To qualify for the Mexican Border Defense Medal, troops must have been “permanently assigned, attached, or detailed” to a unit that deployed for 30 days.

The United States is deploying three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the waters off Venezuela as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels.

The Comfort medical team provided care to 12,616 patients across six countries.

A dual Haitian-U.S. citizen and Navy veteran vanished in Haiti after witnesses claimed they saw him being detained by police. At the time he worked for a U.S.-based security contractor that was quietly hired by the Haitian government.

More than 250 Venezuelans deported in March by the Trump administration and flown to El Salvador’s high security “counterterrorism” prison were sent home Friday in exchange for 1o U.S. citizens imprisoned in Venezuela by the government of President Nicolás Maduro.

The Senate’s legislation initially called for $3.3 billion to fund the military’s mission at the southwest border, but that amount has been reduced to $1 billion under updated bill language released Wednesday.

Airmen assigned to the 21st Airlift Squadron and 860th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., delivered approximately 55,000 pounds of essential supplies to El Salvador and Guatemala.

A tense exchange about Greenland and Panama began a series of other confrontations between Hegseth and House Democrats, some of whom demanded he resign.

The USS Gravely and its crew of approximately 300 sailors were welcomed home to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., just before midday Monday. The homecoming marked the conclusion of the Gravely’s time supporting U.S. Northern Command’s border mission.

The destroyer USS Cole has joined U.S. Northern Command’s southern border operations meant to deter illegal crossing and drug trafficking.