MARCH 25, 2026 AT 05:33 PM
The Pentagon on Tuesday ordered a couple thousand paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division to deploy to the Middle East, as President Trump weighs a significant escalation in the US-Israeli war with Iran and declines to rule out troops on Iranian soil
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- U.S. officials approved written orders for soldiers from the division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and the 82nd's headquarters at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, via sources.
- Verbal orders previously had been approved, two people said. It is not yet clear whether they will deploy to Iran itself, officials said.