{"id":49561,"date":"2022-12-31T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/31\/the-guards-border-missions-continue\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:53:06","slug":"the-guards-border-missions-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/12\/31\/the-guards-border-missions-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guard\u2019s border missions continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the New Year approaches, thousands of members of the National Guard remain posted to the U.S.-Mexico border as part of two distinct missions intended to address record levels of migration there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a group of around 2,500 federalized National Guard troops under the Pentagon\u2019s control strung along the southern border, and Pentagon officials confirmed in late October<\/a> that their mission there assisting the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection will continue through at least the end of fiscal 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the federally-controlled border mission continues in the shadow of a major investigation launched by U.S. Northern Command<\/a> in response to a Dec. 2021 Army Times investigation<\/a>. The story revealed issues with command organization there that contributed to problems with equipment, misconduct, substance abuse, command climate and more. It\u2019s not clear if the NORTHCOM investigation is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\t