PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) announces elements of Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, from Fort Drum, N.Y., are assigned to USNORTHCOM to support the southern border mission. The unit will constitute a Joint Task Force Headquarters. Approximately 500 servicemembers from the 10th Mountain Division will support this mission, at a location to be named.
Additionally, approximately 140 intelligence personnel from the Joint Force have been assigned to USNORTHCOM as part of the mission to bolster security at the United States southern border. These intelligence personnel will provide full motion video analysis, counter network analysis, and Spanish language translation to the U.S. Border Patrol Office of Intelligence.
Finally, USNORTHCOM has stood up a Joint Intelligence Task Force-Southern Border to integrate and deconflict intelligence planning and threat analysis to support USNORTHCOM’s effective employment of the Joint Force in protecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the United States.
Following President Trump’s Executive Order “Protecting the American People Against Invasion,” the Department of Defense continues to, along with Customs and Border Protection, fill critical capability gaps, such as ground-based detection and monitoring, information analysis, transportation, and supply chain support.
The exact number of personnel will fluctuate as units rotate personnel and as additional forces are tasked to deploy once planning efforts are finalized. Specific units will be announced as soon as more information is made available.