Posted on 10/30/2018 10:30:12 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
Fort Bragg soldiers, equipment and resources are being deployed to the southwest border to support Homeland Security efforts, officials told the Fayetteville Observer.
A spokesman for the 18th Airborne Corps confirmed Tuesday that local troops were part of the more than 5,000 active duty forces who began deploying on Monday and who are expected along the border by the end of the week.
The spokesman did not comment on the specific number of troops from Fort Bragg or the individual units that would be involved in the effort.
Once deployed, local troops would fall under U.S. Northern Command and will support officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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The troops could be called on to erect temporary barriers, barricades and fencing, officials said. And they will supplement 2,100 National Guard troops already deployed to the border under Operation Guardian Support.
On Monday, Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, said the active-duty troops would work with the Department of Homeland Security “to harden the southern border.”
Troops are being deployed from military installations across the nation and will stage in California, Texas and Arizona, he said.
“By the end of this week, we will deploy over 5,200 soldiers to the southwest border,” O’Shaughnessy said. “That is just the start of this operation. We’ll continue to adjust the numbers.”
The title of this article is misleading.
The Title says “May be” while the first paragraph says “are being”......sounds definite.
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By Drew Brooks Military editor
Fort Bragg soldiers, equipment and resources are being deployed to the southwest border to support Homeland Security efforts, officials told the Fayetteville Observer.
A spokesman for the 18th Airborne Corps confirmed Tuesday that local troops were part of the more than 5,000 active duty forces who began deploying on Monday and who are expected along the border by the end of the week.
The spokesman did not comment on the specific number of troops from Fort Bragg or the individual units that would be involved in the effort.
Once deployed, local troops would fall under U.S. Northern Command and will support officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Officials have previously said the deployed troops will not perform border patrol or law enforcement missions. Instead, the mission dubbed Operation Faithful Patriot will include a range of support that includes planning assistance, engineering, fixed and rotary wing aviation, medical teams, command and control facilities, temporary housing for CBP personnel and personal protective equipment for CBP personnel.
The troops could be called on to erect temporary barriers, barricades and fencing, officials said. And they will supplement 2,100 National Guard troops already deployed to the border under Operation Guardian Support.
On Monday, Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, said the active-duty troops would work with the Department of Homeland Security “to harden the southern border.”
Troops are being deployed from military installations across the nation and will stage in California, Texas and Arizona, he said.
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“By the end of this week, we will deploy over 5,200 soldiers to the southwest border,” O’Shaughnessy said. “That is just the start of this operation. We’ll continue to adjust the numbers.”
Speaking in Washington alongside Kevin McAleenan, the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, O’Shaughnessy said the deploying forces will include three combat engineering battalions, three medium-lift helicopter companies, military police and medical units.
McAleenan said the additional support would help prepare border officials for two large groups of migrants approaching the southern border.
One group has approximately 3,500 members and is currently in southern Mexico. The second, with approximately 3,000 migrants made up of families and unaccompanied children, is currently at a border crossing between Guatemala and Mexico.
“We are preparing for the contingency of a large group of arriving persons intending to enter the United States in the next several weeks,” McAleenan said.
He said officials will not allow a large group to enter the United States “in an unsafe and unlawful manner.”
I like that last statement.
Sorry for the double post of some of the article...sheesh.
82 Airborne. All American.
Get some.
5.56mm
Sounds good to me!
Well - it’s the 18th Airborne according to the article...but both are terrific!
Well it will be something to Bragg about in their old age.
My apologies to the whole board and all aspiring and successful comedians.
I love the name of the operation: Faithful Patriot !!!!
Really? That’s cool. A training opportunity if nothing else.
LOL - apologies accepted......
I’d be happy to share my knowledge of setting up Claymores and overlapping fields of fire. Playing defense can be fun!
Yes it is a great name.
As HORRIBLE as the obama years were, what an intriguing and incredible country we live in where essentially the same folks elected the EXACT opposite some years later.
Those who support these migrants/vagrants/illegals - whatever they are will
regret these caravans. Once a military presence is established at the southwest border - it will be there for awhile.
Never let a crisis go to waste - thanks Rahm.
The 82nd Airborne Division is a major element of the 18th Airborne Corp and is co-located with corp HQ at Bragg.
Another major element is the 101st Airborne Division.
Both dropped into Normandy on D-Day, as an historical note.
what an intriguing and incredible country we live in where essentially the same folks elected the EXACT opposite some years later.
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Are you certain that Obama actually won the 2012 Presidential Election, without voter fraud? To me it seems that voter fraud in the 2016 election was prevented.
Rewrite:
What an intriguing and incredible country we live in where a man running for office for the first time can overcome a 5 million fraudulent vote lead and STILL win.
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