Joint Task Force North

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	Southwest Border Engineer Mission Support of U.S. Border Patrol, Tucson Sector Douglas, Arizona Feb - Apr 07 Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 24, based in Huntsville, Alabama, constructed low water crossings, fences, and roads long the Arizona / Mexico border
	U.S. Border Patrol and Joint Task Force North Emergency Response Course – Chihuahua, Mexico Feb 07 Participants included local, state, and federal Mexican law enforcement agents, firefighters, and other first responders. U.S. Border Patrol - El Paso Sector Agents and Sailors from the Operational Health Support Unit, U.S. Naval Reserve Dallas, Texas trained the Mexican first responders.
	OPERATION NIGHT OWL 1st Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment Support to U.S. Border Patrol - El Paso Sector Feb-Mar 07 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters deployed via C-5 from Fort Carson to Fort Bliss to conducted aviation reconnaissance operations.
	OPERATION NIGHT OWL 1st Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment Support to U.S. Border Patrol - El Paso Sector Feb-Mar 07 FLIR equipped OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters were used to conduct nighttime aviation reconnaissance operations and UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter support (in background) was provided by the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, based at Fort Riley, Kansas
	OPERATION ABLE VENTURE Multi-senor support to U.S. Coast Guard–San Diego OCT - DEC 06 Day and night aviation reconnaissance and maritime radar support operations conducted along the U.S. / Mexico border.
	Support to National Park Service Coronado National Memorial, Arizona Jul 05 Ohio National Guard personnel airlifted pre-assembled ‘Normandy Barriers,’ each weighing almost one ton, to known drug trafficking national park border sites. The barriers prevent vehicle traffic, while still allowing wildlife to cross.
	U.S. Border Patrol – El Paso Sector In response to a request for nighttime aviation surveillance assistance submitted by the El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, Marine Air Group 39’s HMLA 267 “Stingers” self-deployed their FLIR equipped AH-1W Super Cobra and UH-1N Huey helicopters to the border city of El Paso, Texas. The Marines served as “the eyes in sky” for the Border Patrol agents on the ground.
	South Texas Border Area A U.S. Army OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter takes off on a nighttime Joint Task Force North aviation reconnaissance support operation along the Mexico-U.S border. The aircraft, equipped with forward-looking infrared (FLIR) optics, are used to locate and report suspected illegal activities.
	Geospatial Intelligence Support Joint Task Force North Intelligence Directorate Geospatial Intelligence Office provides the JTF North staff and law enforcement partners with imagery support, to include: multiple scale maps, line drawings, and custom geospatial intelligence analysis.
	Southwest Border Homeland Security Support Joint Task Force North serves as a force multiplier, enhancing law enforcement agencies’ effectiveness through the application of unique Department of Defense technologies and capabilities. Military personnel alert the co-located law enforcement agents to the presence of suspected illegal activities.