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Latest "operation faithful patriot" stories
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Trump says troops are ‘proud’ to serve on the southern border at Thanksgiving
About 5,900 active-duty troops will spend the holiday working on border security assistance.
Mattis: Troops to stop using the term ‘secure’ at border locations
The military will have met initial the DHS request within the next week, but forces will remain through the holidays, at least.
By Tara Copp, Associated Press
DoD drops border deployment name, no longer calling it ‘Faithful Patriot’
The Pentagon says it will stop using the operation name for the U.S. military mission on the southern border.
By Kyle Rempfer
Border mission doesn’t fit Mattis’ focus on ‘lethality’
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has left no doubt that his top priority as leader of the military is making it more “lethal” — better at war and more prepared for it — and yet nothing about the military’s new mission at the U.S.-Mexico border advances that goal. Some argue it detracts from it.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
The 5,239 troops headed to the border is just the beginning
Some of the troops will be armed but operate with specific rules of engagement, NORTHCOM says.
By Tara Copp, Associated Press