DOD Support to the Southern Border

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.

Army pilots fly a UH-60 Black Hawk to deliver an aerial view of southern border operations to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Border Czar Thomas D. Homan during their visit to Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 3, 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks with troops assigned to the Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 3, 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth presents the Soldier’s Medal to Army Master Sgt. Daniel A. Brooks at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy in Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 3, 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with troops assigned to the Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 3, 2025.

Marines assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, board a C-130 Hercules at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., Feb. 1, 2025, while deploying to support the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security mission to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Soldiers assigned to the 192nd Quartermaster Company, 489th Engineer Battalion, 90th Sustainment Brigade, operate a mobile surveillance camera site to monitor the barrier near Santa Teresa, N.M., Feb. 1, 2025.

Soldiers participate in a supply drop in McAllen, Texas, Feb. 2, 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 Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, prepare a UH-72 Lakota helicopter for a flight along the southern border near Dona Ana, N.M., Jan. 29, 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.

Soldiers assigned to the 192nd Quartermaster Company from Milan, Ohio, monitor the southern border near Santa Teresa, N.M., Jan. 28, 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 initial deployment of 1,600 active-duty personnel brings the total number of armed forces along the border to nearly 4,000.

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.

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.

A soldier assigned to the 192nd Quartermaster Company from Milan, Ohio, signs off on a logbook while monitoring an area along 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.

A soldier assigned to the 192nd Quartermaster Company from Milan, Ohio, monitors an area along the southern border near Santa Teresa, N.M., Jan. 28, 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 initial deployment of more than 1,600 active-duty personnel brings the number of armed forces along the border to nearly 4,000.