Exclusive – Families Told Soldiers Who Deployed to Middle East amid Iran Crisis Are Coming Home
by KRISTINA WONG
BREITBART.COM
7 Feb 2020
Family members of troops who deployed to the Middle East amid tensions in Iran have been told by leadership their loved ones are redeploying home, according to sources.
The troops in question are elements of the 82nd Airborne who deployed to the Middle East on January 1, 2020, as part of an immediate reaction force. Specifically, they include paratroopers who deployed as part of Task Force White Devils, as well as those attached to them.
There is no additional information for families of those who are not deployed with the task force.
No dates have been announced as to when they are expected home.
An 82nd Airborne spokesman said, “For operational security purpose we don’t talk about troop movements.”
“I would like to kindly encourage you all to be sensitive to the fact that there are still thousands of soldiers remaining in theatre and away from their loved ones for an unknown period of time,” a message to families read.