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20231030 Oct. 30, 2023

U.S. Northern Command supports DHS southwest border surge request

Peterson SFB, Colo. — Eight-hundred active-duty military personnel under the direction of U.S. Northern Command will deploy to the southwest border as part of a surge support request by the Department of Homeland Security to assist the Customs and Border Protection mission.

1st Lt. Samuel Mueller (left) and Staff Sgt. Michael Mathews (right), both assigned to 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, pose for a photo in El Paso, Texas, June 21, 2019. Both soldiers rescued a migrant woman and her child who fell into a canal in El Paso, Texas on June 20, 2019

June 25, 2019

Soldiers rescue two migrants from waters on U.S. border

EL PASO, Texas — Two U.S. Army Soldiers rescued two migrants from canal waters on the U.S. border in El Paso, TX, June 20. The two Soldiers were part of a Mobile Surveillance Team assisting Customs and Border Protection on the Southwest border, saw a migrant family enter the canal.

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Nov. 1, 2018

DoD units supporting DHS along Southwest Border

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The Department of Homeland Security has requested the Department of Defense to provide a range of assistance, including planning, engineering, transportation, logistics and medical support to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Gen. Lori Robinson, NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, inspects the Southwest Border between San Diego, Calif. and Tijuana, Mexico with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Aug. 24, 2016.

Aug. 26, 2016

Southwest Border Region Visit

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Gen. Lori Robinson, NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, was briefed on and toured the Southwest Border Region during a visit to San Diego, Calif., Aug. 24, 2016.

Gen. Lori Robinson (left), Commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM, meets with members of the Customs and Border Protection with Joint Task Force - West in Tucson, Arizona, July 21, 2016. Gen. Robinson was briefed on the mission and challenges on the U.S. border. She also toured the U.S. southern border via helicopter. NORTHCOM is a mission partner with the CBP. Joint Task Force – West (JTF-W) is part of the Department of Homeland Security's Southern Border and Approaches Campaign Plan. This joint task force structure focuses cross-departmental and integrated counter-network operations on strategic objectives across four geographical corridors. Area networks within the JTF-W Joint Operating Area include supporting components, Department of Defense Commands, International, State, Local, and Tribal entities. JTF-W efforts are designed to extend the border and institutionalize an asymmetric operational agility, effectiveness, and impact against targeted Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO) networks.

Aug. 5, 2016

Southern Border Visit

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Air Force Gen. Lori J. Robinson, commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, travelled the Southern U.S. Border visiting NORTHCOM mission partners and units July 19-21, 2016. She received mission briefs and aerial tours in Texas and Arizona.