2,500 Marines from NC to be sent to Mediterranean Sea as tensions rise between U.S., Iran

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Hundreds of Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune in Onslow County, N.C., headed to the Mediterranean Sea on Monday.

ABC-affiliate WCTI said the Marines were scheduled to participate in a planned exercise with the Moroccan military when Exercise African Sea Lion was cancelled so the unit could move to the Mediterranean.
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The move followed the deployment of 3,500 soldiers from Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division to Kuwait.

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