The soldiers deploying to the southern border are assigned to engineer units that fall under the 18th Airborne Corps.

The Skyraider II is designed to conduct precision strikes and fly armed reconnaissance missions for troops on the ground.

AP reporters and photographers travel with the president virtually everywhere as part of a press “pool” and have for decades.

Another 600 Army and Air Force troops were announced Tuesday for deployments to the U.S. border with Mexico as President Donald Trump touted a dramatic decrease in migrants arrested for unauthorized ...