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Border War: National Guard Training for Southwest Border

By Jim Kouri
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

National Guard troops in several states are training hard as they prepare to join guardsmen already supporting Border Patrol agents on the nation’s Southwest border, according to Pentagon officials.

The National Guard has been providing Southwest border support for a number of years through its counterdrug program, said Army Maj. Gen. Peter Aylward, who is coordinating the latest operation at the National Guard Bureau. “Today we have more than 360 folks providing that kind of support,â€