U.S. Northern Command and Alaska Air National Guard Airmen worked with the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to secure the Southern border of the United States.
USNORTHCOM assisted by transporting approximately 20 AKARNG Soldiers and two UH-72A Lakota helicopters, assigned to Charlie Company, 3-140th Security and Support Battalion, to provide mobile surveillance, intelligence analysis and air-to-ground support.