DOD Support to the Southern Border

The nuclear-powered attack submarine USS New Hampshire arrives at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 3, 2025, for a depot modernization period.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Hisey, left, and Lt.j.g. Michael Hoffman deploy inflatable targets from the USS Bainbridge before a live-fire gunnery exercise in the Barents Sea, Sept. 1, 2025.

Marine Corps Maj. Robert Oliver, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, observes Lance Cpl. Georgina Martinez secure a 120M motor grader to a trailer during a road improvement mission near Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 29, 2025.

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marcus Duarte, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, operates a commercial 120 GC motor grader during road maintenance operations near Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 29, 2025.

Army Sgt. Even Boddengalindo, a Georgia National Guardsman assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, prepares to fly a Black Hornet Nano drone during a patrol during operation Jabel Bluff near Del Rio, Texas, Aug. 25, 2025.

Army Sgt. Even Boddengalindo, a Georgia National Guardsman assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, flies a Black Hornet Nano drone during a patrol during operation Jabel Bluff near Del Rio, Texas, Aug. 25, 2025.

Navy Cmdr. Brad Pendock receives some assistance during his promotion ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Sept. 2, 2025.

A sailor participates in small arms weapons qualification aboard the USS Nimitz while underway in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Aug. 29, 2025.

A Navy E/A-18G Growler launches from the USS Nimitz during flight operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Aug. 30, 2025.

Navy Lt. j.g. Samantha Prewitt spends time with a giraffe during a community outreach event at Dickerson Park Zoo as part of Springfield-Branson Navy Week in Missouri, Aug. 29, 2025. This is one of 15 Navy Weeks during the Navy's 250th year celebration, bringing a variety of assets, equipment and personnel to cities for engagements designed to bring America's Navy closer to the people it protects.

Army Command Sgt. Maj. Brett Johnson, Joint Task Force Southern Border command sergeant major, observes as Marines reinforce the southern border barrier with concertina wire in Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 28, 2025.

Army Command Sgt. Maj. Brett Johnson, Joint Task Force Southern Border command sergeant major, visits a pre-fabrication section manned by Marines during a visit to Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 29, 2025.

Army Command Sgt. Maj. Brett Johnson, Joint Task Force Southern Border command sergeant major, observes Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jayden Lopez weld two brackets together during a visit to Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 29, 2025.

Marines assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border stretch concertina wire across the southern border barrier in Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 29, 2025.

Marine Corps Pfc. Bryan Medina, left, Lance Cpl. Lucian Haumesser, center, and Lance Cpl. Mondragon, all assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, place barbed wire onto the southern border barrier at Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 29, 2025.

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border execute a radio check to establish secure communications for mission support near Santa Teresa, N.M., Aug. 21, 2025.

Army 1st Lt. Jacob Quinn, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, adjusts an AN/PVS-14 monocular night vision device during a pre-flight check near Santa Teresa, N.M., Aug. 18, 2025.

Army Sgt. Hannah Kinder, assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border, conducts preflight exterior checks on a UH-72A Lakota helicopter near Santa Teresa, N.M., Aug. 18, 2025.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, operates in the Norwegian Sea above the Arctic Circle, Aug. 30, 2025.

Sailors participate in physical conditioning as part of the Naval Undersea Medical Institute in Groton, Conn., Aug. 28, 2025. The regimen encompasses a blend of aquatic and land-based exercises aimed at priming candidates to successfully navigate the diver physical screening test.