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| Pentagon Deploys Mechanized Infantry And Air Support To Secure Mexico Border, Including Team Of 4,400 Soldiers |
| 2025-03-04 |
| [ZERO] The Pentagon is deploying a Stryker Brigade Combat Team and a General Support Aviation Battalion to the southwestern border, accelerating efforts to fulfill President Trump's directive to bolster military support in securing the U.S. – Mexico border. The units, equipped with wheeled vehicle and air capabilities, are set to reinforce border operations in the coming weeks, Pentagon Press Secretary Sean Parnell announced over the weekend. Each SBCT is a mechanized infantry force of approximately 4,400 soldiers, and the Army's nine SBCTs — seven active-duty and two National Guard — are known for their rapid deployment and versatility. Built around the Stryker vehicle — an eight-wheeled armored platform — the brigade balances mobility, protection and firepower. Capable of transport via C-130 Hercules aircraft within 96 hours, the Stryker excels in operations requiring swift response. Complementing this, the GSAB, with roughly 650 troops, brings aviation muscle — UH-60 Black Hawks for command and medical evacuation, and CH-47 Chinooks for heavy lift — enhancing operational reach and support. The Stryker's design — lighter than tanks, yet more robust than light infantry — makes it ideal for the border's vast terrain, while the aviation battalion's air traffic control and lift capacity ensure seamless coordination. "These forces will arrive in the coming weeks, and their deployment underscores the department's unwavering dedication to working alongside the Department of Homeland Security to secure our southern border and maintain the sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of the United States under President Trump's leadership," Parnell said in a statement today. This deployment marks the latest wave of active-duty troops sent to the border since Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025. Following his declaration to "seal the border" and combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking, initial deployments included 1,600 Marines and soldiers by late January, joining 2,500 reservists already mobilized. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, addressing the mission's scope on his first official day in late January, emphasized adaptability. "Whatever is needed at the border will be provided," he said, signaling a robust commitment to the president's homeland defense priority. Related: Stryker Brigade Combat Team: 2025-03-02 Pete Hegseth deploys 3,000 troops and 20 combat vehicles to 'seal the border' with Mexico Stryker Brigade Combat Team: 2012-10-18 CIA officer killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing Stryker Brigade Combat Team: 2009-10-20 U.S. deploys Stryker for joint exercise with India |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Whatever the ROE this has gotta be soiling a few Cartel boxers. |
| Posted by: alanc 2025-03-04 17:32 |
| #8 What we need for the border is a Universal Soldier. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2025-03-04 16:26 |
| #7 The Stryker vehicles will provide, mobile, small-arms protected ISR platforms for massively enhanced surveillance capabilities beyond existing CBP sources. They also ensure high-speed back-up to CBP units as they retake Cartel controlled US border areas and as a profound psychological statement about our nation's renewed commitment to the sovereignty of our national borders! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2025-03-04 14:59 |
| #6 What's the ROE? Most likely do not fired until fired upon. If only we could use mortars and artillery for support fire! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2025-03-04 14:07 |
| #4 China’s ‘metal storm’ gun fires 450,000 rounds per minute, claim scientists RETRO Metal Storm 36 Barrel Prototype-One Million Rounds per Minute Rate of Fire explanation 3D |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-03-04 13:50 |
| #3 Need a point defense system of 40mm grenade canisters which when fired can RF guidance system to lock onto and intercept drones. That can be deployed from an individual soldier's rifle, various grenade launchers, crewed gun, or pods with auto-detect. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-03-04 13:39 |
| #2 What's the ROE? |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-03-04 13:30 |
| #1 Good training! Whatever the fok it takes. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-03-04 13:13 |