{"id":121249,"date":"2018-04-17T18:57:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T18:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/17\/price-tag-for-new-national-guard-border-operations-still-unknown-4-star-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:54:51","slug":"price-tag-for-new-national-guard-border-operations-still-unknown-4-star-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2018\/04\/17\/price-tag-for-new-national-guard-border-operations-still-unknown-4-star-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Price tag for new National Guard border operations still unknown, 4-star says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defense will find the money to pay for National Guard troops to work along the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/04\/08\/what-happened-when-bush-obama-sent-troops-to-mexico-border\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">United States\u2019 southern border<\/a>, but the total cost is impossible to know at this time, Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump announced in early April that he was directing the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/03\/trump-says-military-will-guard-us-mexico-border\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> U.S. military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border<\/a>, while waiting for a proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/03\/29\/mattis-trump-discuss-using-military-funds-for-border-wall\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">border wall<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith respect to funding for this issue \u2026 the Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller [David Norquist] has been directed to look across the department to find funds,\u201c Lengyel said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How much of those funds the comptroller\u2019s office will need to secure, though, remains unknown, according to Lengyel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI really couldn\u2019t hazard a guess yet on the total cost of this operation,\u201d he said, pointing to the fact that it will last until Sept. 30, and it\u2019s only April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the general remained unsure of how many Guard troops would eventually be mobilized for the mission.<\/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\/2018\/04\/04\/guard-invaluable-on-border-troops-presence-capabilities-support-border-patrols-mission\/\" 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\/GettyImages-71267278.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\">Guard &#8216;invaluable&#8217; on border: Troops&#8217; presence, capabilities support Border Patrol&#8217;s mission<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">When President Bush ordered up to 6,000 National Guard troops to the southwest border, Pfc. Mike Baldwin was quick to volunteer.<\/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\">As of today, there are 965 soldiers and airmen on the border, Lengyel said. But that number could go as high as 4,000 through the end of the fiscal year, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questioned Lengyel on the costs of the operation, noting the previous high cost of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/09\/arizona-sends-225-troops-to-mexico-border-more-heading-soon\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Jump Start<\/a> \u2014 a military mission to aid U.S. Customs and Border Protection under the Bush administration that began in 2006.<span class=\"js-paste-start-ECZZW5J3MNCBDDCVMCPX3XKPUU\"><span class=\"js-paste-end-ECZZW5J3MNCBDDCVMCPX3XKPUU\"><br> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOperation Jump Start cost $1.2 billion for National Guard members over two years. Do you have any estimate as to what this operation is going to cost?\u201d Durbin asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2784\" height=\"1848\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896187.jpg_9f3821.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896187.jpg_9f3821.jpg 2784w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896187.jpg_9f3821.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896187.jpg_9f3821.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896187.jpg_9f3821.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896187.jpg_9f3821.jpg?resize=1536,1020 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896187.jpg_9f3821.jpg?resize=2048,1359 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2784px) 100vw, 2784px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Border Patrol agents escort four undocumented immigrants captured near the U.S.-Mexico border on April 23, 2015. A Mississippi Army National Guard LUH-72 Lakota helicopter helped locate the men beneath a tree along a mountainside near Nogales, Ariz. Six MSARNG Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Regiment, of Tupelo, Miss., are assigned to Task Force Raven, which works with multiple federal agencies in securing the border. (Mississippi Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes, JFH-MS Public Affairs Office\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to estimate, because I don\u2019t know how many of the 4,000 the number will actually grow to,\u201d Lengyel said. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t know how long they\u2019ll actually stay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What Lengyel did offer lawmakers was assurances that the average daily cost of a Guard member at the border should be the \u201csame as they\u2019d be paid anywhere else, doing any other job,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s no difference in the cost.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Lengyel conceded that the military\u2019s 2018 operations and maintenance budget will not cover other costs associated with the Trump administration\u2019s border mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Department of Defense should work within the department to find funds for this mission, sir,\u201d Lengyel told Durbin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some state and municipal officials have expressed concern that diverting their Guardsmen away from local duties leaves their states vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durbin quoted Bill McCamley, a state representative from New Mexico, who told the Albuquerque Journal about that issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2784\" height=\"1848\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896178.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896178.jpg.jpg 2784w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896178.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896178.jpg.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896178.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896178.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1020 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1896178.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1359 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2784px) 100vw, 2784px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Mississippi Army National Guard LUH-72 Lakota of 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Regiment, of Tupelo, Miss., taxis to the runway at Silver Bell Army Heliport in Marana, Ariz., April 23, 2015, for a mission as part of Task Force Raven, the aerial component of a federal multi-agency operation to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. (Mississippi Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes, 102nd Public Affairs Detachment\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going into forest fire season. A big percentage of the state is in drought right now, and if National Guard folks are continuously rotated down to the border for a problem that doesn\u2019t exist, are they going to be available for a real problem when it happens?\u201d McCamley said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/1155378\/democratic-lawmakers-urge-gov-to-oppose-border-troops.html\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Journal<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat\u2019s your answer?\u201d Durbin asked Lengyel.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have 450,000 men and women in the National Guard, and on the border today is [roughly] 1,000,\u201d Lengyel said. \u201cWe could sustain that level without impacting state missions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll go to places where governors have an excess to deal with emergencies within their state, and those people should volunteer and move to the border,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that, if required, the Guard can rotate other soldiers and airmen to the border to alleviate the natural tensions that being away from home can put on a Guard member with a home, family and civilian job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3504\" height=\"2336\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2309169.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2309169.jpg.jpg 3504w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2309169.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2309169.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2309169.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2309169.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2309169.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3504px) 100vw, 3504px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Airmen with the 177th Civil Engineer Squadron guide a 1,400 pound panel into place along the United States-Mexico border, Aug. 22, 2007. The foundations serve as the anchors for the fence that is part of the tactical infrastructure between the United States and Mexico.  The Airmen deployed to Yuma, Ariz., from Aug. 18-31, 2007, in support of Operation Jump Start. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Olsen\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sentiment was echoed by Lt. Gen. Charles Luckey, the chief of Army Reserve, who also spoke at the hearing.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the trick for the reserve component in general is to keep its members \u201cready enough that we\u2019re relevant, but not so ready that our [troops] can\u2019t keep meaningful civilian jobs and supportive family lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for what the Guard troops will be doing along the southern border, Lengyel said it is simply about providing assistance to Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security. 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