DOD Support to the Southern Border

U.S. and Australian service members pose with a long-range hypersonic weapon system in Australia's Northern Territory, July 10, 2025. U.S. troops were participating in Talisman Sabre 25, a bilateral exercise with multinational elements hosted by Australia in partnership with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

Soldiers engage targets during a squad live-fire exercise at the Story Live Fire Complex, South Korea, July 31, 2025.

Vermont Air and Army National Guardsmen compete in The Adjutant General Match at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vt., Aug. 3, 2025. The match is designed to showcase airmen and soldiers' marksmanship skills in a competition setting.

Army National Guard firefighters participate in a nighttime fire training scenario during Exercise Northern Strike 25-2 at Grayling Army Airfield, Mich., Aug. 4, 2025. The exercise was designed to build readiness and enhance interoperability with allied forces.

Marines return fire during a battalion field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 31, 2025. The exercise was designed to improve combat and contingency response capabilities in preparation for future deployments.

Army Spc. Max Boatner operates a C100 drone during a field demonstration as part of Agile Spirit, a multinational training exercise, at Norio Training Area, Georgia, Aug. 2, 2025. The demonstration highlighted the integration of unmanned systems into tactical sustainment operations.

Illinois Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 126th Air Refueling Wing put up tents during an organizationwide training exercise at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Aug. 2, 2025. The exercise was designed to familiarize guardsmen with deployment-specific skillsets.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Laura Perez, center, a field medical service technician assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, aids Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Fire Department personnel during training in Yuma, Ariz., July 29, 2025.

Army Sgt. 1st Class James Heroux, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, drives an M1301 infantry squad vehicle across rugged terrain near Otay Mountain in Sand Diego County, Calif., July 31, 2025.

An Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border delivers a supplies container to Army Maj. David Rodgers, left, and Spc. Ryen Dean, also assigned to the border task force, near Otay Mountain in San Diego County, Calif., July 31, 2025. Sling-load air operations provide logistics support to soldiers operating in terrain difficult to reach by ground.

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border delivers an M1301 vehicle to Army 1st Lt. Amanda Santos and Sgt. Abram Nute, also assigned to the border task force, near Otay Mountain in San Diego County, Calif., July 31, 2025.

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border carries an M1301 infantry squad vehicle near Otay Mountain in San Diego County, Calif., July 31, 2025. The transport enabled rapid mobility for soldiers navigating rugged terrain along the border.

From left, Marine Corps Cpl. Israel Garcia, Lance Cpl. Clowen Jones and Cpl. Joseph Halland, all assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, weld a prefabricated bracket to the border barrier for additional concertina wire in Yuma, Ariz., July 29, 2025.

Marines assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border place concertina wire on the border wall in Yuma, Ariz., July 29, 2025.

Marines assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border place concertina wire on prefabricated brackets to reinforce the border barrier in Yuma, Ariz., July 29, 2025.

Marines assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border place concertina wire on prefabricated brackets to reinforce the border barrier in Yuma, Ariz., July 29, 2025.

Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob Shonk, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, ties concertina wire together before placing it on the border barrier in Yuma, Ariz., July 29, 2025.

Marine Corps Sgts. Chandler Snow and Casey Bennett use an M240B machine gun during Service Level Training Exercise 4-25 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 31, 2025. The exercise was designed to provide a challenging, realistic training environment to produce combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine air-ground task force across all domains of military operations.

Soldiers signal an area with smoke for engineers to breach during a live-fire training exercise as part of Agile Spirit at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, Aug. 3, 2025. The exercise is designed to strengthen regional security cooperation, build military capacity, integrate innovations and foster interoperability in NATO and with participating partners.

Navy Seaman Elizabeth Furlan fires a Mark 38 crew-served weapon system aboard the USS America during a live-fire exercise in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 5, 2025.