Overview
- CBS News, citing unnamed officials, reports the Pentagon has developed detailed strategies for a potential U.S. ground invasion of Iran.
- Military planners have held confidential sessions on how to capture and process Iranian personnel, including identifying detention and processing sites.
- Elements of the 82nd Airborne Division, a Marine Expeditionary Unit, and the Army’s Global Response Force are being readied for possible deployment.
- Three U.S. naval vessels carrying about 2,200 Marines recently departed California as thousands of Marines move toward the Middle East.
- Asked about ground troops, President Trump said he is not putting troops anywhere, while the White House emphasized the goal of maintaining maximum optionality with no final decision made.