Biden Authorizes Mobilization of 3,000 Reserve Troops for Ukraine Defense and Augment U.S. Forces in Europe

The Pentagon has increased troop presence in Europe amid Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine. Joe Biden signed an order on Thursday allowing the Pentagon to call up as many as 3,000 reserve troops to support Operation Atlantic Resolve in Europe. Biden’s order authorizes the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to send active duty units and individual members who are assigned to a unit of the Selected Reserve or any member of the Individual Ready Reserve. Units deployed are not to exceed more than 3,000 total members at one time, of whom not more than 450…