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Operation Faithful Patriot

Border support operations by US Armed Forces

Border support operations's old name is Operation Faithful Patriot.[1] Operation Faithful Patriot is happening now. Operation Faithful Patriot is like a war for the armed forces but in the United States. Operation Faithful Patriot is the armed forces helping parts of the government that are not armed forces. Operation Faithful Patriot is happening at the Mexico–United States border. United States Northern Command says Operation Faithful Patriot is stopping border crossings against the law before they happen. The National Guard's Operation Guardian Support was already happening. Operation Faithful Patriot is also helping Operation Guardian Support.

Operation Faithful Patriot
The Northern Command Battle Staff planning meeting with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on October 28, 2018.
TypeBorder control, Homeland security
LocationUnited States
ObjectiveHardening of the Mexico–United States border to stop people crossing the border against the law before they do it.
DateOctober 26, 2018 (2018-10-26) – present

What was happening before

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The United States Army's 89th Military Police Brigade is helping Operation Faithful Patriot.
 
Units are helping the United States Border Patrol.
A Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota of the Missouri National Guard carrying officers of the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector Mobile Response Team takes off from Marana, Arizona, during Operation Guardian Support in 2018.
 
Head of U.S. Army North, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, speaks with soldiers sent to Texas as part of Operation Faithful Patriot on October 31, 2018.
 
U.S. soldiers lay sharp wire along the banks of the Rio Grande River near Hidalgo, Texas, on November 2, 2018.

In early October 2018, several thousands people fled gangs from the Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA) overland north in three groups. Some of these people said they would cross through Mexico and later into the U.S. border.[2] Newsweek says that is why Donald Trump took a hard-line stance against people breaking the law to come through on the Mexican border.[2]

What happened by date

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Operation Guardian Support is made of National Guard the states have chosen to send to help at the border. In April 2018, President Donald Trump told Operation Guardian Support to help the United States Border Patrol in their ongoing work to guard the border.[3]

In October 2018, these border support operations were then known as Operation Faithful Patriot. Operation Faithful Patriot was started to give U.S. military help to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the southwest United States. This help was help to fight the people coming to cross the border in a way that is against the law.[4][5] Trump told them to do this on October 26, 2018. That made United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis sign the thing that told them to go and do that later that day.[6]

General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy of the United States Northern Command says that Operation Faithful Patriot is the sending of federal troops to do two things: "to harden the southern border"; and help the National Guard soldiers already there helping the CBP along the United States' southwestern border.[7]

By October 29, 2018, about 800 soldiers of the first soldiers to go there had been sent. People heading the soldiers said the rest would be in place by the end of that week.[8] KQED-FM said that someone had talked to them. They said that they would not give someone's name. They said that someone said the soldiers were being moved to areas where they would wait and then go somewhere else. Those areas were in California, Texas, and Arizona From there the soldiers would be sent to places CBP asked them to go.[8] Things that are worn and used when fighting a riot were also given to the CBP. These things were owned by the United States Army. These things were given by the United States Army. This giving was also part of Operation Faithful Patriot.[7]

On November 7, 2018, the Pentagon told the world that the name Operation Faithful Patriot was no longer in use. Instead, Operation Faithful Patriot will be simply called "border support."[9] Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told them to change the name the day before because the original name had "political overtones."[10] Most of the troops went to Texas. The place they went to is hundreds of miles away from the place where the people were crossing the border against the law. That place was Tijuana.[11]

Under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, federal soldiers are not allowed to carry out law jobs.[11] During border jobs, they may not stop people crossing the border against the law or take drugs that are against the law away from people.[12] They have helped the Border Patrol by fixing vehicles.[12] Other things they do are: using flying things that carry soldiers to carry border patrol workers to and from places along the U.S.-Mexico border; and using cranes to put towering things made of metal bars into place.[13] They have also strung sharp wire and wrapped it around things that stop people to make the border stronger.[11][14]

