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Video by Spc. Michael Graf

Engineers place New Mexico National Defense Area signs

DoD Southern Border 2025

May 15, 2025 | 2:03

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 642nd Engineer Support Company, 41st Engineer Battalion, with Joint Task Force–Southern Border, install signs marking the New Mexico National Defense Area (NMNDA) along the southern border near Deming, N.M., May 15, 2025. U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) service members have been authorized and directed to conduct installation security support operations in the NMNDA. Under the direction of USNORTHCOM, Joint Task Force–Southern Border aligns efforts to seal the southern border and repel illegal activity and is responsible for full-scale, agile, and all-domain operations, which will allow for more effective and efficient DoD operations. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Michael Graf)