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Forward Operating Base Border Wolf, built to house up to 350 National Guard troops participating in Operation Jump Start, nears completion in Deming, N.M., as seen from an Arizona National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk on Nov. 29, 2006. Operation Jump Start is the National Guard's assistance to the Border Patrol in securing the nation's southern border. FOB Border Wolf is located along a challenging 180-mile stretch of border stretching west from El Paso, Texas, where facilities are in short supply and road infrastructure is limited.

Forward Operating Base Border Wolf, built to house up to 350 National Guard troops participating in Operation Jump Start, nears completion in Deming, N.M., as seen from an Arizona National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk on Nov. 29, 2006. Operation Jump Start is the National Guard's assistance to the Border Patrol in securing the nation's southern border. FOB Border Wolf is located along a challenging 180-mile stretch of border stretching west from El Paso, Texas, where facilities are in short supply and road infrastructure is limited.

Forward Operating Base Border Wolf, built to house up to 350 National Guard troops participating in Operation Jump Start, nears completion in Deming, N.M., as seen from an Arizona National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk on Nov. 29, 2006. Operation Jump Start is the National Guard's assistance to the Border Patrol in securing the nation's southern border. FOB Border Wolf is located along a challenging 180-mile stretch of border stretching west from El Paso, Texas, where facilities are in short supply and road infrastructure is limited.

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