all names

U.S. troops organisation

Named in 5 reports across 3 stories - 30 Sept – 6 Oct
30 Sept 20266 Oct 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with U.S. troops. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without U.S. troops.

Europe and Hegseth share 3 reportsHegseth and Washington Times share 2 reportsLatin America and Washington Times share 2 reportsEurope and Washington Times share 2 reportsHegseth and Latin America share 2 reportsEurope and Latin America share 2 reportsBaltic states and Vilnius share 1 reportLithuania and NATO forces share 1 reportNATO forces and Vilnius share 1 reportBaltic states and Lithuania share 1 reportEuropeans and Hegseth share 1 reportEurope and Europeans share 1 reportLithuania and Vilnius share 1 reportHegseth and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportBaltic states and NATO forces share 1 reportU.S. troopsHegsethHegseth - 4 shared reports (person)EuropeEurope - 3 shared reports (place)Latin Ameri…Latin America - 2 shared reports (place)Washington …Washington Times - 2 shared reports (organization)Baltic stat…Baltic states - 1 shared report (place)EuropeansEuropeans - 1 shared report (organization)LithuaniaLithuania - 1 shared report (place)NATO forcesNATO forces - 1 shared report (organization)Pete HegsethPete Hegseth - 1 shared report (person)VilniusVilnius - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

Scoop: Inside Hegseth's classified plea for more defense funds

65 outlets1 report names U.S. troops4 Aug – 22 Oct

Lithuania builds new defensive line on border with Russia and Belarus

26 outlets1 report names U.S. troops13 Aug – 20 Oct

Hegseth indicates some US troops could be redeployed from Europe to Western Hemisphere

4 outlets3 reports name U.S. troops3 Oct – 5 Oct

Who keeps naming them

Google News - Europe query3Ukrinform (Ukraine)1The Hill1

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