US to send 3,000 airborne soldiers to Middle East

US to send 3,000 airborne soldiers to Middle East The Pentagon is planning to deploy a brigade combat team of roughly 3,000 soldiers from the army’s elite 82nd airborne division to the Middle East to support operations against Iran, according to two US officials, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. A written order to deploy the unit is expected in the coming hours, the officials said. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, did not specify where in the Middle East the troops would be sent to and when they would arrive in the region.