Story by Sgt. Crist Joseph | Department of War Southern Border | 08.18.2025
U.S. Army Soldiers with 41st Engineer Battalion, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB) are deployed across the southern border clearing dense brush in order to improve visibility, enhance response times and improve access in key areas. JTF-SB supports U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) efforts to gain 100 percent operational control of the southern border.......
Story by Pfc. Dominic Atlas | Department of War Southern Border | 08.16.2025
Along the rugged terrain of the U.S.-Mexico border, the Department of Defense (DoD) has deployed optic systems to enhance detection and monitoring capabilities in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The Ground-Based Operational Surveillance System–Expeditionary (GBOSS-(E)), the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3), and the Common Remotely Operated Weapon......
Story by Capt. Maria Salcido | Department of War Southern Border | 08.11.2025
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border assisted in a U.S. Border Patrol deep-water rescue involving two civilians at Amistad National Recreation Area, Aug. 11, 2025, near Del Rio, Texas....
Story by 1st Lt. Giselle Cancino | Department of War Southern Border | 07.12.2025
For over a century, from the bloodied beaches of Iwo Jima to the desert valleys of Afghanistan, “green side” Navy hospital corpsmen have stood alongside Marines. Today, that legacy lives on with the sailors that comprise the medical team of Task Force Sapper, supporting Marines conducting engineering missions along the U.S. southern border since Jan. 23, 2025....
Story by 2nd Lt. Erica Esterly | Department of War Southern Border | 06.16.2025
Amidst soaring temperatures, U.S. Soldiers from the 759th Military Police Battalion established a command center in the Gila Mountains and utilized the Battalion tactical vehicles, deployed from Fort Carson to Yuma, to monitor and detect threats from June 8-16, 2025, in support of Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB)....
Story by 1st Lt. Marcelo Marta | Department of War Southern Border | 06.07.2025
The 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 4th Infantry Division, trains to ensure that radio communications are simple and effective. Over 2,000 miles of border are patrolled daily in desert and mountainous terrain; U.S. Soldiers are utilizing a new system, the Ruggedized Applications Platform-Tactical Radios (RAP-TR) Net, to maintain secure and reliable communications....
