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    Pentagon planning to rotate in new troops at southern border

    Pentagon planning to rotate in new troops at southern border
    One of the driving forces behind keeping troops on the border is another caravan coming up from Mexico in January, says an official.

    Military personel and border patrol agents at the San Ysidro border checkpoint south of San Diego, California, on Nov. 25, 2018.Sandy Huffaker / AFP - Getty Images

    Nov. 28, 2018 / 10:31 AM PST
    By Courtney Kube, Carol E. Lee and Julia Ainsley

    WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is now actively planning for the U.S. troops deployed to the southern border to become a rotational force, meaning their mission would be extended and fresh troops would be rotated in, according to two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official familiar with the planning.

    While there has not yet been a request for an extension from the Department of Homeland Security, defense officials are now planning for the mission to be extended past the Dec. 15 end date and for new troops to replace some of the ones currently serving there.

    "There are discussions about extending the mission," confirmed a defense official, "but without a formal request, it may not actually happen. It still depends on if DHS wants to make the request or not."

    "DOD has not received any formal request at this time," said Defense Department spokesperson Lt. Col. Jamie Davis said.

    A source with direct knowledge of the discussions said the request to keep U.S. troops at the border longer will come from DHS to the Pentagon as early as this week. The official said one of the driving forces behind keeping troops on the border is another caravan coming up from Mexico in January.

    "We are talking weeks or months, not years," according to one defense official, talking about how long the troops could be deployed to the border.

    Another said the military is just conducting "prudent planning" by figuring out how to replace some of the current troops with new ones.

    Many of the troops there now spent their Thanksgiving holiday along the border. Replacing them with new service members would mean many would not also spend Christmas away from home, but others would.

    Last week Defense Secretary James Mattis opened up the possibility that the mission could be extended and U.S. troops could still be there over Christmas.

    Speaking to a group of reporters last Wednesday, Mattis said, "Some of those troops certainly will be home. I would anticipate they would be. But some troops may not be, or some new troops may be assigned to new missions. But this is a dynamic situation."

    There are about 5,600 U.S. troops currently assigned to the border mission.

    Courtney Kube

    Courtney Kube is a national security and military reporter for NBC News, covering the Pentagon, U.S. military operations all over the world, and intelligence and national security issues.

    Carol E. Lee
    Carol E. Lee is a national political reporter for NBC News.

    Julia Ainsley
    Julia Ainsley is a national security reporter for NBC News.

    Hans Nichols contributed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MW View Post
    What's the problem? Most active duty military personnel deploy overseas for six to eight months.

    Busy work--Trump and Mattis can still say they have troops on the border, even when most are 100 miles away, and the remainder are shuffling in and out.
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