Across Europe, several United States military bases have been placed on a heightened state of alert, with the level of force protection raised to its second-highest state, according to a report.

The U.S. military has raised the security protection measures it is taking at its bases throughout Europe, asking service members to be more vigilant and keep a lower profile due to a combination of threats it is seeing across the region.

Several US military bases in Europe put on high alert over a possible terror attack that could target American personnel, according to multiple reports.

The security alert for 83,000 U.S. troops in Europe was raised this summer. The war in Ukraine and the Paris Olympics are some of the factors.

For the first time in 10 years, the personnel of United States military bases in European countries were put on high alert. The reason for this was information

The heightened security alert was first reported earlier in July as being connected to a possible terrorist threat directed at several U.S. military installations across Europe, including the facility in Germany where the U.

US military bases across Europe were placed on a heightened state of alert last week for the first time in a decade after the US received intelligence that Russian-backed actors were considering carrying out sabotage attacks against US military personnel and facilities,

The increase in readiness at American military bases in Europe is the result of intelligence information suggesting the possibility of sabotage attempts by individuals supported by Russia, reported CNN.