DOW Support to the Southern Border

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey Lee conducts preflight checks on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter before a flight in the Gulf of America, April 8, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Gavin Powers conducts routine maintenance on a surface vessel torpedo tube aboard the USS Gravely in the Gulf of America, April 8, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces.

Sailors prepare an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter for flight operations while underway in the Gulf of America, April 7, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces.

Navy Seaman Krighton Dietrich prepares an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter for flight operations while underway in the Gulf of America, April 7, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces.

Navy Lt. j.g. Stanley White stands watch in the combat information center aboard the USS Gravely while underway in the Gulf of America, April 10, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces.

Marine Corps Sgt. Adrian Echeverria and U.S. Border Patrol Agent Sergio Echavarria participate in cross-training with Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Provost Marshal's Office personnel at the installation's entry point, April 7, 2025. The training aimed to enhance collaboration.

Service members assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Guard prepare to transport a simulated patient during a medical evacuation training at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 3, 2025.

Army Spc. Cameron Heasley, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border, maintains security while patrolling the southern border near Fort Hancock, Texas, April 9, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

A Stryker military vehicle overlooks the southern border next to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection common operating picture tower in Douglas, Ariz., April 3, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Army Sgt. Brandon Byer, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border, conducts a patrol at the southern border near Fort Hancock, Texas, April 9, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border conduct a vehicle refresher course while observing the southern border in Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 3, 2025.

Army Spc. Ashton Pranschke, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border, conducts a short halt during a patrol of the southern border near Ysleta, Texas, April 3, 2025.

Army Sgt. Jonathan Estaba, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border, patrols the southern border near Ysleta, Texas, April 3, 2025.

A soldier assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border conducts a squad level reconnaissance patrol along the southern border in Presidio, Texas, April 2, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border conduct a squad level reconnaissance patrol along the southern border in Presidio, Texas, April 2, 2025.

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border conduct a squad level reconnaissance patrol along the southern border in Presidio, Texas, April 2, 2025.

Army Spc. Franco Steven visually inspects an MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., March 28, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Army Spc. Franco Steven and Sgt. Thomas McCoy remove a generator from the side of an MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., March 28, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Soldiers offload M1126 Stryker armored vehicles at Fort Bliss, Texas, April 5, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border and carry out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Army Spc. Jaden Wakefield, rail guides an M1126 Stryker armored vehicle at Fort Bliss, Texas, April 5, 2025.