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A member of the U.S. Army 212 Infantry 2nd Brigade stands next to the US-Mexico border as part of Joint Task Force Southern Border Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Douglas, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say

A long sliver of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump is turning over to the Department of Defense would be controlled by the Army as part of a base, a move that could allow troops to detain any trespassers, including migrants.
 
This combination of images shows from left, Army Pfc. Dante D. Taitano, 21, of Dededo, Guam, Army Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, 25, of Glendale, Calif., Army Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., 25, of Joliet, Ill., and Army Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, of Battle Creek, Mich., who were killed in a training accident near Pabradė, Lithuania, in March 2025. (Department of Defense via AP)

US Army identifies 4th soldier who died in training accident in Lithuania

 
In this image provided by the U.S. Army, U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, along with Lithuanian Army and emergency services personnel, discuss their plan to recover four U.S. soldiers in a U.S. Army M88 Hercules submerged under several meters of water in a swamp near a training area near Pabadre, Lithuania, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (Christopher Saundersn/U.S. Army via AP)

In Lithuania, 3 US soldiers found dead in an armored vehicle. 1 is still missing.

 
Recovery efforts continue for four missing U.S. soldiers near the spot where their Hercules armored vehicle was found submerged at a training range in Pabrade, north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania on Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

NATO clarifies comments that four missing US soldiers had died during training in Lithuania

 
Soldiers march away at the conclusion of the September 11 Remembrance Ceremony at Fort Gordon, Ga., Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. (Michael Holahan /The Augusta Chronicle via AP, File)

One person fatally shot at US Army base in Georgia in ‘isolated’ incident

 

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The man who died in a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives outside a Trump hotel was a US Army soldier, officials say

 

3 US Army soldiers arrested on human smuggling charges along the border with Mexico

 

Ex-US Army soldier asks for maximum 40 years in prison but gets a 14-year term for IS plot

 
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., speaks to the media about the Secret Service and arrangements for the security of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Senate confirms commander of US Army forces in the Pacific after Tuberville drops objections

 
FILE - U.S. Army soldiers stand next to trucks arriving loaded with humanitarian aid at the U.S.-built floating pier Trident before reaching the beach on the coast of the Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Challenges of the Gaza humanitarian aid pier offer lessons for the US Army

 

US Army soldier pleads guilty to selling sensitive military information

 

US Army soldier accused of selling sensitive military information changes plea to guilty

 
FILE - U.S. troopers prepare to board U.S. Army CH-47s at Paredes Air Station at Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte province as it carries U.S. and Philippine troops during a joint military exercise in northern Philippines on May 6, 2024. Hundreds of American and Filipino troops concluded Monday June 10, 2024 a new combat exercise in the northern Philippines which tested their endurance in more than a week of brutal heat and volatile weather and braced them to respond to any threat in tropical jungles and on scattered islands, two U.S. and Philippine generals said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

US and Filipino forces end drills that tested their endurance in brutal heat and volatile weather

 
FILE - U.S. Maj. Gen. Marcus Evans, Commanding General of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press on Feb. 8, 2024, in Manila, Philippines. The U.S. Army is introducing a new joint battlefield training in the Philippines aimed at boosting combat readiness and efficiency, including the adequate provision of ammunition and other supplies in difficult tropical jungle and archipelagic conditions, Evans said Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

The US Army will hold combat training in the Philippines to hone skills as maritime tensions rise

 
Soldiers of LLV Monterrey from 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) prepare to deploy to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

US Army boats head out on a mission to build a floating pier off Gaza’s shore for food deliveries

 
This image from police body-worn camera video, contained and annotated in the Justice Department's statement of facts, supporting the arrest warrant for Edward Richmond Jr., at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Richmond, a former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed cowherd in Iraq, has been arrested on charges that he attacked police officers with a baton during the U.S. Capitol riot. (Department of Justice via AP)

Military veteran charged in Capitol riot is ordered released from custody

 
This image from police body-worn camera video, contained and annotated in the Justice Department's statement of facts, supporting the arrest warrant for Edward Richmond Jr., at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Richmond, a former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed cowherd in Iraq, has been arrested on charges that he attacked police officers with a baton during the U.S. Capitol riot. (Department of Justice via AP)

