First US paratroops arrive in Poland for E. European exercise

As tensions with Russia spiraled, the first 150 soldiers off the US 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team arrived in Poland Wednesday, out of of an initial contingent of 600 paratroops taking part in military exercises next month in Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. They aim at shoring up America’s East European allies in the face of Russian intervention in Ukraine.

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