DOD Support to the Southern Border

Florida Army National Guardsmen conduct border patrol operations in Brownsville, Texas, Feb. 25, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith, the 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps, meets with service members and interagency partners during a visit to observe Operation Southern Guard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 26, 2025. Joint Task Force Southern Guard is supporting illegal aliens holding operations led by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

A Marine assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Guard checks communication connections in support of Operation Southern Guard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 24, 2025. Joint Task Force Southern Guard is supporting illegal aliens holding operations led by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, welcomes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 25, 2025. Joint Task Force Southern Guard is supporting illegal alien holding operations led by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Marine Corps Cpl. Cameron Bettencourt guides a winch operation during disaster relief efforts in Pacific Palisades, Calif., Feb. 19, 2025. At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Northern Command deployed roughly 170 active-duty personnel to assist teams led by the Environmental Protection Agency to remove hazardous waste created by the Eaton and Palisades fires in California.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tours the USS Thomas Hudner during a visit to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 25, 2025.

Soldiers provide overwatch at the Texas-Mexico border along the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas, Feb. 20, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Soldiers survey the southern border wall in a UH-72A Lakota helicopter at Dona Ana, N.M., Feb. 22, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with sailors aboard the USS Thomas Hudner during a visit to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 25, 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth engages with troops during his visit to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 25, 2025. Joint Task Force Southern Guard is supporting illegal alien holding operations led by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner during his visit to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 25, 2025.

Soldiers provide overwatch at the Texas-Mexico border along the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas, Feb. 20, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States. (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out identification badges.)

A geospatial engineer prints area maps at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 22, 2025. Joint Task Force Southern Guard is supporting illegal alien holding operations led by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out maps and computers)

An Army noncommissioned officer explains aerial data at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 20, 2025. Joint Task Force Southern Guard is supporting illegal aliens holding operations led by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out maps and computers.)

Army medical facilities are set up in support of Operation Southern Guard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Feb. 21, 2025. Joint Task Force Southern Guard is supporting illegal alien holding operations led by the Department of Homeland Security.

Sailors construct facilities in support of the mission to expand the holding center for illegal aliens during Operation Southern Guard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 21, 2025.

A Texas National Guardsman signs oath of office paperwork during a deputization ceremony in McAllen, Texas, Feb. 20, 2025. Nearly 100 newly deputized guardsmen will provide support to state and federal authorities to secure the southern border.

A P-8A Poseidon sits on the flight line at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., Feb. 18, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Texas National Guardsmen perform maintenance on a Humvee at a vehicle storage facility in support of Operation Southern Resolve in McAllen, Texas, Feb. 18, 2025.

Soldiers in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle survey the border at Mount Cristo Ray, Sunland Park, N.M., Feb. 20, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.