On January 31, 2019, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan told the world that more troops, likely a few thousand, would be sent to the border.[15] The count of soldiers was raised to roughly 6,000 troops, drawn from the Marines, Army, Air Force and Navy, and their stay was made even longer, through September 2019.[12] By March, a plan was being worked on to ask the Defense Department for more federal troops to help with dealing with the people who cross the border against the law, moving people to other places and health help in high-crossing areas. The draft plan also uses Defense Department land to house people who cross the border against the law in places where they can't leave.[16][17]

On March 23, 2020, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic across the U.S. and worldwide, Lt. Col. Chris Mitchell said that the Pentagon “has no plans to pull units off the border for [helping stop this disease]” and the Defense Department said that the troops at the border were allowed to stay there through September 30, 2020.[18]

Groups of soldiers sent there

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As of October 29, 2018, a full list of groups of soldiers helping Operation Faithful Patriot had not been given to the world, but those were said to be: military police, and combat aviation, combat engineer, health, and civil affairs. These groups of soldiers are 5,000 U.S. soldiers and 2,000 National Guard troops who had already been sent there to help Operation Guardian Support.[2][7] A group of soldiers with 7,000 more troops had been placed on "24-hour [warning]" to help the border guards if those soldiers turned out to not be enough.[2]

U.S. soldier groups

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1st MLG 7TH ENGINEER SUPPORT BATTLION SUPPORT COMPANY MOTOR TRANSPORT PLT

  • 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Rakkasans)

1st Engineer Battalion

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  • 41st Engineer Company[19]

16th Military Police Brigade

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  • 503rd Military Police Battalion (ABN,

-65th Military Police Company -108th Military Police Company

  • 91st Military Police Battalion

-563rd Military Police Company

  • 42nd Military Police Brigade

-66th Military Police Company [20]

36th Engineer Brigade

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  • 62nd Engineer Battalion[21]

89th Military Police Brigade

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  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company[22]
  • 287th Military Police Company
  • 212th Military Police Company
  • 591st Military Police Company
  • 977th Military Police Company

63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion

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3rd Combat Aviation Brigade (Hunter Army Airfield)

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2nd Battalion 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Fort Bragg, NC, Alpha/Charlie Air Assault Assault Companies, D Co Aviation maint support 2nd Battalion Bravo General Support

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne DIV

3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment

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HHT A Troop B Troop D Forward Sustainment Troop

National Guard

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A National Guard job to stop people from crossing the border against the law was already being done at the US–Mexico border. That National Guard jobs is called Operation Guardian Support. Operation Guardian Support has four parts: Task Force Anzio, Task Force Salerno, Task Force Defender, and Task Force Aviation. The National Guards of Arizona, Texas, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Georgia, Missouri, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi have sent soldiers to be part of Operation Guardian Support. Virginia sent soldiers to help Operation Guardian Support early. Virginia then withdrew its soldiers in June 2018 on the order of Governor Ralph Northam.[24] 285th Aviation Regiment (Arizona)

  • 2nd Battalion Alpha/Bravo Air Assault Assault Companies

72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Texas)

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  • 536th Brigade Support Battalion[25] (elements)

114th Aviation Regiment (Mississippi)

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  • 1st Security and Support Aviation Battalion[26] (elements)

133rd Field Artillery Regiment (Texas)

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  • 3rd Field Artillery Battalion[27] (elements)

151st Aviation Regiment (South Carolina)

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  • 2nd Security and Support Aviation Battalion[28] (elements)

