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This is the slowest traffic year we've

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had in a quarter of a century . We've

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got a presence on the border that we've

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never used before . Uh , the DOD is

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kind of an ultimate force multiplier .

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The things that they used to do . Don't

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work anymore It's night and day

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difference . that those days are over .

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The border is more secure than it's

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ever been . You can never rest easy .

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You sleep with one eye open the rest of

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your life at the moment we find you .

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You're deported .

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Historically , joint task forces have

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been established to conduct one

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specific purpose or mission . Joint

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Task Force Southern Borders mission is

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to support CBP and control the southern

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border of the United States , uh ,

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using multi-domain uh control across

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all operations . Joint Task Force

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Southern Border has 7 , total

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subordinate task force . Three of those

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task force are maneuver elements

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maneuver brigades . They do most of the

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actual actions on the border . And all

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other operations that a typical

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maneuver element would do . Mainly

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we're here to observe uh and report and

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allow the border patrol to be able to

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do their mission . We're out on the on

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the border itself in order to uh detect

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these these individuals as they come

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across the border . Um , but we also

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have Lakotas , um , as , and our other

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aviation platforms include Black Hawks

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and Chinooks , which gives us mobility

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over extremely rough terrain that may

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not be navigable by regular vehicles .

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Our main support here , our main focus

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is aerial observation and

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reconnaissance . We have an aircraft

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with cameras on it that's called the uh

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the map , the mission equipment package ,

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but really we're coordinating with the

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agents on the ground to either help

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spot potential . on the ground or um in

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certain scenarios uh keep them bedded

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down so to speak so if they are moving

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in a difficult terrain sometimes just

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having a helicopter overhead they'll

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keep people pin up in a bush or

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something like that and give the agents

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on the ground enough time to complete

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their mission . We have one sustainment

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brigade that pretty much sustains the

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fight all the way across the 1954 miles

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of our joint operations area and so

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without them , none of the elements

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would actually be able to sustain what

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they're doing , uh , so they're a

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critical component and then lastly we

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have two elements that uh provide

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engineering support . Um , one of them

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is a Marine Corps element and the other

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one's the Army element and they

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basically help with uh . Removing

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obstacles and placing or enhancing the

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border and doing uh a litany of other

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tasks that are specific to engineers .

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Uh , the DOD is kind of a , kind of an

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ultimate force multiplier . They're in

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the areas that we have the hardest time

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patrolling , the hardest time

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monitoring , the hardest time putting

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technology into they're filling those

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gaps , reporting to , to their

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superiors and our superiors say ,

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here's the activity going on in this

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area . We've got help at several

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different sectors just doing

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maintenance on vehicles so we can get

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more agents to the border . We've got

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new technology that we've never seen

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before . DOD is is thirsty for data ,

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and they take all the data and they

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turn it into something actionable .

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Yeah , the unique , uh , military

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capabilities we have along the southern

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border right now , uh , currently we

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have the Stryker platform which is able

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to move through rough terrain . It has ,

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um , exceptional observation platform

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capabilities as well as communications

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capabilities that wasn't on along the

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border , observation platforms making

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our own observation posts and using our

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military communications . Additionally ,

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we have the drone buster . Uh , which

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we use it , it basically disrupts the

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frequency , sends the drone back to

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where it came from , uh , which

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prevents them from conducting

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observation of our patrols as well as

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our static sites where our soldiers are .

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Um , we also have employed some , uh ,

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they're called G bosses which are

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sensor cameras that enable us to see

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far distances and identify illegal

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aliens that potentially could be trying

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to cross . Our unique capabilities are

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just our soldiers . They're physically

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fit . They can get into these mountains ,

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uh , on foot . They can , uh , they can

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utilize our vehicles that that we have

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the strikers or JLTVs , whatever it is

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that we're , we're rolling around in ,

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we can ride on any vehicle we got , but

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when we get on the ground , it's up to

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those , those soldiers and those squad

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leaders and team leaders to get out

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there and get this job done and they're

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absolutely crushing it . The DTs

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presence on the southern border . Has

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jammed up everything . The things that

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they used to do , the illegals on the

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south side of don't work anymore . They

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spent the last 100 years watching the

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Border patrol , and now there's a new

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game in town , several 1000 strong ,

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new outfits , new technologies . They

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don't know what their capabilities are .

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So they've had to , had to rethink

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everything they're doing because it's

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not working the old way anymore . Since

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JTF southern border has taken over , we

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have increased our authorities and our

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ability to actually use our unique

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military capabilities . We can now , uh ,

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within the national defense areas and

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essentially what it is , it's an

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extension of a military installation

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which allowed us to extend the same

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authorities we have on a military

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installation for people that would

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trespass . In those national defense

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areas along the border , and what that

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does is it grants us the authorities to

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temporarily detain people , use our

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counter UAS um we are able to do

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patrolling like we , we weren't able to

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do before , and that has increased our

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effectiveness and our ability to truly

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control that border , and it was uh it

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put an extreme burden on the CBP agents ,

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um , when they were at low Manning to

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kind of cover a lot more distance

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without assistance . It's night and day

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difference . This is the slowest

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traffic year we've had in a quarter of

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a century . Last June , we had 83,000

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apprehensions , give or take . This

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June we had 6000 . Some would say it's

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a policy change that's done that . Well ,

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I like to think that we are the policy

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change , putting the striker brigade

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and the striker battalions on the

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border as a deterrent , it's , uh ,

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it's made a huge impact . I think

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that's what we're sitting here to do

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and and just judging by the result ,

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it's working . Part of our goal is to

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close the border , gather gain a 100%

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situational awareness . The other part

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of that goal is to be able to sustain

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that after DOD leaves . This affects

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the future of everybody here ,

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everybody in America , all of our

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children are affected by how effective

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we are on the border . It's critical

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for the future of this country , what

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we're doing out there on the ground

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every day .