translated from Spanish: Dejan “Operation Patriot faithful” call border mission

WASHINGTON-the Pentagon has left called “Operation Patriot faithful” to the deployment of military on the border of the United States with Mexico, leaving aside the name of the operating in even as thousands of U.S. troops head to South Texas, Arizona and California.  Secretary of Defense, Jim Mattis, ordered the unit to stop using the name and to simply describe the mission as military operations on the border, according to federal officials.

Aerial surveillance on the border of Texas. Photo: AFP the change is ordered at the beginning of the week, but it has not made known the reason.  

Lieutenant Colonel Jamie Davis, the Pentagon spokesman, said only that the Department will no longer use the name. However, other officials said that Mattis did not name like and that he believed it distracted attention from the real mission of soldiers, which is to support the border patrol. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to comment publicly on the issue. The name has not been formally cancelled or repealed, but the Pentagon is no longer used in press releases and documents.  
Military in support of the border patrol. | AFP Pentagon officials unveiled the name last month when President Donald Trump ordered the dispatch of thousands of troops to the southwestern border of the country, in response to a caravan of migrants that slowly moves through Mexico in address to the United States.  On Wednesday, more than 5,600 soldiers had been deployed in Texas, Arizona and California and the majority was staying in military bases. Only about 500 items were providing support in border operations, and many of them have installed rolls of barbed wire and placed tents to house the soldiers and members of the border patrol.  The army reported that it will deploy a total of 7,000 soldiers, but left open the possibility that this number will increase. Last week, Trump said that he would send up to 15,000 troops. Some 2,100 items of the National Guard have also been working along the border for months, as part of a different, but related to the army mission.  The Pentagon has refused to publicize the cost estimates for the deployment of troops.  The modification of the name was first reported by the newspaper The Wall Street Journal.   
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