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US Set to Deploy 2,000 Troops From 82nd Airborne to Middle East

Mar 24, 2026Center

The Trump administration has ordered the 82nd Airborne Division to deploy about 2,000 soldiers to the Middle East, a person familiar with the matter said, as the White House weighs options to ease Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.

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