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Not quite Ukraine. For those who don't know B) the Suwalki Gap is the strip of territory between Belorussia and the Kaliningrad Oblast running along the border between Poland and Lithuania

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/nato-s-vulnerable-link-in-europe-poland-s-suwalki-gap

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/why-suwalki-gap-keeps-top-u-s-general-europe-night-n469471

This link has a nice little video that gives us some idea of the terrain in the area

http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/the-suwalki-gap-the-potential-european-flashpoint-vladimir-putin-is-keeping-a-close-eye-on/news-story/eb51cce0c50f06949a16f9370779338e

Wikipedia gives some further background information including a map of the region

The idea of a Russian attempt at a takeover of the area (either as part of an escalation.of the existing Ukraine conflict or as a seperate conflict involving a Russian invasion of the Baltic States 

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nato-aims-be-more-responsive-wake-russian-aggression-n266956

We don't yet have NATO units for the Very High Readiness Task Force but we can do a US infantry contingent based on deployments of 101st  or 82nd Airborne. Potentialy 10th Mountain Division might also be deployed, elements of the Division (10th Combat Aviation Brigade) having deployed to Eastern Europe as part of Atlantic Resolve

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Mountain_Division#Readiness_controversy

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