CBP and DoD active duty forces held a media day on Jun 6, 2019 at Sunland Park, New Mexico to highlight the mobile surveillance camera mission along the Southwest border. The Department of Defense has deployed units across the Southwest Border at the request of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and is providing surveillance and detection, logistical, engineering, and force protection functions.
Interview 1:
Brig. Gen. Walter Duzzny
Deputy Commanding General of United States Army North
Interview 2:
Lt. Col. Timothy Gatlin
Commander of 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team
B-Roll By:
Spc. William Dickinson
24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element
Fort Bliss, TX 79918
(FORT BLISS) As the sun crested the Franklin Mountains on December 18, eight of 1st Armored Division Artilleryā€™s best NCOs and Soldiers were completing a 2.25 mile run as part of a physical fitness assessment. The assessment was a modified Army Physical Fitness Test during which competitors were given no breaks between events and ran longer than the standard 2-mile course. Little did they know, this was simply the beginning of an arduous...
PRESS RELEASE 18 10-003
Oct. 31, 2018
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. ā€“ The Department of Homeland Security has requested the Department of Defense to provide a range of assistance, including planning, engineering, transportation, logistics and medical support to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
MEDIA ADVISORY 18 10-002
Oct. 29, 2018
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. ā€“ The recently announced Department of Defense support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the southwest border is named Operation FAITHFUL PATRIOT. All photos, videos, and press releases for Operation FAITHFUL PATRIOT will be uploaded to the following link: https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/T10SWB.