The Alaska National Guard is sending a small force – approximately 20 personnel and two helicopters – to the southern border on what is, for now, a routine support mission. The mission is reportedly not related to the ongoing confrontation between Texas Governor Abbott and the Biden Administration, although Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has joined 24 other Republican Governors in signing a statement of support for Texas.
The deployment of the Alaska Guard is a semi-regular mission to provide support for border operations.
Planned for months and involving several other states, the Alaska National Guard may be once again going to the southern border to assist with border protection.
The action is not in direct response to the current border standoff between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and President Joe Biden, who has demanded that Abbott remove razor wire from land along the border of…
