DOW Support to the Southern Border

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Corey Ashby pilots a first-person view small unmanned aircraft system during a live-fire demonstration rehearsal at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 28, 2026.

Marines assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border walk along the southern border during a patrol in El Centro, Calif., Feb. 4, 2026.

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border operate an M30 bridge erection boat while conducting maritime patrols in the Rio Grande in McAllen, Texas, Jan. 9, 2026.

A soldier assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border monitors the southern border through binoculars during a patrol in Yuma, Ariz., Jan. 5, 2026.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Cortland Edwards, left, a culinary specialist, and Seaman Alexia Mezick, a mass communications specialist, conduct colors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in Puget Sound, Wash., Feb. 4, 2026.

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique Brown-Irvin, a steelworker and instructor at the Naval Construction Training Center, guides Navy Rear Adm. Greg Huffman, commander, Naval Education and Training Command, while he operates a virtual reality headset that training center students use to practice welding during a tour of Naval Construction Training Center Gulfport in Gulfport, Miss., Feb. 4, 2026.

Sailors operate a 7-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat during operations aboard the USS Tripoli in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, Feb. 5, 2026.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ismael Briseno aims an M240B light machine gun during a small-craft action team drill aboard the USS Tripoli in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, Feb. 6, 2026.

Naval Support Activity Bahrain Harbor Patrol Unit personnel participate in Citadel Protect in Manama, Bahrain, Feb. 4, 2026. The exercise was designed to enhance security readiness and strengthen interoperability across commands, services and partner nations.

Navy Security Forces conduct drills during Exercise Solid Curtain 2026 at Naval Base San Diego, Feb. 4, 2026. Solid Curtain 2026 is an annual, two-part force protection exercise conducted by the commanders of U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Navy Installations Command on all contiguous U.S. Navy installations.

Navy Seaman Apprentice Genisis Revilla, an aviation machinist's mate, conducts maintenance on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 71, in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 2, 2026.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Gabriel Alejo, a hull maintenance technician aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli, welds a hinge in the repair shop, in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Jan. 31, 2026.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Abraham Meza, an aviation machinist mate aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, inspects afterburner spray bar heat shields while underway in the Indian Ocean, Jan. 25, 2026.

Marines assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, land a CH-53E Super Stallion on the flight deck of the USS Makin Island as a part of deck landing qualifications during quarterly underway amphibious readiness training 26.2, off the coast of California, Jan. 27, 2026.

Sailors conduct a live-fire exercise on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 26, 2026.

A sailor assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer launches a Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, from the flight deck in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 26, 2026.

Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn wave at the Philippine Navy frigate BRP Antonio Luna during a maritime cooperative activity in the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone, Jan. 26, 2026.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Portillo is drenched with water by Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Richey during an enlisted surface warfare specialist pinning ceremony aboard the destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, Jan. 21, 2026.

A Royal Cambodian Navy delegation welcomes the littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati to Ream Naval Base, Cambodia, Jan. 24, 2026.

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Danny Manca conducts maintenance on an F-35C Lightning II on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, Jan. 18, 2026.