(FORT CARSON, Colo.) — On Saturday, March 1, the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) announced that 2,400 soldiers from Fort Carson are deploying to the southern border to assist the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection in maintaining security at the border.
The troops are from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 4th Infantry Division, and they will join units already supporting the FY2025 DHS request for assistance at the border.
2nd SBCT will carry out tasks including detection and monitoring, administrative support, transportation support, warehousing and logistic support, vehicle maintenance, and engineering support. Tasks will not include interdiction or deportation operations.
“These deployments will bring additional agility and capability to further efforts to stop the flow of illegal migrancy and drugs at the southern border,” said Gen. Gregory Guillot, Commander, United States Northern Command.
In addition to the 2nd SBCT, around 500 soldiers from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade from Fort Stewart, Georgia, as well as the 19th Public Affairs Detachment from Fort Riley, Kansas will be providing support.
These units will bring the number of Title 10 forces along the southern border to around 9,000. The last time Stryker’s provided support to the southern border was in 2012.
