DOD Support to the Southern Border

Marine Corps Sgt. Adrian Echeverria and U.S. Border Patrol Agent Sergio Echavarria participate in cross-training with Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Provost Marshal's Office personnel at the installation's entry point, April 7, 2025. The training aimed to enhance collaboration.

Service members assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Guard prepare to transport a simulated patient during a medical evacuation training at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 3, 2025.

Army Spc. Cameron Heasley, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border, maintains security while patrolling the southern border near Fort Hancock, Texas, April 9, 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.

A Stryker military vehicle overlooks the southern border next to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection common operating picture tower in Douglas, Ariz., April 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 and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Army Sgt. Brandon Byer, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border, conducts a patrol at the southern border near Fort Hancock, Texas, April 9, 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 assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border conduct a vehicle refresher course while observing the southern border in Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 3, 2025.

Army Spc. Ashton Pranschke, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border, conducts a short halt during a patrol of the southern border near Ysleta, Texas, April 3, 2025.

Army Sgt. Jonathan Estaba, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border, patrols the southern border near Ysleta, Texas, April 3, 2025.

A soldier assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border conducts a squad level reconnaissance patrol along the southern border in Presidio, Texas, April 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 and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border conduct a squad level reconnaissance patrol along the southern border in Presidio, Texas, April 2, 2025.

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border conduct a squad level reconnaissance patrol along the southern border in Presidio, Texas, April 2, 2025.

Army Spc. Franco Steven visually inspects an MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., March 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 and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Army Spc. Franco Steven and Sgt. Thomas McCoy remove a generator from the side of an MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., March 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 and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Soldiers offload M1126 Stryker armored vehicles at Fort Bliss, Texas, April 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 and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Army Spc. Jaden Wakefield, rail guides an M1126 Stryker armored vehicle at Fort Bliss, Texas, April 5, 2025.

Soldiers conduct a dismounted squad patrol along the southern border near Sierra Blanca, Texas, March 31, 2025.

Army Sgt. Edward Rosa, left, discusses the capabilities of the Stryker armored vehicle with a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Santa Teresa, N.M., April 2, 2025.

Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David L. Odom, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Division, arrives at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 1, 2025. Odom traveled to ensure Marine welfare at the base.

Stryker combat vehicles prepare to leave the rail yard to support the Southern Border mission at Fort Carson, Colo., April 1, 2025.

Soldiers secure Stryker combat vehicles onto railcars to support the Southern Border mission at Fort Carson, Colo., April 1, 2025.