Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said any effort to expand security in Eastern Europe is a “work in progress” that probably will be discussed at the NATO summit in June. Milley was asked about the need to reallocate forces to Europe’s eastern flank , where NATO allies are worried that they may be Russia’s next target. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced last month that NATO is creating four new battlegroups, which usually number between 1,000 troops and 1,500 troops, to send to Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria. NATO allies are set to discuss additional security measures at the upcoming summit. Permanent forces are often deployed for two years to three years.
