The Pentagon said the Immediate Response Force (IRF) brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division was being deployed.
It said in a statement: “The brigade will deploy to Kuwait as an appropriate and precautionary action in response to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities, and will assist in reconstituting the reserve
Fears over World War 3 have been ramped up significantly after the United States killed the Iranian General and head of the elite Quds Force in an air strike on Baghdad airport, ordered by Donald Trump.
The US said the killing was aimed at disrupting an imminent attack from Iran, with Mr Trump claiming Soleimani was plotting to kill “many more” Americans.
But Iran has quickly retaliated by promising vengeance against the US for the attack.
Soleimani was regarded as the second most powerful figure in Iran after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The attack in Baghdad also killed top Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an adviser to Soleimani.
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