Monday · October 1, 2018

Operation Faithful Patriot deploys 5,200 active-duty troops to border

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Trump ordered 5,200 active-duty troops to border with additional 7,000 on 24-hour deployment notice. Politically charged name dropped after two weeks, reverting to “border support” after criticism. Deployment occurred just before midterm elections, with potential scale of up to 15,000 troops, matching the size of U.S. military presence in Afghanistan at the time.

Sources & Citations

[1] Pentagon deployment orders · Oct 29, 2018 Tier 1
[2] GAO cost analysis of deployment · Jun 1, 2019 Tier 1
[3] Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to the border in 'Operation Faithful Patriot' · Oct 29, 2018 Tier 1
[4] DoD drops border deployment name, no longer calling it 'Faithful Patriot' · Nov 7, 2018 Tier 2
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The Cascade Ledger. “Operation Faithful Patriot deploys 5,200 active-duty troops to border.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, October 1, 2018. https://capturecascade.org/event/2018-10-01--operation-faithful-patriot/