Military backpedals on winding down border mission

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By WESLEY MORGAN 11/20/2018 09:19 AM EST

The military backpedaled Tuesday on the declaration by the general overseeing the deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border that some of his 5,800 troops would begin heading home in the coming days.

“No specific timeline for redeployment has been determined,” a spokesman for the Army component of U.S. Northern Command said in an emailed statement. “We will provide more details as they become available.”

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, who is overseeing the controversial deployment of active-duty troops to shore up border entry points, told POLITICO in an interview Monday that he expected to send the first wave of troops home later this week after they completed stringing concertina wire and building base camps.

“You’re going to see a couple of things over the next week — some redeployments,” said Buchanan, who heads the Army component and leads the active-duty border mission that President Donald Trump ordered. He cited “excess capacity” of engineers and logistics troops.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/20/military-backpedals-on-winding-down-border-mission-985213

[Achilleaze]

1. "The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief has ordered us to screw around." - US Troops

"And to pretend we are doing something useful, so he can look like a republican bigwig."

[getagrip_already]

2. they were always going to redeploy the engineers....

That's their role. They go in first, build shit, set up power and comms, and leave.

They will be replaced with other troops. Helicopter crews, rapid response units, and support personnel. Maybe even some morticians.

Trump still has 2 rallies next monday. He will want a strong force to point to as he rails against the walkathon.

He isn't done with them yet.

[True Blue American]

3. My Dad

Was an Engineer in Europe, building bridges for the Troops in WW 2.