The Pentagon just released the complete list of units now en-route to our southern border as part of “Operation Faithful Patriot”. An estimated 5,500-6,500 troops are being sent from 14 bases across our nation – the largest number, roughly 2,000 troops, is coming from North Carolina’s Fort Bragg.
The deployment was ordered by President Trump to help assist the border patrol with a caravan of Central American refugees currently walking toward the US-Mexican border to seek political asylum.
The president has been very vocal about the potential threat of the caravan, tweeting that he thinks the group potentially contains terrorists, gang members and other threats;
Our military is being mobilized at the Southern Border. Many more troops coming. We will NOT let these Caravans, which are also made up of some very bad thugs and gang members, into the U.S. Our Border is sacred, must come in legally. TURN AROUND!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2018
North Carolina’s Fort Bragg will be sending about 2,000 soldiers (exact troop numbers have not been released) to our southern border as part of ‘Operation Faithful Patriot’, including the following units (troop number estimates are based on our research);
- Headquarters & Headquarters Command, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command
- ~ 300 soldiers
- 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division
- ~ 100 soldiers
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 16th Military Police Brigade
- ~ 125 soldiers
- 51st Medical Company, 28th Combat Support Hospital
- ~ 100 soldiers
- 172nd Preventive Medicine
- ~ 50 soldiers
- 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
- ~ 1,000 soldiers
- 329th Movement Control Team
- ~ 50 soldiers
- 403rd Inland Cargo Transfer Company
- ~ 125 soldiers
- Headquarters & Headquarters Detachment, 503rd Military Police Battalion
- ~ 150 soldiers
In addition to the troops from Fort Bragg, ‘Operation Faithful Patriot’ will also consist of the following units from 13 other military installations across our nation (totaling an estimate of 3,500-4,500 more troops):
Fort Carson, Colorado
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion,
- 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division
Peterson Air Force, Colorado
- Joint Enabling Capability Team and Aviation Planner from U.S. Northern Command
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
- Joint Public Support Element – Public Affairs
Fort Meade, Maryland
- 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera)
Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
- 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade Headquarters, 3rd Infantry Division
- 90th Human Resources Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade
Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Defense Logistics Agency Contingency Contracting Team
- 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Assessment Team
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 505th Military Intelligence Brigade
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
- 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, I Corps
- 87th Engineer Sapper Company, 555th Engineer Brigade
Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina
- 1st Combat Camera Squadron
Fort Bliss, Texas
- 24th Press Camp Headquarters, 1st Armored Division
Fort Hood, Texas
- 89th Military Police Brigade, III Corps
- Headquarters, 62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade
- 937th Engineer Sapper Company, 8th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade
- 104th Engineer Construction, 62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade
- 289th Quartermaster Company, 553rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade
Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Headquarters & Headquarters Detachment, 19th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade
- 15th Engineer Company (Horizontal), 19th Engineer Battalion
- 541st Engineer Sapper Company, 19th Engineer Battalion
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- 887th Engineer Support Company, 101st Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade
- 372nd Inland Cargo Transfer Company, 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade
- 74th Transportation Company, 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade
Fort Riley, Kansas
- Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 97th Military Police Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
- 977th Military Police Company Combat Support
- 287th Military Police Company Combat Support
- 41st Engineer Company (Clearance), 4th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade