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The 82nd Airborne Division will remain deployed in the Middle East for one year to meet operational requirements.

The 82nd Airborne Division will remain deployed in the Central Command area of operations for a total of one year, according to a memorandum signed on Sunday. This extension keeps parts of the division’s headquarters, artillery, sustainment brigade, 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, and 307th Engineer Battalion in the Middle East for the duration.

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Soldiers in the division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team and Combat Aviation Brigade will also be deployed for up to a year. The memorandum, addressed to the families of the North Carolina-based division, stated that operational requirements necessitated the extension. The deployment comes as tensions with Iran escalate. The Pentagon previously confirmed that members of the division, which serves as the army's rapid-response force, would deploy to the region. U.S. Central Command oversees a region spanning 21 countries from Egypt to Kazakhstan, which serves as the epicenter of the war with Iran that has lasted beyond six months.

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