Defense

Some troops deployed amid Iran tensions return home

By Zach Halaschak
Published February 20, 2020 11:03pm ET
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Some troops deployed amid Iran tensions return home
/// Hello - I hope you're doing well. These handout photos will go along with the 82nd Airborne returning home story out of Fort Bragg, NC. Thank you! Sarah Blake Major General James Mingus, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, welcomes paratroopers home from the Middle East to Fort Bragg during a ceremony Thursday, February 20th, 2020. (U.S. Army photo) A soldier reunites with his daughter at Fort Bragg after returning from the Middle East. The 82nd Airborne Division's Immediate Response Force had been deployed since New Years Eve. Thursday, February 20th, 2020. | (Sarah Blake/AP)

About 800 troops rapidly deployed to the Middle East amid tensions with Iran have returned home.

Troops with the 82nd Airborne Division returned to Fort Bragg on Thursday. They were deployed to the region in December after protesters with an Iranian-backed militia group attacked the United States Embassy in Baghdad.

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