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DOD Support to the Southern Border in Photos

A soldier looks through binoculars.
Watchful Eyes
A soldier assigned to the 192nd Quartermaster Company from Milan, Ohio, uses binoculars to monitor the southern border near Santa Teresa, N.M., in support of U.S. Northern Command, Jan. 28, 2025. Northcom is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border. This initial deployment of more than 1,600 active-duty personnel brings the total number of armed forces along the border to nearly 4,000.
Credit: Army Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy
VIRIN: 250128-A-WU705-2671E

U.S. Northern Command is the Defense Department's operational lead for the employment of U.S. military forces carrying out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Two border patrol boats navigate a body of water.
Rio Patrol
U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Security Team Houston patrols with U.S. Border Patrol along the Rio Grande River in Texas, Jan. 28, 2025. The Coast Guard protects America’s borders, territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Credit: Coast Guard
VIRIN: 250128-G-G0108-1001E
A Marine secures wired fencing.
Securing the Border
A Marine assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, secures concertina wire along the southern border wall near San Ysidro, Calif., Jan. 27, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security on the emplacement of physical barriers to add additional security to curtail illegal border crossings.
Credit: Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Caleb Goodwin
VIRIN: 250127-M-GL456-1251E
Northcom is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border. 
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