CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu delivered remarks Monday at a New Hampshire Nationwide Guard Deployment ceremony, the place two items might be deployed to the southern U.S. border.
“New Hampshire is grateful for the heroic women and men of our Nationwide Guard,” Sununu mentioned. “They answered the decision to serve through the COVID pandemic, and at the moment are answering our nation’s name — deploying to the continuing humanitarian disaster alongside our southern border. As these courageous women and men deploy, New Hampshire stands by our Nationwide Guard and we want everybody a secure and speedy return house.”
New Hampshire will present two Army Nationwide Guard Units for a yearlong deployment.
Roughly 44 troopers from the 941st Army Police Battalion HQ might be deployed to supply command and management over 4 subordinate items from New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Illinois and Kentucky, numbering round 500 whole. Their sector covers about 250 miles of border extending to the Gulf of Mexico.
Simply over 100 solders from the 237th Army Police Firm might be deployed to primarily surveillance websites alongside the border. Troopers are prohibited from being in touch with unlawful migrants and should notify Border Patrol of any border crossing to primarily stem the stream of individuals and illicit medicine, weapons and cash.
A earlier New Hampshire Nationwide Guard unit deployed to the southwest border from October 2020 by way of November 2021 resulted in 207,320 assisted apprehensions, $893 million in unlawful drug seizures, and 20 migrant lives saved.
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