A thousand troops from an Army unit known for its capacity to deploy within 18 hours and parachute into a war zone are headed to join the Iran war. The Pentagon will deploy approximately 1,000 ...

The Department of War is gearing up to send thousands of troops from the Army’s 82nd Infantry Division to deploy to the Middle East, according to a source familiar with the plan. The Pentagon is ...

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 ...

Part of the 82nd Airborne Division headquarters and some soldiers with the division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team will be deploying to the U.S. Central Command’s area of authority, a Department of War ...

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 ...

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) moored to Pier 14 at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on March 31, 2026. USNI News photo NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. — The sun peeked over the horizon tinting the haze gray ...

WASHINGTON — Senior military officials are weighing a possible deployment of a combat brigade from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and some elements of the division’s headquarters staff to support U ...

Approximately 1,000 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne's rapid-response unit are expected to deploy The 82nd Airborne Division, based in North Carolina, is an infantry unit capable of deploying within 18 ...

The U.S. military is preparing to deploy soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division’s specialized parachute assault force to the Middle East, the Pentagon has confirmed. The move comes as the Iran war ...

The order gives President Trump more military options as he considers diplomacy with Iran. It is unclear where the soldiers will go in the Middle East. By Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington The ...

Thousands of Marines are heading to the Middle East as the United States weighs whether to deepen its role in Iran as part of a military buildup leading to more questions about possible ground troops ...