DOD Support to the Southern Border

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth holds a bilateral exchange with Israel Defense Minister Israel Katz at the Pentagon, July 18, 2025.

Sailors aboard the USS Sampson prepare for a mission in the Pacific Ocean, July 10, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to provide additional military forces and capabilities at the southern border. Faces of personnel have been blurred for security reasons.

Marines assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border set up a tent to establish an operations center in Yuma, Ariz., July 7, 2025.

Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, set up a tent to establish an operations center in Yuma, Ariz., July 7, 2025.

Sailors handle a mooring line aboard the USS Cole at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 11, 2025.

Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Jeremiah Fish, left, and Lance Cpl. Lucio Gonzalez practice welding techniques during training at the southern border barrier near Campo, Calif., July 4, 2025.

Marine Corps Cpl. Fernando Sanchez, right, trains Lance Cpl. Carmel Gonzales on the operation of a mobile elevated work platform at the southern border barrier near Campo, Calif., July 4, 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Emil Michael, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, deliver remarks to reporters while touring multidomain autonomous displays at the Pentagon, July 16, 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael speak to reporters while touring multidomain autonomous displays at the Pentagon, July 16, 2025.

Soldiers monitor the southern border from a Stryker armored vehicle, followed by a Border Patrol truck, near Nogales, Ariz., July 8, 2025.

Marines assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border unload cargo using a rough-terrain forklift at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., July 9, 2025.

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border use boom lifts to install concertina wire along the barrier near El Paso, Texas, July 3, 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provides remarks at the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Symposium at the Pentagon, July 15, 2025.

Soldiers assigned to the California National Guard are briefed prior to a mission to help protect federal personnel and property in the greater Los Angeles area, July 10, 2025.

Soldiers discuss movement orders after staging a mine-resistant vehicle in the greater Los Angeles area, July 10, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is providing military forces to help protect federal workers and property.

An Army Stryker armored vehicle assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border is parked near Santa Teresa, N.M., July 5, 2025. Strategic positioning of such vehicles enhances situational awareness and strengthens operations to protect the territorial integrity of the U.S.

Sailors assigned to the USS Cole oversee a calibration test fire in the Caribbean Sea, July 9, 2025.

Army Capt. Matthew Antonio, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, uses a ground-based operational surveillance system near Yuma, Ariz., July 7, 2025, to protect the territorial integrity of the U.S.

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Albert Hernandez conducts maintenance on an MK 38 25 mm machine gun prior to a calibration test fire aboard the USS Cole in the Caribbean Sea, July 10, 2025.

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border use a ground-based surveillance system to detect and monitor for illegal activity in Yuma, Ariz., July 7, 2025.