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From the Washington Post: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered about 3,000 active-duty troops to the southern U.S. border, including soldiers from a motorized brigade equipped with 20-ton armored Stryker combat vehicles, defense officials familiar with the effort said.
The defense secretary approved the orders Friday, said two officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal Defense Department planning. The soldiers are primarily from the 4th Infantry Division’s 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort Carson, Colorado, and will be joined by soldiers specializing in engineering, intelligence and public affairs, the officials said.
The Pentagon announced the deployment in a statement Saturday afternoon after the news was first reported by The Washington Post. Hegseth has ordered the deployment of the Stryker unit and a helicopter battalion to “reinforce and expand current border security operations to seal the border and protect the territorial integrity of the United States,” the statement said.
About 2,400 soldiers will deploy with the Stryker brigade combat team and an additional 550 will go with the aviation unit, said another defense official, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. A handful of others will join them.
The Washington Post further explained: Stryker vehicles — a lightly armored attack vehicle carrying up to 11 soldiers and typically equipped with a machine gun or grenade launcher — have been used in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Strykers are expected to be transported to the border either by rail or truck, but it is still unclear whether or not they will be equipped with weapons at the border.
“We are dead serious about 100% OPERATIONAL CONTROL of the southern border,” declared Hegseth in a post on X.
We are dead serious about 100% OPERATIONAL CONTROL of the southern border. https://t.co/5bzvEQ8qPu
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) March 1, 2025
“Hegseth has ordered about 3,000 active-duty troops to the southern border, including a motorized brigade equipped with 20-ton armored Stryker combat vehicles.”
Uh, I think it’s safe to assume these will not be used to catch illegal immigrants.
https://t.co/20ndVQe7rb— Todd Bensman (@BensmanTodd) March 2, 2025
This comes as there have been multiple attacks and threats of attacks by cartel along the border.
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