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June 5, 2025

759th Military Police Battalion occupies former Border Patrol outpost in rural Arizona

The 759th Military Police Battalion is employing adaptive solutions to accomplish border security in support of Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The 759th Military Police Battalion works in direct support of the Yuma U.S. Customs and Border Protection Sector Headquarters, while subordinate companies support the Yuma and Wellton U.S. Border Patrol Stations.

June 3, 2025

USS Sampson Deploys to U.S. Northern Command Area of Responsibility

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) departed Naval Base San Diego, June 3, 2025, to support operations in the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) area of responsibility.

May 29, 2025

10th Mountain Soldiers track threats with ground-based radar

U.S. Soldiers deployed near Rio Grande City, are using combat-proven radar systems to monitor activity along the southern border, supporting federal agencies in detecting low-flying aerial threats and ground movement in high-traffic areas.

May 20, 2025

USS Charleston deploys to U.S. Northern Command Area of Responsibility

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) departed Naval Base San Diego to support U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) southern border operations, May 20.

May 19, 2025

2nd Stryker Brigade Key Leaders Meet with Interagency Partners in El Paso to Enhance Airspace Control and Border Security

Key leaders from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB) convened in El Paso, Texas, May 7, 2025 to synergize efforts regarding airspace command and control (C2) and better understand the concurrent operational capacity of interagency partners.

May 19, 2025

1st Combat Aviation Brigade assumes aviation operations for Joint Task Force – Southern Border

Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) officially arrived at Libby Army Airfield on April 29, assuming aviation responsibilities in support of Joint Task Force–Southern Border (JTF-SB), reinforcing Army aviation’s enduring role in securing the southern border.

April 23, 2025

Task Force Desert Eagle – new capabilities in a new era

Customs and Border Patrol and Joint Task Force – Southern Border face the challenging task of monitoring over 2,000 miles of border through high desert terrain by using a new asset to the U.S. Military; 3D printing and drones.

April 21, 2025

Task Force 716 implements G-BOSS-(E) system in support of southern border mission

In support of the Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF- SB), the U.S. Army has deployed the Ground-Based Operational Surveillance System (Expeditionary), or G-BOSS-(E) to the San Diego Sector to help support the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

April 10, 2025

Joint Task Force–Southern Border commander visits Soldiers in Gila Bend and Ajo

Maj. Gen. Scott Naumann, the commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division and Joint Task Force–Southern Border, visited Soldiers stationed in Gila Bend and Ajo, Arizona April 10.

March 27, 2025

The impact of Stryker vehicles at the southern border

Recently, the Department of Defense (DoD) authorized the deployment of Stryker armored vehicles to assist Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in detecting and monitoring activity to enhance security at the U.S. southern border.

March 24, 2025

Joint Task Force–Southern Border assumes authority of southern border mission

Joint Task Force-Southern Border, a newly-announced headquarters element from the 10th Mountain Division, assumed control of the southern border mission on March 14, 2025.

March 24, 2025

Securing the Homeland

On the evening of Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a series of Executive Orders related to the Southern border. Among the series of Executive Orders was a national emergency declaration, which directed the Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, to mobilize various organizations to support the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) mission to secure and obtain operational control of the southern border.

March 21, 2025

10th Mountain Division hosts uncasing ceremony

Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division begin their latest deployment with a colors uncasing ceremony held at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, February 18, 2025.

March 14, 2025

Military personnel assist civilian during medical emergency near southern border

A routine surveillance shift turned into a lifesaving response for U.S. Army Reserve Sergeants Jack Dylan Fuller and Peter Gillis, both natives of Milan, Ohio, when they assisted a distressed civilian near Lordsburg, New Mexico, on March 1, 2025.

March 5, 2025

U.S. Soldiers support maritime security

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 716th Military Police Battalion, Task Force Griffin, are supporting the southern border mission through protection the bordering waterways. Nine Solders are working directly with the Coast Guard in the Joint Harbor Operations Center (JHOC).