{"id":54689,"date":"2018-11-19T22:57:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T22:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/19\/dod-ships-thanksgiving-turkeys-to-border-troops\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:31:46","slug":"dod-ships-thanksgiving-turkeys-to-border-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/11\/19\/dod-ships-thanksgiving-turkeys-to-border-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD ships Thanksgiving turkeys to troops deployed along the border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Troops stationed along the U.S.-Mexico border won\u2019t be going home <\/a>in time for Thanksgiving, so the Defense Logistics Agency is bringing the turkey to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are still more than 5,800 active duty <\/a>and 2,100 National Guard troops deployed to lay concertina wire and barriers in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. Even though they are in the U.S., those forces won\u2019t be joining their families for the holiday. Instead, they will be treated like units deployed overseas and served DLA-provided turkey meals on Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDLA sent more than 300,000 pounds of traditional Thanksgiving food to field kitchens, dining facilities and galleys throughout the Middle East, Europe, Africa and even to those here at home in Texas and Arizona,\u201d the agency said in a press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t