The 1st Armored Division is set to assume command of the southern border mission.

About 8,700 U.S. troops on active-duty orders are currently serving in the region in support of Joint Task Force-Southern Border.

The Army’s efforts to repurpose money from non-warfighting-related spending into weapons and training led to 15 horses from ceremonial units finding a new mission patrolling the southwest border with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A soldier walks beside a section of border wall in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. Matt Shuham/HuffPost EL PASO, Texas — The armored ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A long sliver of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump is turning over to the Department of Defense would be controlled by the Army as part of a base, ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll visited Fort Bliss Wednesday to evaluate border operations and meet with servicemembers and leadership from Joint Task Force North.

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Since the mid-19th century, the United States has frequently employed the US Army on its southern border to perform various roles in support of the Nation—from outright war, to patrolling the border, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Army leaders on Wednesday ...