Two U.S. military officials tell NBC News that
approximately 275 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division have been
ordered to deploy to northern Iraq as the military ratchets up efforts
to wrest ISIS fighters from Mosul.
The deployment of troops from airborne division's 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, was
approved last week. The move is aimed at supporting the U.S. troops
already in the region helping the Iraqi Security Forces.
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