Ex-Army soldier charged in Capitol riot was convicted of manslaughter for killing Iraqi man in 2004

 
This undated image provided by Fadi Sckak shows a family photo of Abedalla Sckak with his wife Zahra Sckak and children. Abedalla Sckak, 56, died after being shot in the fighting in Gaza last month. He is the father of three American sons, including a U.S. service member. The family is hoping for rescue for the mother, Zahra Sckak, who is still trapped with another American relative in Gaza City. They are among 300 Americans, green card holders or close relatives still in Gaza and seeking help out. (Fadi Sckak via AP)

Americans beg for help getting family out of Gaza. “I just want to see my mother again,’ a son says

 

Army helicopter flying through Alaska mountain pass hit another in fatal April crash, report says

 
Sgt. Gabriela Corbalan rings a bell as the names of the soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, are read during an event at the Buffalo Soldiers Museum, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, in Houston. U.S. Army officials say they will overturn the convictions of over 100 Black soldiers accused of a mutiny at a Houston military camp a century ago in a trial that had racial undertones. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)

US Army to overturn century-old convictions of 110 Black soldiers

 

Former US intelligence officer charged with trying to give classified defense information to China

 

Hawaii authorities arrest man who fled with handgun after getting into a scuffle on Army base

 

World War II veteran from Rhode Island identified using DNA evidence

 
Indonesian Marines fire an artillery round during an amphibious landing operation at the Super Garuda Shield multi-national military exercise in Situbondo, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Thousands of military personnel from the United States, Indonesia and other allied forces showcased their armor capabilities on Sunday in combat drills on the Indonesian island of Java as China takes more aggressive actions in the region. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

Australian and Indonesian forces deploy battle tanks in US-led combat drills amid Chinese concern

 

Remains identified of Michigan airman who died in crash following WWII bombing raid on Japan

 

Court-martial planned for former National Guard commander accused of assault, Army says

 
FILE - A portrait of American soldier Travis King is displayed as his grandfather, Carl Gates, talks about his grandson on July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wis. The Biden administration is extending for another year a ban on the use of U.S. passports for travel to North Korea, the State Department said Tuesday. The latest extension comes as tensions with North Korea are rising over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and the uncertain status of Travis King, a U.S. service member who last month entered the country through its heavily armed border. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Mother of Army private in North Korea tells AP that her son ‘has so many reasons to come home’

 

Military veteran says he soiled himself after Dallas police refused to help him gain restroom entry

 
This undated photo provided by Meredith Barney shows her daughter, Saria Hildabrand. Hildabrand's husband, U.S. Army soldier Zarrius Ray Hildabrand, faces murder and evidence tampering charges stemming from her death earlier in August 2023, and is set to be back in court Thursday, Aug. 17, according to court records. (Courtesy Meredith Barney via AP)

US Army soldier accused of killing his wife in Alaska after night out celebrating his birthday

 

US soldier dead after a truck hit his military vehicle on a German highway

 
Myron Gates, uncle of American soldier Travis King, talks about his nephew, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wis. Pvt. King bolted into North Korea while on a tour of the Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday, July 18, a day after he was supposed to travel to a base in the U.S. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

American soldier’s dash into North Korea leaves family members wondering why

 
A sign at west Louisiana U.S. Army base displays the base's new name in n Vernon Parish, Louisiana, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. The former Fort Polk on Tuesday formally became Fort Johnson, named for a Black World War I hero. (Crystal Stevenson/The American Press via AP)

Army renames Louisiana base for Black WWI hero who received Medal of Honor

 
Col. Rhett Champagne, the commander of the U.S. Air Force 821st Contingency Response Group, stands on the airstrip a coalition air base in Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. The U.S. military says Iraqi forces have retaken 40 villages from the Islamic State group near Mosul since a massive operation to drive the militants from the city began last week. It says Iraqi troops are consolidating gains made east and south of the city earlier this week, but insisted "momentum" was still on their side. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

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