Military Times reports that “the first joint training exercises in Poland for freshly deployed U.S. troops and their Polish counterparts are underway.”

“A U.S. armored brigade of 3,500 troops from Fort Carson, Colorado, arrived this month in Zagan, southwestern Poland, as a deterrence force on NATO’s eastern flank.”

“Exercises that started Monday at the Zagan Military Training Area involved land troops, tanks and armored vehicles of the U.S. and Polish armies.”