India, March 13 -- The United States Marine Corps is sending a Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East as tensions in the region continue to draw attention. ABC News cited officials to report that a unit with about 2,200 Marines aboard three US Navy amphibious ships has been ordered to move toward the region.

According to the report, The unit being deployed is the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU). This unit is normally based in Japan and usually operates in the Indo-Pacific under US Indo-Pacific Command. However, it has now been directed to head toward the Middle East.

This particular unit also includes advanced aircraft. It has a squadron of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets and a squadron of Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rot...