US Border: More Troops Deploy for Security Mission

1,115 soldiers on the way

May 23, 2025

The US Defense Department continues to militarize the Southern Border with Mexico to fully secure it against illegal crossings and cartel activities.(US Dept. of Defense photo)

The US Department of Defense says 1,115 more service members will be deployed to the border with Mexico "to gain full operational control of the Southern Border.”

The troops will be part of the Joint Task Force-Southern Border under U.S. Northern Command to support Department of Homeland Security operations along the border with Mexico, including recently established "National Defense Areas" in Texas and New Mexico.

Soldiers install sign warning against trespass into a newly designated "Texas National Defense Area" on the border @ Fort Bliss in El Paso. (US Northern Command photo)

Military units to be deployed include:

Approximately 65 Joint Individual Augmentees from the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force will augment Joint Task Force-Southern Border headquarters.
Approximately 250 Soldiers from an Expeditionary Sustainment Command will coordinate logistics and manage sustainment requirements across the area of operations.

Approximately 140 Soldiers from a Quartermaster Field Feeding Company will provide field feeding support to deployed personnel operating in austere environments.
Approximately 125 Soldiers from an Engineer Brigade Headquarters and 145 Soldiers from an Engineer Battalion will deliver engineering command and control and execute vertical and horizontal construction missions.
Approximately 310 Soldiers from two Engineer Construction Companies will construct mobility routes, force protection infrastructure, and mission-critical facilities.
Approximately 75 Soldiers from a Medical Area Support Company will provide force health protection to deployed personnel.
Approximately five Airmen from an Air Force Logistics Support Element from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, will coordinate rapid logistics and sustainment planning in support of mission requirements.

US Northern Command assigned US Army Stryker Crews to remote areas of the US Southern Border with Mexico in March, 2025. (US Border Patrol photos)

US Army Stryker teams have been assisting Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Southern Land Border who are stretched thin along a vast open area of Southwestern US deserts.