Pentagon Rushes 8,000 Marines to Middle East as Trump Eyes End to Iran War The Pentagon is accelerating the deployment of roughly 8,000 Marines and sailors to the Middle East amid the three-week-old U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. Elements of the elite 82nd Airborne Division are also in preparation for possible movement to the region, according […] The post Pentagon Rushes 8,000 Marines to Middle East as Trump Eyes End to Iran War first appeared on The Zambian Observer .