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DOD Support to the Southern Border

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A soldier wearing night vision goggles holds a phone to up to their ear while laying on the ground while bathed in green light.

On the Lookout

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.

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