The United States of America will step up its troop presence in eastern europe in response to an "aggresive Russia" with continuous rotations of an additional armored brigade beginning in early 2017, the US military said.
The rotations will bring the US Army's presence in Europe to three fully manned combat brigades, the US European Command said. A brigade comprises about 4,200 troops.
"This Army implementation plan continues to demonstrate our strong and balanced approach to reassuring our Nato Allies and partners in the wake of an aggressive Russia in Eastern Europe and elsewhere," General Philip Breedlove, the top US commander in Europe, said in a statement.
"Our allies and partners will see more capability. They will see a more frequent presence of an armored brigade with more modernised equipment in their countries," he added.
Ash Carter, the US defence secretary, last month unveiled the Pentagon's proposed budget for next year, which includes $3.4 billion - quadruple last year's amount - for operations in Europe.
The cash will fund the so-called European Reassurance Initiative that aims to deter Russia from carrying out additional land grabs after its 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.
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