The U.S. Army currently leads Joint Task Force Southern Border in assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection with border security.

Though the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground hasn’t housed troops for an extended length of time, the post’s Training and Exercise Management Office has been facilitating training for soldiers involved in the JTF’s operations.

“YPG wasn’t a realistic location for them to billet on a long-term basis because we don’t have mess halls and other facilities conventionally associated with an Army post,” said Luis Arroyo, TEMO chief. “YPG’s primary mission is conducting developmental testing of military equipment with a largely civilian workforce.”

Deployed earlier this year to the Customs and Border Protection’s Tucson sector in support of Joint Task Force Southern B

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