
The Army is trying to deter further Russian aggression in Europe but must find a way to do so with about a 10th of the force it had to counter the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.“That’s the Army’s challenge: How do we make 30,000 look and feel like 300,000,” Lt. Gen Ben Hodges, Commander of U.S. Army Europe, said July 14.At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. military had about 275,000 troops stationed throughout…