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Pentagon Deploys 2,200 Marines on 3 Warships as Iran Tensions Intensify

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Mar 13, 2026
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Thousands of Marines with 26th MEU move into the Red Sea

A U.S. Marine unit with roughly 2,200 troops is being redirected to the Middle East aboard three Navy amphibious warships as tensions with Iran escalate.

The deployment is raising new questions about how far the current military campaign could expand.

According to ABC News, the force is the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, normally based in Japan and opera…

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