 U.S. military tanks at Dutch port on route to NATO frontier, Amsterdam, January 11th. A large number of U.S. Army tanks and military vehicles began arriving at the Dutch port of Lissingen on Wednesday before heading to Poland and Lithuania as part of the efforts to strengthen NATO's eastern flank. There's about 1,250 pieces of military equipment coming into the port, said Colonel Robert Kellum, overseeing the operation on the U.S. side. The equipment includes M1 Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles from the Second Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division of Fort Hood, Texas. Dutch armed forces are helping with marine security and guarding the port area where the vehicles will be housed before they continue east. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, NATO has been stressing its battle groups in states from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south.