{"id":1707619,"date":"2022-10-23T08:42:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T12:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707619"},"modified":"2022-10-23T08:49:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T12:49:43","slug":"u-s-military-fully-prepared-to-cross-into-ukraine-at-a-moments-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-fully-prepared-to-cross-into-ukraine-at-a-moments-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Military &#8220;Fully Prepared&#8221; to Cross Into Ukraine at a Moment&#8217;s Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-military-fully-prepared-to-cross-into-ukraine-at-a-moments-notice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/23084942\/90-85\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>U.S. military forces are &#8220;fully prepared&#8221; to cross into <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> at a moment&#8217;s notice to fight a war against <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\">Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Army&#8217;s 101st Airborne Division, who boast the &#8220;Screaming Eagles&#8221; moniker, have been deployed to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/europe\">Europe<\/a> for the first time since <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-war-ii\">World War II<\/a>, practicing with live tank and artillery rounds not far from the Black Sea, across which Russia has taken territory from Ukraine, including Crimea, at a forward operating site on NATO&#8217;s eastern flank, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-news-russia-us-army-101st-airborne-nato-war-games-romania\/\">according to CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brig. Gen. John Lubas, the division&#8217;s deputy commander, stressed this is &#8220;not a training deployment&#8221; but rather a &#8220;combat deployment&#8221; from which his forces &#8220;need to be ready to fight tonight, depending on how the situation escalates across the border.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Col. Edwin Matthaidess, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, told the news outlet these troops are the closest U.S. unit to the fighting in Ukraine, still raging more than seven months into <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/war-in-ukraine\">Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion<\/a> began. &#8220;It keeps us on our toes,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n             [embedded content]\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The roughly 4,700 soldiers from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, are about three miles away from <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/romania\">Romania<\/a>&#8216;s border with Ukraine, conducting joint ground and air assault exercises with Romanian forces meant to simulate battles that Ukrainian forces are waging against Russian invaders.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not just about defending <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\">NATO<\/a> territory,&#8221; Charlie D&#8217;Agata, senior foreign correspondent for CBS News, said in one report from an air base in Romania. &#8220;If the fight escalates, and NATO partners are under threat, they&#8217;re fully prepared to cross over into Ukrainian territory if ordered to do so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. military forces are &#8220;fully prepared&#8221; to cross into Ukraine at a moment&#8217;s notice to fight a war against Russia. 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