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FORT BLISS, Texas – The 1st Armored Division Headquarters will assume command of Joint Task Force – Southern Border from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, this spring.
Joint Task Force – Southern Border, under the direction of U.S. Northern Command, executes full-scale, agile, and all-domain operations in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to protect the territorial integrity of the United States and achieve 100% operational control of the southern border.
While the 1st Armored Div. headquarters will be in command of JTF-Southern Border, elements of the division’s Combat Aviation Brigade and Division Sustainment Brigade will also join the southern border mission in supporting roles.
In addition to operating from Fort Huachuca, deployed Soldiers will operate across a variety of locations along the southern border to carry out directed missions in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other JTF-Southern Border units’ efforts to secure the border and protect the territorial integrity of the United States.
Primarily, JTF-Southern Border assists with enhanced detection and monitoring based on an authority granted in March 2025 that allows service members to conduct mobile, ground-based monitoring to detect, track and observe suspected illegal activity using military tactical vehicles or foot patrols across the 1,954 miles of the southern border. Service members do not conduct law enforcement actions, nor are they involved in deportation operations associated with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"We are honored to assume command of this mission,” said Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, commander of the 1st Armored Division. “For most of living memory, our Soldiers have fought for the freedom and security of our allies abroad, but now we have been asked to defend our own borders. This mission resonates with the Soldiers of 1st Armored Division because the borderland is our home. We will carry out our orders with the utmost professionalism and respect for our neighbors in those communities we are defending.”
| Date Taken: | 05.11.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 05.12.2026 12:17 |
| Story ID: | 564948 |
| Location: | FORT BLISS, TEXAS, US |
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