Piece of metal given for helping

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The Armed Forces Service Medal will be given to troops who have been sent to the border.[29] The AFSM is given to soldiers who have helped Operation Faithful Patriot because: these soldiers are helping as part of groups; Operation Faithful Patriot is a U.S. soldier job that the U.S. military has said is an important job; and if they have not been in danger during this time.[30]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Mitchell, Ellen (November 7, 2018). "Pentagon drops 'Operation Faithful Patriot' as name of military mission at border". The Hill.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 LaPorta, James; O'Connor, Tom (October 29, 2018). "Migrant Caravan: U.S. Military Will Have Up to 14,000 Troops, Many Armed, Ready to Intervene at Mexico Border". Newsweek. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ Trevizo, Perla (May 24, 2018). "Arizona National Guard's deployment allows for more border agents to be on patrol". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ Shane, Leo (October 29, 2018). "Forces headed to border to confront migrant caravan could total 'in the thousands'". Military Times. Archived from the original on October 29, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ United States Army North. "JFLCC Threat Working Group (Operation Faithful Patriot) 271000ROCT18" (PDF). Cryptome. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ Garamone, Jim. "Additional Personnel to Deploy to Southwest Border". defense.gov. U.S. Department of Defense. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "5,200 Active-Duty Personnel Moving to Southwest Border, Northcom Chief Says". dod.gov. U.S. Department of Defense. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Burns, Arthur (October 29, 2018). "Pentagon to Send 5,200 Troops to Border, Becerra Calls Deployment 'Disturbing'". KQED-FM. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  9. ↑ Starr, Barbara; Cohen, Zachary (November 7, 2018). "Pentagon no longer calling border mission 'Operation Faithful Patriot'". CNN. Archived from the original on November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  10. ↑ Gibbons-Neff, Thomas; Cooper, Helene (November 10, 2018). "Deployed Inside the United States: The Military Waits for the Migrant Caravan". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Watson, Julie (November 17, 2018). "Migrants won't see armed US soldiers on border". AP News. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 O'Toole, Molly (March 21, 2019). "Marine Corps commandant says deploying troops to the border poses 'unacceptable risk'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  13. ↑ Walsh, Steve (June 13, 2019). "Troops Keep A Low Profile Along The US-Mexico Border". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  14. ↑ Hennessy-Fiske, Molly (March 24, 2019). "Trump says barbed wire 'can be a beautiful sight.' Many border communities disagree". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  15. ↑ Mitchell, Ellen (January 29, 2019). "Pentagon to send a 'few thousand' more troops to southern border". The Hill. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  16. ↑ Burnett, John (March 26, 2019). "A Surge Of Migrants Strains Border Patrol As El Paso Becomes Latest Hot Spot". NPR. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  17. ↑ Myers, Meghann (December 27, 2019). "How the border wall work-stop could affect troop deployments". Military Times. Archived from the original on December 28, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  18. ↑ O’Toole, Molly (March 23, 2020). "U.S. troops remain at southern border despite waning migration, as coronavirus spreads elsewhere". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Army Engineers Apply Concertina Wire Along Mexico Border". Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. U.S. Department of Defense. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  20. ↑ "16th Military Police Brigade Prepares for OPERATION FAITHFUL PATRIOT". dvidshub.net. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. Archived from the original on October 31, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  21. ↑ "19th Engineer Battalion Prepares to Deploy". dvidshub.net. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Griffins Prepare to Deploy". dvidshub.net. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Soldiers and equipment from the 63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion support Operation Faithful Patriot". DVIDS. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Governor Northam Recalls Virginia National Guard Troops from U.S. Southwest Border". governor.virginia.gov. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  25. ↑ Thayer, Rose (July 11, 2018). "Guard troops sent to US southern border remain far from the immigration front lines". Stars and Stripes. Archived from the original on October 28, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  26. ↑ "TUPELO SOLDIERS HEAD TO MEXICAN BORDER". WTVA. May 11, 2018. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Texas Guard Support Improves Border Patrol Efficiency". dvidshub.net. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  28. ↑ "SOUTH CAROLINA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD TO SEND SUPPORT TO TEXAS BORDER". scguard.com. South Carolina National Guard. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  29. ↑ Harkins, Gina (August 19, 2019). "Troops Who Deployed to the US-Mexico Border Are Getting a Medal". Military.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  30. ↑ "Directives Division" (PDF). www.dtic.mil. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2018.

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