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While the units that are on alert have not been identified, Fort Bragg's own 82nd Airborne Division is an Immediate Response Force - a rapid reaction force that is available to deploy at any given moment. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby announced Monday that they would release the details of which units are on standby once personnel and their families are informed.
"The Immediate Response Force is always prepared to go anywhere," Lt. Col. Brett Lea, a spokesperson for the 82nd Airborne Division told Up & Coming Weekly. "We are always on standby."
Fort Bragg officials have referred Up & Coming Weekly to the Secretary of Defense's office, and no response on whether troops at Fort Bragg are on the list of units put on alert has been given at this time. However, an announcement from the Office of the Secretary of Defense is expected later today or tomorrow, according to Fort Bragg officials.
What units are affected will be released once personnel and their families are informed, Kirby told the press Monday evening.
"I'm sure there are personnel readiness things that they have to do," Kirby said in the press conference. "That again is one of the reasons why I'm not giving units today. The units are getting notified, and we want to also give them time to talk about this with their families – this potential deployment order."
Passes and leave for service members on standby have been revoked.
Instead of having ten days to deploy, the units will need to deploy in five days.
"They will have to make whatever preparations they feel they need to make to be able to meet that five-day commitment," Kirby said.
Kirby said the order highlights America's commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its common defense. If that group is activated, the 8,500 troops are based in the United States and would be part of the NATO Response Force. The American forces would be in addition to the significant combat-capable U.S. forces already established in Europe.
"Secretary Austin has placed a range of units in the United States on a heightened preparedness to deploy, which increases our readiness to provide forces if NATO should activate the N[ATO]RF or if other situations develop," Kirby said.
If the NATO force is activated, Austin's order will allow the United States to rapidly deploy additional brigade combat teams, along with units specializing in logistics, medical, aviation, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, transportation and more, he said.
"Again, I want to reinforce that as of now, the decision has been made to put these units on higher alert and higher alert only," Kirby said. "No decisions have been made to deploy any forces from the United States at this time."
(DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley/Released)