Article Title: 900 US troops deployed to the Middle East as attacks on American forces rise
Article Excerpt: "“These include forces that have been on prepare to deploy orders, and which are deploying from the continental United States,” press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said. ...The units are meant to accompany and operate a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and Patriot battalions that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin earlier this week ordered to be spread across the region. The THAAD battery will come from Fort Bliss, Texas. Patriot batteries will come from Fort Sill, Okla., additional Patriot and Avenger batteries will ship from Fort Liberty, N.C. Associated air defense headquarters elements will be sent from Fort Bliss and Fort Cavazos, Texas, Ryder noted. He added that the forces would not be going to Israel and are “intended to support regional deterrence efforts...responsibility [for attacking Americans], other than to say we know that these groups are affiliated with Iran,” Ryder said. "
Reference Source: thehill.com
