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Ground War On? US Rushes 57,000 Troops As Iran Crisis Escalates

US troops in West Asia hit 57,000+ amid war on Iran - the largest buildup since 2003. USS Tripoli's 3,500 Marines arrived 

with 82nd Airborne paratroopers for a possible assault on Kharg Island, while air and naval bases in Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, 

and other Gulf nations are already involved.

Boots on the ground. The arrival of nearly 5,000 United States troops, including 2,500 Marines, in West Asia last week taking the number in the region to more than 50,000, an unmistakable signal the United States' war on Iran has now gone the way of other American military interventions.

And the Pentagon plans to ship another 10,000 ground troops, US media reports have said.

The US normally has around 40,000 troops scattered across West Asia; this includes sailors on warships in the region and in air bases in Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan.

A bad sign, say critics and experts with memories of prolonged fighting and instability in Iraq and Afghanistan, 'forever wars' into which Donald Trump vowed never to drag the United States.

Ground invasion looms as Trump ponders next move

US troop deployment has ramped up over the past week as the US President ponders a risky ground invasion. The 'why' is unclear; it is to either secure Kharg Island and its oil stores or secure Iran's reported stockpile of around 400kg of enriched uranium, enough to make nuclear bombs and 'missing', the US believes since the June 2025 bombing of the Fordow facility.

Current and former military analysts believe a third 'why' could be to deploy along Iran's southern coast to break its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz - through which a fifth of the world's crude oil and gas ships - and restore tanker traffic to something near pre-war levels.

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(Written by Chandrashekar Srinivasan / NDTV, Mar 30, 2026)

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