks like losing anyway, and Zelensky will be a small step in the direction of improving relations. Russia will never talk to Poroshenko about Donbas, but they might to Zelensky.

Rogue Valley · Apr 15, 2019

Westphalian said:
But it's disingenuous of US to create conditions under which Kiev's unstable regime....

The only parts of Ukraine that are unstable is where Russian troops occupy Ukraine territory.

Westphalian said:
....might be emboldened and stupid enough to provoke a conflict with Russia. We both know it would all end in tears, just as it did for Georgia.

You are laughable.....

Map showing the Russian military buildup at the borders of Ukraine and the occupied lands (orange).

Westphalian said:
Poroshenko looks like losing anyway, and Zelensky will be a small step in the direction of improving relations. Russia will never talk to Poroshenko about Donbas, but they might to Zelensky.

Moscow has to implement Minsk II no matter who is the president.

Westphalian · Apr 17, 2019

Kiev has to implement Minsk 2, which is primarily a process between Kiev and the separatists.

Moscow's role in Minsk 2 is therefore small, and until the Kiev regime makes progress on its commitments then the process is frozen.

Let me remind everyone that this frozen conflict harms Ukraine far more than anytime else. It is therefore imperative that Zelensky, if elected, is prepared to talk in a civil manner to Moscow. Poroshenko has destroyed any prospects of civility. The future could be improved by Zelensky.

Rogue Valley · Apr 17, 2019

Westphalian said:
Kiev has to implement Minsk 2, which is primarily a process between Kiev and the separatists.

Article 10 clearly refers to Russian forces in Donbas.

Rogue Valley · May 3, 2019

130 soldiers from the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division have arrived in Ukraine. Part of the on-going Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine mission.
As previous ones have, this US detachment will provide training for Ukrainian troops.

Westphalian · May 3, 2019

Is that the same US Army which trained Iraq's Army - the one which fled, defected or died at the hands of ISIS and their mighty beards?

You are amusing RV ........... :lamo

Chagos · May 3, 2019

Westphalian said:
Is that the same US Army which trained Iraq's Army - the one which fled, defected or died at the hands of ISIS and their mighty beards?

You are amusing RV ........... :lamo

The Iraqi Army defeated IS in Iraq.

Your desperation must pain you to have to resort to such inanities.

Tigerace117 · May 3, 2019

Westphalian said:
Is that the same US Army which trained Iraq's Army - the one which fled, defected or died at the hands of ISIS and their mighty beards?

You are amusing RV ........... :lamo

Hmm... remind me what happened when Russian troops went up against Americans in Syria?

200 dead, or was it 300?

Rogue Valley · May 4, 2019

Tigerace117 said:
Hmm... remind me what happened when Russian troops went up against Americans in Syria?

200 dead, or was it 300?

Russia doesn't do very well when matched with a major power.

That's why Moscow puffs her chest out from kidnapping Ukrainian sailors at sea.

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