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Operation Faithful Patriot: 1st 100 US troops arrive to serve at border, defense official says
Fox News ^ | Nov. 1, 2018 | Frank Miles

Posted on 11/01/2018 8:52:19 PM PDT by Innovative

The first 100 active-duty troops have arrived at the U.S.-Mexican border to provide support for Border Patrol agents as a caravan of migrants slowly makes its way northward from Central America, a Defense Department official told Fox News on Thursday evening.

The troops are doing initial assessments at the port of entry in McAllen, Texas. The official said there are about 2,600 troops now at staging bases, largely in Texas, with several thousand more expected to flow in through the weekend and move into California and Arizona.

The Pentagon said more than 7,000 active-duty troops are being sent to the southern border, with more possible. President Trump has said the number could reach 15,000.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; bordersecurity; caravan; illegals; invasion
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Excellent.

President Trump keeps his promises.

1 posted on 11/01/2018 8:52:19 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Promises Made, Promises Kept


2 posted on 11/01/2018 9:10:04 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: Innovative

THIS is what presidents were created for! Thank you President Trump for reminding us everyday that protecting America is your highest goal.


3 posted on 11/01/2018 9:27:49 PM PDT by georgiegirl (Count me Deplorable)
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To: Innovative

God bless those fine American troops engaged in a great effort to make our country more secure.


4 posted on 11/01/2018 9:29:53 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: Innovative

Just wondering if they are armed with weapons or free sh*t.


5 posted on 11/01/2018 9:41:02 PM PDT by bluejean (I'm becoming a cranky old person. It really annoys me.)
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To: Innovative

Thank you, President Trump. Please have the troops stop the invasion before it hits American soil. Request about 100 yards of Mexican land on their side of the border to place our troops and shut down this invasion.


6 posted on 11/01/2018 10:18:58 PM PDT by Cedar
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Just wondering if they are armed with weapons or free sh*t.

The only free sh*t we should give them would be thousands of pounds of stinky manure poured over the Mexican side of the fence.

7 posted on 11/01/2018 10:32:44 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Innovative

Who names these operations?

Why not something more specific, such as Operation Southern Border?


8 posted on 11/01/2018 11:50:00 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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Too bad the guy that named Operation Wetback isn’t around still.


9 posted on 11/01/2018 11:51:08 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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Too bad the guy that named Operation Wetback isn’t around still.
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LOL. I was just thinking about IKE and that operation - it was pretty successful - lots of people self - deported.


10 posted on 11/01/2018 11:57:41 PM PDT by greeneyes
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To: Innovative

*** President Trump keeps his promises. ***

Why are we still in Syria?
Why are we still in Afghanistan?
Where’s the big beautiful wall for which Mexico will pay?


11 posted on 11/02/2018 12:10:19 AM PDT by sockmonkey (I am an America First, not Israel First FReeper.)
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,*** The troops are doing initial assessments at the port of entry in McAllen, Texas. ***

Are these assessments for the purpose of erecting tents?


12 posted on 11/02/2018 12:12:36 AM PDT by sockmonkey (I am an America First, not Israel First FReeper.)
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To: Innovative

Exactly what will these troops do?

They’re not going to shoot the invaders and all an invader has to do is set a foot on this side of the border, surrender to the nearest soldier or border patrol and he’s in, lawyered up, fed, housed, clothed and taken care of.


13 posted on 11/02/2018 2:17:30 AM PDT by aquila48
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Everyone forgets Obama purged the upper ranks of the Pentagon and the U.S. military of anyone he believed would pose a threat to any directives he issued which curtailed civil rights of American citizens or otherwise posed a threat to the U.S. population.

There were hundreds of flag officers in the military command structure who "failed" his test and were "retired" on specious grounds. Is anyone reporting that Trump reinstated these officers? If not, we are looking at a castrated and neutered shell of what was once a military worthy of the name.

We are about to witness the true evil which Obama unleashed on America with his treasonous and seditious gutting of the military unanswered by either Congress or this President. This is not going to end well.

Relegating the U.S. military to carrying water for the Border Patrol with completely restrictive rules of engagement which tie the hands of our troops will be a public debacle of immense proportions, will further endanger those troops in the face of a large violent mob, and make us the laughing stock of the world, right on our own damned border.

Obama. The gift which keeps on giving.

14 posted on 11/02/2018 3:11:44 AM PDT by 4Runner
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To: Innovative
Operation Border Brawl
15 posted on 11/02/2018 4:50:04 AM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: bluejean

They are armed have you been paying attention?


16 posted on 11/02/2018 4:56:33 AM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, U.S. Army North commanding officer.


17 posted on 11/02/2018 4:57:16 AM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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I just hope that the rules of engagement are made very clear for our troops.

Clarity is essential.


18 posted on 11/02/2018 4:59:03 AM PDT by mewzilla (Is Central America emptying its prisons?)
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I’m sure they have.


19 posted on 11/02/2018 5:01:39 AM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: Innovative
This looks odd to me. Strange way to carry gear.


20 posted on 11/02/2018 5:51:08 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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