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Video by Spc. Shawn Richardson

189th DSSB Deploys to Southern Border - B-Roll 1of2

82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade

March 15, 2025 | 3:42

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina — U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to Alpha Company, 189th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, departed from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Fort Bliss, Texas, on March 15, 2025, in order to enhance the capacities of Customs and Border Protection as part of the mission along the U.S. southern border. They will integrate with forces already deployed to protect and defend the territorial integrity of the United States. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Shawn Richardson)

Timestamps:
0:10 - Loading buses
0:35 - Leadership addressing Soldiers. In order: Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Swim, