DOD Support to the Southern Border

Soldiers assigned to the 759th Military Police Battalion monitor an area along the southern border near Del Rio, Texas, Feb. 3, 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.

Service members set up tents to expand an operations center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 9, 2025.

An airman builds a tent at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 9, 2025.

Service members set up tents to expand an operations center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 9, 2025.

Service members set up tents to expand an operations center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 9, 2025.

A soldier helps a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in identifying tracks from an illegal alien near Santa Teresa, N.M., Feb. 1, 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. (This image has been altered for security features by blurring identifiable insignia.)

A Marine uses a forklift to carry barbed wire near Imperial Beach, Calif., Feb. 4, 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.

A soldier helps with southern border operations in Hidalgo, Texas, Feb. 5, 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.

Marines deploy concertina wire along the southern border wall near San Ysidro, Calif., Feb. 5, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security on the emplacement of physical barriers to add additional security that will curtail illegal border crossings.

A soldier assigned to the 192nd Quartermaster Company, 489th Engineer Battalion, 90th Sustainment Brigade, provides additional surveillance at a Mobile Surveillance Capabilities Site monitoring the barrier near Santa Teresa, N.M., Feb. 1, 2025. (This image has been altered for security purposes by blurring identifiable insignia.)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with troops to assess the operational control of the U.S.-Mexico border, El Paso, Texas, Feb. 3, 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth receives an operations brief on the state of the southern border at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 3, 2025.

A soldier monitors live surveillance feeds at a monitoring station in support of U.S. Border Patrol and U.S. Northern Command, Del Rio, Texas, Jan. 31, 2025.

Marines assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, deploy concertina wire along the southern border wall near San Ysidro, Calif., Feb. 3, 2025.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Border Czar Thomas D. Homan host a press gaggle with media members after meeting with troops and U.S. Border Patrol agents to assess the operational control of the U.S.-Mexico border, El Paso, Texas, Feb. 3, 2025.

Marines assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, deploy concertina wire along the southern border wall near San Ysidro, Calif., Feb. 4, 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visits Joint Task Force North, U.S. Northern Command, to see the efforts military men and women are undertaking in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to secure the southern border at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 3, 2025.

Sailors and coast guardsmen erect expeditionary shelter tents in support of a Migrant Operations Center expansion at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 2, 2025.

Soldiers and civilians assigned to the 502nd Air Base Wing pack a pallet of equipment in preparation for deployment at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 31, 2025. Service members are supporting removal operations led by the Department of Homeland Security at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

Civilians assigned to the 502nd Air Base Wing load a pallet of equipment into a C-130 Hercules in preparation for a deployment at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 31, 2025. Service members are supporting removal operations led by the Department of Homeland Security at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.