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US Army said to cancel exercise for elite paratrooper unit, fueling speculation of Mideast combat deployment
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe US Army in recent days canceled a major training exercise for an elite paratrooper unit, The Washington Post reports, speculating that those same troops could instead be dispatched to the Mideast for combat operations as the war with Iran intensifies.
The exercise was supposed to be held by the North Carolina-based 82nd Airborne Division, which includes a brigade combat team of about 4,000 to 5,000 capable of deploying within 18 hours, The Post says.
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