Following his recent Visit to the U.S-Mexico Border, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced yesterday that he had ordered the deployment of roughly 3,000 additional Active-Duty Troops to the U.S. Southern Border, including Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Carson, Colorado. A U.S. Defense Official later stated that around 2,400 Soldiers will be deployed from the Stryker Unit, while another 550 will be deployed from an Aviation Unit also ordered by Secretary Hegseth to the Border.