1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Deployed, equipment loaded for U.S. Immediate Response Force

Equipment assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division is loaded onto aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C. on January 4, 2020. This deployment is a precautionary action taken to respond to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities. The ‘Devil’ Brigade is the nucleus of the U.S. Immediate Response Force, capable of rapidly deploying anywhere in the world in response to a variety of contingency operations. (Video by Sgt 1st Class Zachary VanDyke)

U.S. Army Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division arrive at Ali Al
Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Jan. 2, 202

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, reinforce the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, Jan. 2, 2020.