June 9, 2025

Task Force Sapper enhances southern border security with innovative barrier obstacle design

IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. — In direct support of U.S. Border Patrol (USBP), Task Force Sapper Marines, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB) completed the emplacement of a two-tier concertina wire (c-wire) obstacle on June 7, 2025, along a key section of the U.S. – Mexico border, enhancing deterrence measures and maintaining the territorial integrity of the United States.

June 5, 2025

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

YUMA, Ariz. — 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

SAN DIEGO — 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

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — 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

NORFOLK, Va. — 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 20, 2025

Border Patrol K-9 flown to safety after rattlesnake bite in Otay Mountain

OTAY MOUNTAIN, Calif. — A seamless joint operation between Task Force Sentinel aviators and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel helped save the life of canine Boo, a Border Patrol K-9 agent, bitten by a rattlesnake during an illegal alien apprehension mission in rugged terrain on May 9, 2025.

May 19, 2025

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

EL PASO, Texas — 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

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. — 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 28, 2025

41st Engineer Battalion deployed to the southern border

FORT BLISS, Texas — The 41st Engineer Battalion deployed from Fort Drum, New York to Fort Bliss, Texas, April 25, 2025, to provide engineering support to Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB).

April 23, 2025

Task Force Desert Eagle – new capabilities in a new era

FORT BLISS, Texas — 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

SAN DIEGO — 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

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. — 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

FORT BLISS, Texas — 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

FORT BLISS, Texas — 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

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. — 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.