DOW Support to the Southern Border

A Marine assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, reinforces the southern border protective barrier near San Ysidro, Calif., Jan. 25, 2025.

Marines assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, deploy concertina wire along the southern border wall near San Ysidro, Calif., Jan. 25, 2025.

A Marine assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, unravels concertina wire along the southern border near San Ysidro, Calif., Jan. 25, 2025.

Soldiers assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, arrive for their deployment along the southern border, Jan. 25, 2025.

Soldiers assigned to the 549th Military Police Company, 16th Military Police Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, prepare for rapid deployment to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces, Jan. 25, 2025.

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Paul investigates mock suspicious materials inside a storage unit during Furious Alpaca at Camp Navajo, Ariz., April 12, 2023. The three-day exercise aimed to train participants in conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near-peer threat.

Air Force airmen cross over a swale filled with water during Furious Alpaca at Camp Navajo, Ariz., April 10, 2023. The three-day exercise was designed to train participants in conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near-peer threat.