The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss future deployments, did not say what the role of the additional troops would be. One of the officials said the troops were departing the West Coast of the United States about three weeks ahead of schedule
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The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss future deployments, did not say what the role of the additional troops would be. One of the officials said the troops were departing the West Coast of the United States about three weeks ahead of schedule
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08:55 PM • March 20 2026 IST
The United States military is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran reached the three-week mark.
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