Defense Department Provides Support for Southern Border
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Approximately 1,600 active-duty personnel from the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps have deployed to the southern border to augment the approximately 2,500 service members already deployed supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s southern border mission. U.S. Northern Command is the Defense Department’s operational lead for the employment of U.S. military forces to carry out President Donald J. Trump’s executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.