The Department of Defense is sending troops south to counter two migrant caravans that are moving on foot through Mexico toward the U.S. border.

The following military units are headed to the U.S.-Mexico border to meet President Donald Trump’s directive to deploy active duty forces through Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico. DoD now reports more than 7,000 troops will be tasked to support the Department of Homeland Security.

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

  • Headquarters & Headquarters Command, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command
  • 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division
  • Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 16th Military Police Brigade
  • 51st Medical Company, 28th Combat Support Hospital
  • 172nd Preventive Medicine
  • 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
  • 329th Movement Control Team
  • 403rd Inland Cargo Transfer Company
  • Headquarters & Headquarters Detachment, 503rd Military Police Battalion

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
Airman 1st Class Nicholas Mariner, a loadmaster with the 61st Airlift Squadron, directs a Humvee into a C-130J Super Hercules at Fort Knox, Ky., in support of Operation Faithful Patriot on Oct. 29, 2018. (Airman 1st Class Zoe M. Wockenfuss/Air Force)

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
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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
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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
About Tara Copp, AP

Tara Copp is a Pentagon correspondent for the Associated Press. She was previously Pentagon bureau chief for Sightline Media Group.

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