What is the 82nd Airborne Division, preparing to deploy to Iran?
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The 82nd Airborne Division is a rapid-response unit of the United States Army that is capable of deploying with 18 hours.
A thousand troops from an Army unit known for its capacity to deploy within 18 hours and parachute into a war zone are headed to join the Iran war.
The Pentagon will deploy approximately 1,000 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team to the war, according to a defense official and a U.S. official. Some personnel from the division's headquarters will also deploy to the Middle East, the officials said.
The thousand troops that make up the Army's rapid-response unit are preparing to deploy as U.S. officials have provided Iran with a 15-point peace plan, which proposes to end the nearly monthlong war.
The New York Times first reported on March 23 that the Pentagon was considering deploying troops from a combat brigade unit of the 82nd Airborne Division.
The peace plan comes after President Donald Trump and Israel struck Iran on Feb. 28, killing the country's longtime Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Over the past few weeks, White House officials said the war is necessary to eliminate the longstanding U.S. adversary’s ballistic missile program and a nuclear program that Trump administration members previously claimed to have "obliterated."
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