DOD Support to the Southern Border

Army Pfc. Kurtis Barney conducts dismounted patrol operations along the southern border in Wellton, Ariz., March 22, 2025.

Coast Guardsmen and sailors conduct small boat operations near the USS Spruance in the Pacific Ocean, March 26, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces. (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out personal identifying information.)

Members of a Coast Guard law enforcement detachment and sailors assigned to USS Spruance conduct small boat operations in the Pacific Ocean, March 26, 2025.

An Army Stryker armored vehicle convoys along the southern border in Santa Teresa, N.M., March 26, 2025.

Soldiers work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and use one of their unmanned aircraft systems to survey the East Presidio sector during border security operations near Presidio, Texas, March 25, 2025.

Soldiers patrol with a Stryker armored vehicle across the East Presidio sector at Presidio, Texas, March 25, 2025.

An Army Stryker armored vehicle convoys along the southern border at Santa Teresa, N.M., March 26, 2025.

Army Sgt. Nathaniel Wedemeyer rides in a Stryker armored vehicle during a convoy to the southern border in El Paso, Texas, March 26, 2025.

Army Pfc. Anthony Guerrero conducts dismounted patrol operations throughout the southern border in Wellton, Ariz., March 22, 2025.

Soldiers patrol along the southern border in Arizona, March 23, 2025. Under the direction of U.S. Northern Command, Joint Task Force – Southern Border aligns efforts to seal the southern border and repel illegal activity and is responsible for full-scale, agile and multi-domain operations.

Army Sgt. Kyle Miller and Spc. Mohana Balakrishan conduct a patrol along the southern border in San Diego, March 23, 2025. Under the direction of U.S. Northern Command, Joint Task Force - Southern Border aligns efforts to seal the southern border and repel illegal activity and is responsible for full-scale, agile and multi-domain operations.

Army Sgt. Kyle Miller and Spc. Mohana Balakrishan conduct a patrol along the southern border in San Diego, March 23, 2025. Under the direction of U.S. Northern Command, Joint Task Force - Southern Border aligns efforts to seal the southern border and repel illegal activity and is responsible for full-scale, agile and multi-domain operations.

Army Spc. Derrick Amador patrols along the southern border at Fort Bliss, Texas, March 23, 2025. Under the direction of U.S. Northern Command, Joint Task Force - Southern Border aligns efforts to seal the southern border and repel illegal activity and is responsible for full-scale, agile and multi-domain operations.

Soldiers patrol along the southern border at Fort Bliss, Texas, March 23, 2025. Under the direction of U.S. Northern Command, Joint Task Force -Southern Border aligns efforts to seal the southern border and repel illegal activity and is responsible for full-scale, agile and multi-domain operations.

Soldiers patrol along the southern border near Nogales, Ariz., March 23, 2025. Under the direction of U.S. Northern Command, Joint Task Force – Southern Border aligns efforts to seal the southern border and repel illegal activity and is responsible for full-scale, agile and multi-domain operations.

A soldier patrols along the southern border near San Diego, March 23, 2025.

Texas Air National Guardsmen stand guard during brush operations in Mission, Texas, March 19, 2025, as part of an effort to support border security.

Army Sgt. Nathaniel Wedemever and Spc. Connor Crihfield conduct an equipment test in a Stryker armored vehicle along the southern border in El Paso, Texas, March 24, 2025.

Navy Cmdr. Matt Adams, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance, observes its transit through San Diego Harbor from the ship's bridge, March 22, 2025. The Spruance is being deployed under U.S. Northern Command's maritime homeland defense authorities with a Coast Guard law enforcement detachment embarked to enable maritime interdiction missions to prevent the flow of illegal drugs and other illegal activity. Northcom is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance transits San Diego Bay for a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Northern Command area of responsibility, March 22, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces.