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Fort Bragg troops deployed to Mideast after US embassy attack

By Joy Johnston, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

Iraq deployment Soldiers board a C-17 aircraft Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 at Fort Bragg, N.C., to be deployed in Iraq. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/AP)

By Joy Johnston, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — President Donald Trump ordered about 750 U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East as about 3,000 more prepared for possible deployment in the next several days.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday night that “in response to recent events” in Iraq, and at Trump’s direction, he authorized the immediate deployment of the infantry battalion from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, The Associated Press reported.

At the direction of the Commander in Chief President Donald J. Trump, I have authorized the deployment of an infantry...

Posted by U.S. Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Fort Bragg posted a photo to its Facebook account, showing troops lining up to board a plane. The caption read, “While the rest of the country is celebrating the new year, soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division are deploying to Iraq. Please keep them and all of our service members in your prayers.”

While the rest of the country is celebrating the new year, Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division are deploying to Iraq. Please keep them and all of our Service members in your prayers.

Posted by Fort Bragg, N.C. on Wednesday, January 1, 2020

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