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Photo: Independent Journal Review
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82nd Airborne Poised for Middle East Deployment
A major troop movement could soon add to the growing U.S. military presence in the Middle East, as preparations are reportedly underway for a rapid-response unit to deploy. According to the New York Post , a source…
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Photo: Independent Journal Review
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Pentagon Readies Its Most Elite Force
According to a Wall Street Journal report, the Pentagon is preparing to deploy roughly 3,000 troops from the Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East. The order, expected imminently, would include not only…

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The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into denied areas with a U.S. Department of Defense requirement to "respond to crisis contingencies anywhere in the world within 18 hours". Based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 82nd Airborne Division is the U.S. Army's most strategically mobile division.

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Country: United States
Headquarters: Fort Bragg
Inception: 1917
Website: http://www.bragg.army.mil/82nd/Pages/default.aspx