- DOD Enhances Middle East Defense Posture Department of Defense
- Pentagon Sends Additional Troops to the Middle East The New York Times
- U.S. Positions Military Forces in Middle East to Deter Iranian Attack The Wall Street Journal
- The US military is bracing for a fight with warships and more aircraft as further violence grips the Middle East Business Insider
- U.S. sends more troops, warplanes to Middle East as bulwark against Iran The Washington Post