CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Despite that apparent rift, the United States is continuing its build up in the Gulf region, this time sending more troops to Kuwait to join the thousands already on the ground there. Our Barbara Starr has more details from the Pentagon.</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: More beefing up of Army ground combat forces for possible action in the Persian Gulf. Some 37,000 additional troops now receiving deployment orders. Nearly half of the troops will come from the Army's Fourth Infantry Division headquartered at Fort Hood, Texas, a total of 16,000 troops from the division, another 20,000 additional Army troops from installations around the country. It will all become Task Force Iron Horse, hundreds of Abrams tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, Apache helicopters and howitzers, some of the Army's heaviest firepower ready to move in to combat against Iraqi military forces if President Bush gives the order. The division is not saying when the troops will move or when their equipment will arrive in the region, but this follows a previous deployment, the Army's Third Infantry Division from Fort Stewart, Georgia has already received its deployment orders and troops have begun moving out. It's all part of an effort to put more and more combat firepower on Saddam Hussein's borders. Barbara Starr, CNN, the Pentagon.</s>COSTELLO: And with that information, Britain is also increasing its forces in the Gulf region. On Monday, British Defense Secretary Jeff Hoon announced an additional 26,000 troops will head to the region and they will be backed with a full complement of heavy fighting equipment. The force constitutes one-quarter of Britain's entire army. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Deploying Troops Joining Task Force Iron Horse