Photo By 2nd Lt. Erica Esterly | U.S. Army Sgt. Lane Couliette from 23rd Military Police Company, 759th Military Police...... read more read more
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YUMA, 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. Yuma Sector is known for its vast wilderness of the Sonoran Desert, which creates a unique operating environment. U.S. Army Soldiers consistently drive for up to two hours to reach steep terrain with remote mountain tops to conduct detection and monitoring. In an effort to maximize the amount of detection and monitoring across nearly a hundred miles of remote desert terrain, the 759th Military Police Battalion executed an operation occupying Camp Grip, a former U.S. Border Patrol outpost in southern Arizona. “The environment out here is pretty austere, and training in the sand is very different for a lot of us,” said Sgt. Nathan Cluskey, a squad leader in the 759th Military Police Battalion. “[It is] a lot drier and hotter than any of us have experienced.” Soldiers were assigned to Camp Grip for a week-long rotation. They used the base as an outpost to sustain ongoing operations. During the week-long rotation, Soldiers conducted a variety of tasks including manning radar systems and executing detection and monitoring efforts, while maintaining appropriate work-to-rest cycles. The 759th Military Police Battalion brought new capabilities to Yuma, including the Ground-Based Operational Surveillance System (Expeditionary), or G-BOSS(E), a radar and camera sensor capable of detecting movement several miles away. Tactical vehicles were used for mounted patrols along routes such as El Camino Del Diablo, using intelligence-led analysis to identify potential illegal activity. “Part of the reason this operation was unique was that we scaled large mountains to man the key terrain during the mission,” said Sgt. Kenohe Leonor, who led another squad. “Using Camp Grip as a base allowed us to operate listening and observation posts (LP/OPs), which we hadn’t done before.” In preparation for the operation, U.S. Border Patrol agents provided instruction to the Soldiers, equipping them with the skills to identify the tracks of illegal border crossings. Additionally, Soldiers underwent training to identify endangered species in the Cabeza Prieta Wilderness Refuge and gain awareness of protected historical sites in the area to mitigate any potential impacts to them. U.S. Border Patrol agents and JTF-SB Soldiers continue to work side-by-side to secure the Yuma Sector and increase the frequency of patrols within the Sonoran Desert. By bringing new capabilities and innovative solutions to a complex environment, JTF-SB continues to support CBP in securing the southern border.
| Date Taken: | 05.26.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 06.05.2025 14:48 |
| Story ID: | 498897 |
| Location: | YUMA, ARIZONA, US |
| Web Views: | 389 |
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