DOD Support to the Southern Border

Army Pfc. Jackson Muse fires an FIM-92 Stinger during Super Garuda Shield 25 in Baturaja, Indonesia, Aug. 26, 2025. The annual exercise between Indonesia and the U.S. strengthens bilateral interoperability, capabilities and cooperation.

Army Staff Sgt. Ernesto Navarez, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, shows retired Sgt. Maj. Eric Geressy, a senior adviser to the Defense Secretary, a long-range acoustic device employed at the southern border in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 21, 2025. The non-lethal communication and deterrent system enables soldiers to deliver clear voice commands and warning tones over long distances.

Army Lt. Col. Cris Gasperini, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, speaks to senior advisers to the Defense Secretary during a visit to the southern border in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 21, 2025.

Army Spc. Trevor Olsen, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, uses a night vision system to identify suspected illegal activity and sends up information to U.S. Border Patrol agents near Laredo, Texas, Aug. 15, 2025.

Army Sgt. Valory Walton, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, establishes an observation post to provide surveillance using a night vision system and relay information to her team near Laredo, Texas, Aug. 15, 2025.

Navy aircraft fly over the USS Abraham Lincoln during Northern Edge in the North Pacific Ocean, Aug. 23, 2025. The exercise was designed to strengthen joint interoperability and sharpen air and sea-based combat readiness.

Army Pfc. Daniel Flores, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, fires an M2A1 machine gun during a gunnery exercise at Doña Ana Training Complex, N.M., Aug. 21, 2025.

Army Pfc. Daniel Flores, left, and Spc. Evan Card, both assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, mount an M2A1 machine gun to an M1114 Humvee before a gunnery exercise at Doña Ana Training Complex, N.M., Aug. 21, 2025.

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nicholas Lopez sights in during the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise, part of Service Level Training Exercise 4-25, at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 20, 2025. The exercise produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine air-ground task force across all domains.

Sailors render honors to Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady as he departs from the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf of Alaska, Aug. 19, 2025. His visit aboard the aircraft carrier highlighted the capacity and capability of its strike group during Northern Edge 25, a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led exercise that aims to deliver high-end, realistic warfighter training that strengthens the air and sea-based combat readiness of U.S. and other participating forces.

Air Force Master Sgt. Geoffrey Nesbit provides direction to a South Korean airman while responding to a simulated ground attack during Exercise Ulchi Freedom Shield 25 at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Aug. 19, 2025. The exercise integrates U.S. and South Korean forces during side-by-side operations, furthering their ability to defend the Korean Peninsula.

Marines assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border prepare concertina to place atop previously laid barbed wire on the southern border barrier in Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 19, 2025.

Navy Seaman Ernesto Cruz, left, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, conducts an interagency medical evacuation training exercise in Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 15, 2025.

Marine Corps Cpls. Christian Trudeau, left, and Israel Garcia, both assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, place concertina wire on the southern border barrier in Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 19, 2025.

Marine Corps Cpls. Christian Trudeau, left, and Israel Garcia, both assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, place concertina wire on the southern border barrier in Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 19, 2025.

Army Staff Sgt. Cody Solomon, right, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, hoists a simulated casualty onto an Army UH-60 Black Hawk during casualty evacuation training in Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 16, 2025.

Army Staff Sgt. Cody Solomon, left, and Marines, all assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, hoist a stretcher holding a simulated casualty onto an Army UH-60 Black Hawk during casualty evacuation training in Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 16, 2025.

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft flies in formation alongside allied fighter jets over the Monument of Freedom in Riga, Latvia, during the Bomber Task Force Europe Exercise, Aug. 19, 2025. The exercise demonstrated NATO air forces' ability to operate together.

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border shield a simulated casualty while executing a medical evacuation training exercise with AeroCare Medical Transport pilots in Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 18, 2025.

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border provide tactical casualty combat care while executing a medical evacuation training exercise with AeroCare Medical Transport pilots in Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 18, 2025. AeroCare Medical Transport provides critical air care services to remote areas in order to ensure a layered medical support plan.