Fort Carson in Colorado will be deploying approximately 2,400 soldiers to the southern U.S. border. A Fort Carson spokesperson said the soldiers, members of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, will join active-duty personnel who were deployed to the southern border earlier this year.

The Pentagon is deploying a Stryker Brigade Combat Team and a General Support Aviation Battalion to the southwestern border, accelerating

The Stryker crews, as well as support helicopters and seven sustainment units, will bolster thousands of troops already there.