{"id":34713,"date":"2018-11-14T19:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T19:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/14\/mattis-troops-to-stop-using-the-term-secure-at-border-locations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:01:07","slug":"mattis-troops-to-stop-using-the-term-secure-at-border-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/11\/14\/mattis-troops-to-stop-using-the-term-secure-at-border-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattis: Troops to stop using the term \u2018secure\u2019 at border locations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/11\/13\/mattis-to-visit-border-troops-still-no-cost-estimate\/\" target=_blank>Jim Mattis visited troops<\/a> deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border Wednesday and offered the most insights to date into his thinking about the deployment and what to expect next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In interviews with reporters traveling with him and during an on-the-ground visit to Camp Donna near McAllen, Texas, with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Mattis talked about the mission\u2019s sensitivities, namely that the forces are deployed on U.S. soil, and how that has changed a few of the ways they operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one example, Mattis said on Wednesday morning he instructed the border forces to stop using the term \u201c \u2019secure\u2019 a certain location.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c \u2018Secure\u2019 in military terms means one thing. It\u2019s subject to a whole lot of other interpretations understandably,\u201d Mattis said. \u201cI said, \u2018talk in terms people understand. It\u2019s their country. It\u2019s their border.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the same thinking drove DoD to call the mission \u201cborder support\u201d and drop the name \u201cOperation Faithful Patriot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI do not want to put this mission in some arcane military terms if what we\u2019re doing is laying wire,\u201d Mattis said. \u201cI want to talk to the American people, because this is a highly political visible issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/11\/07\/dod-drops-border-deployment-name-no-longer-called-faithful-patriot\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4875670.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">DoD drops border deployment name, no longer calling it \u2018Faithful Patriot\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon says it will stop using the operation name for the U.S. military mission on the southern border.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been two weeks since the formerly named Operation Faithful Patriot launched, and since then the mission has come under scrutiny for its timing, sending thousands of troops to emphasize border security immediately before a national election; its costs, which are still not public; and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/11\/05\/why-were-active-duty-forces-picked-over-guard-to-defend-the-border-capabilities-pentagon-says\/\" target=_blank> its use of active duty troops over National Guard forces<\/a>, who have been used by the three previous administrations during border immigration surges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis defended the deployment, calling it a \u201cmoral and ethical mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis downplayed the use of active duty over Guard forces, too \u2014 by citing the 1916 deployment of the U.S. Army to capture Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, after his forces invaded the U.S. and captured Columbus, New Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s nothing new under the sun,\u201d Mattis said. \u201cPresident Wilson a little over 100 years ago deployed the U.S. Army to the southwest border \u2014 the threat then was Pancho Villa\u2019s troops,\u201d Mattis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis told reporters that there are now more than 5,900 troops deployed, and that DHS\u2019 initial requests for force response and barrier build-up of concertina wire and jersey walls would be completed \u201cin seven to 10 days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forces will stay longer than that, though, through at least the holidays. When pressed about troops spending the holidays away, Mattis pushed back, noting there are forces all around the globe who won\u2019t be home, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWelcome to your military, it\u2019s on duty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, as many as 7,000 may be sent to secure the border as a caravan of thousands of migrant men, women and children make their way through Mexico toward the U.S., Mattis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later in the visit, as he walked the camp with Nielsen, he told the Homeland Security chief, \u201cI think there\u2019s some additional requests coming,\u201d in respect to additional concertina wire to create a more bolstered barrier against any mass numbers of migrants who attempt to cross into the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of migrants have arrived in the border city of Tijuana, The Associated Press reported. 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