Active-duty Soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Bliss, Texas, deployed in mid-February to southern New Mexico and southern Arizona to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection border security efforts.
Fort Bliss Soldiers from 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division; along with Fort Hood Soldiers from Battery E, 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade; and additional DOD assets were deployed along the mountainous, desert border between the United States and Mexico.