They will join more than 10,000 troops already deployed at the border as part of the Joint Task Force’s tropical border.
The force will join more than 10,000 service members already deployed at the border as part of the Joint Task Force border, a joint effort between the border and the Department of Homeland Security. The new development is the latest development in the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to secure tropical borders.
The forces will be deployed “to provide enhanced maintenance, engineering, healthcare and operational capabilities as part of the Department of Defense’s ongoing government-wide approach to gain full operational control of the tropical border.”
A total of 1,115 troops will be deployed.
Of these service members, 310 come from two engineer construction companies to help build “mobility routes, forced protection infrastructure and mission-critical facilities.” They are complemented by another 125 soldiers at the Engineer Brigade Headquarters and 145 from the Engineer Battalion providing engineering commands and controls, “performing vertical and horizontal construction missions.”
Another 250 soldiers came from the expedition maintenance order, “coordinating logistics and managing maintenance requirements across the operational sector.” An additional 140 soldiers from the Quarter Master Field Feeding Company will help support personnel “operating in harsh environments” with Field Feed, the military’s term for distributing food outside traditional dining facilities. 75 staff from the medical area support company will provide “forced protection” to personnel.
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Securing a border
Executive Order 14165, published on President Donald Trump’s first day in office, orders the Department of Defense and Homeland Security to “take all appropriate and legitimate actions to deploy sufficient personnel along the southern borders of the United States to ensure full operational control.” The US Northern Command is the arm that DOD performs its mission.
Service members do not support law enforcement, support detection and surveillance efforts, and assist in the construction of physical barriers.
So far, service members deployed at the border in 2025 have carried out detection and surveillance operations and helped develop logistics and transport infrastructure that helped customs and border patrols carry out law enforcement activities.
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