Washington sent us thousands of soldiers to border with Mexico, United States-United States will send “several thousand” soldiers over to the southern border to provide additional support to the Department of Homeland Security, said Tuesday the Secretary of Defe Interim NSA Pat Shanahan.Los soldiers will be mainly used to install additional wire barriers, and offer a new system of surveillance and monitoring mobile in the border area, he added. The plans indicate that be installed 240 kilometers (150 miles) of barbed wire, mainly in the gaps between the ports of entry. It is not yet clear how many of the approximately 2 thousand 400 soldiers who are currently working in the border mission will return home without being replaced, but the Pentagon estimates that the total number of soldiers deployed in the coming months will exceed 4 thousand.
Pat Shanahan, acting Secretary of Defense. Photo: AP, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS for its acronym in English) “has asked us to support them with additional barbed wire and increased surveillance, and we responded with how many people would be needed, the timing and combination of people to support that.” . The Pentagon has approved an extension of the deployment of troops at the border until the end of September. Until Tuesday, authorities were trying to work out exactly how many soldiers would be deployed and which units would be affected. Shanahan made the comments while members of the armed services of the House of Representatives Committee questioned senior leaders of Defense and military on the border mission, demanding details about its impact on military readiness, and if, as a result the necessary training and other works were leaving aside.” What impact will in agility send several thousand troops to the southern border? He interrupted his training. Interrupted his time between deployments,”said representative Adam Smith, Chairman of the Committee. The Vice Admiral Mike Gilday, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs, told the panel that he does not believe that military agility has been affected significantly. He said that some units have not had opportunity to be trained because of the deployment, and others have had less time at home than desired by the army. However, he added that one tries to rotate every few weeks to minimize the impact to service members. Also said that the estimated cost of deploying to active service until the end of this month is $ 132 million, and that the cost of deploying about 2 thousand 300 members of the National Guard to the border last year was 103 million – are calculated 308 million dollars for this year-. The legislators said that they were informed that there were troops on the border after you finish your mission that had nothing to do, and many spent time playing sports or watching videos. Gilday acknowledged some errors as the mission progressed.” We’ve really tried to avoid that people waste time on the border”, he said. “There have been occasions when we have not point you in terms of numbers. And perhaps we had excess capacity, but those people had already returned when we realized that we made a mistake.” Officials said that most of the soldiers now ranging to the border are combat engineers and forces of support to additional barriers installed. The expectation is that they will complete the work in a few months and then they can go home. Many of the others will start the extended monitoring mission that will last until at least September. U.S. forces used the Office of customs and border protection (CBP) vehicles equipped with surveillance cameras and will monitor the border. Soldiers are not allowed to do police work, so they may not detain migrants who cross the border. Instead, when they see suspicious activity they will alert the CBP officers, who then will be in charge of the migrants involved.
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