The US is sending dozens of regular troops to Somalia in the largest such deployment to the Horn of Africa country in roughly two decades. <br/><br/>The US Africa Command today said this deployment is for logistics training of Somalia's army, which is battling the extremist group al-Shabab.<br/><br/>The United States pulled out of Somalia after 1993, when two helicopters were shot down in the capital, Mogadishu, and bodies of Americans were dragged through the streets.<br/>'<br/>The US in recent years has sent some special operations forces and advisers to Somalia, and President Donald Trump recently approved an expanded military role there. It includes carrying out more aggressive airstrikes against al-Shabab.<br/>'<br/>'''''''<br/>