Defense

Some troops deployed amid Iran tensions are coming back to US, families told

By Zach Halaschak
Published February 7, 2020 7:35pm ET
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Some troops deployed amid Iran tensions are coming back to US, families told
Paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare equipment and load aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C. on January 4, 2020. This deployment is a precautionary action taken to respond to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities. The 'Devil' Brigade is the nucleus of the U.S. Immediate Response Force, capable of rapidly deploying anywhere in the world in response to a variety of contingency operations. | (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Hubert Delany III)

Some family members of troops sent to the Middle East last month in response to increased tensions with Iran have been told they will be redeployed back to the United States.

The service members that will be coming back to the U.S. are elements of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division who were deployed as an immediate reaction force, according to Breitbart. The specific soldiers are paratroopers deployed as part of Task Force White Devils and those attached to them. No return date has been announced.

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