JTF-SB Marines Continue Expeditionary Barrier Construction in Nogales

Operation Ardent Vanguard

All U.S. Northern Command efforts to protect the United States sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security from unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, and other criminal activities now fall under the overarching operational name – Operation Ardent Vanguard. This page was formally known as Department of War Southern Border.

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