NBC News reports that “the U.S. and its NATO allies are taking no chances amid a build-up of military force on Europe’s eastern frontier with Russia.”

“Three years after the last American tank left Europe, they are being brought back ‘as part of our commitment to deterrence,’ Gen. Frederick ‘Ben’ Hodges told NBC News.”

“Hodges, who is commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, welcomed a batch of tracked and wheeled support vehicles to a depot in the Netherlands on Thursday.”