The Pentagon is preparing to deploy about 2,000 U.S. troops from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, bolstering the U.S. military presence in the region and providing more options ...

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division walk to a C-17 before an airborne operation at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 13, 2025. (Pfc. Nicole Miller/U.S. Army) Elements from the 82nd ...

The Pentagon is expected to send parts of the 82nd Airborne division to the Middle East as the Iran war extends into its fourth week, according to two sources. A command element and some ground forces ...

More than 1,000 US soldiers with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division are expecting to deploy in coming days to the Middle East, according to two sources familiar with the matter, adding to the growing ...

The U.S. is accelerating the deployment of thousands of San Diego-based troops to the Middle East, NBC News has learned. The 11 th Marine Expeditionary Unit, made up of at least 2,200 Marines based at ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is deploying another three-ship expeditionary unit — with about 2,500 Marines aboard — to the Middle East, the second such dispatch in a matter of days as President Trump ...

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - The United States military is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, as the ...

President Trump is reportedly weighing the deployment of thousands of additional US troops to the Middle East that could potentially be used on the ground in Iran. The Trump administration has ...

U.S. Marines are being deployed to the Middle East as American and Israeli strikes keep pounding Iran and the Islamic Republic keeps attacking Persian Gulf shipping and energy infrastructure. Roughly ...

The Trump administration downplays concerns about Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz with gas and oil prices rising and as 5,000 U.S. service members are being deployed to the region. NBC News ...

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he is "dissatisfied and angry" after a classified briefing Tuesday. Watch Blumenthal's remarks in the video player above. "I am left with more questions than ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) left a Senate Armed Service Committee briefing on the Iran war Tuesday saying he believes the Trump administration is on a path to putting U.S. troops on the ground ...