I bet the Poles and the Baltic Republics would like to see something like
An ACR
3AD
5ID(M)
8ID(M)
We could send another smaller corps, say 2AD and a pair of ID to another former Pact country (insert your favorite western-leaning).
To finish it off, I'd have US ABN formations base/cross train with the Poles and Czechs, and maybe the Romanians or something. I'd concentrate on fire brigade tactics, "denial of passage" (my term) ambushes, and behind the lines anti-supply campaigns.
I'd supply M1A1's, F-16C's, a couple of squadrons of F15E (deep strike threat) and AH-64's to Poland in exchange for Poland sending it's remaining Mig-29's, Hinds, and T-72's to Ukraine, along with spares and support.
The tanks would come from US stocks and give the tanks that Congress wants to keep building a place to be.
We stay away from Ukraine while still helping the Ukrainians help themselves.
400-500 M1A1's crewed by Poles who remember what Uncle Joe did in 1939 and the Katyn Forest would be a good deterrent to Russian delusions of grandeur.
My $.05
Dave
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