DOD Support to the Southern Border

A service member sets up air conditioning systems during Operation Southern Guard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 15, 2025.

A Marine provides security as part of Operation Southern Guard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb 17, 2025.

Airmen assigned to the 821st Contingency Response Element build a high line dock to download multi-pallet trains at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 12, 2025.

Marines prepare tents as part of Operation Southern Guard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 17, 2025.

A Marine conducts drone operations during Operation Southern Guard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 18, 2025.

Service members support interagency partners escorting illegal aliens as part of Operation Southern Guard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 10, 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 soldier assigned to the Georgia National Guard conducts a visual inspection of a passing train traveling from Mexico to the United States to look for illegal crossings of the border in Uvalde, Texas, Feb. 12, 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 with additional military forces.

Army Brig. Gen. Michael Liesmann, deputy commanding general at the United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, Training and Doctrine Command, greets soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., Feb. 15, 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 with additional military forces.

A soldier assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, unloads gear at Libby Army Airfield, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., Feb. 15, 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 with additional military forces.

A soldier assigned to the 132nd Military Police Company, 51st Military Police Battalion, surveys an area popular for border crossing near Laredo, Texas, Feb. 16, 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 with additional military forces.

A soldier assigned to the132nd Military Police Company, 51st Military Police Battalion, surveys an area popular for border crossing near Laredo, Texas, Feb. 16, 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 with additional military forces.

Soldiers assigned to Task Force Sentinel prepare to test the engine performance of a UH-72A Lakota at Dona Ana County International Jetport in Santa Teresa, N.M., Feb. 13, 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 with additional military forces.

A soldier assigned to Task Force Sentinel refuels a UH-72A Lakota at Dona Ana County International Jetport, N.M., Feb. 13, 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 with additional military forces.

Army Col. Michael Childs, Fort Huachuca's Garrison Commander, greets soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division at Libby Army Airfield, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., Feb. 13, 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 with additional military forces.

A soldier works on a UH-72 Lakota helicopter in Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 14, 2025, while supporting the southern border mission. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces.

Coast Guardsmen walk toward a C-130 Hercules in San Diego, Feb. 8, 2025. Law Enforcement Detachments are brought on flight operations to ensure safe transportation.

Personnel assigned to the Texas Military Department, Department of Public Safety, and border patrol hold a security operation in Mission, Texas, Feb. 11, 2025. The event aimed to show solidarity between the state and federal government on border security.

Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Headquarters Support Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, deplane from a military chartered aircraft after arriving at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., Feb. 11, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment Customs and Border Protection with additional military forces along the southern border.

Army Col. Michael J. Childs, garrison commander at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., welcomes arriving soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Feb. 11, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces.

Georgia National Guardsmen stand patrol near the border in Del Rio, Texas, Feb. 10, 2025.