An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Raptors” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71, conducts flight operations with the crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111). Sailors aboard Spruance then conduct a helicopter in-flight refueling drill with the "Raptors," while underway in the Pacific Ocean, March 24, 2025. U.S. Navy assets are employed under U.S. Northern Command’s maritime homeland defense authorities with a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment embarked to enable maritime interdiction missions to prevent the flow of illegal drugs and other illegal activity. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S....
From left, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alan Nydegger, battalion commander for 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, speaks with the Honorable Daniel P. Driscoll, 26th Secretary of the Army, at Doña Ana County International Jetport, New Mexico, March 25, 2025. Under the direction of the U.S. Northern Command, Joint Task Force – Southern Border aligns efforts to seal the southern border and repel illegal activity and is responsible for full-scale, agile, and multi-domain operations, which will allow for more effective and efficient DoD operations. 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. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Elijah Ingram)
