The Army's share of the European Reassurance Initiative, a fund created within the Overseas Contingency Operations account to calm NATO allies and deter Russia, totals nearly $3.2 billion in fiscal year 2018. A defense-wide budget justification document for the $4.7 billion ERI provides a breakdown of the funding allocated for each of five lines of effort: increased presence ($1.7 billion), exercises and training ($217.7 million), enhanced prepositioning ($2.2 billion), improved infrastructure ($337.8 million) and building partner capacity ($267.3 million). The...
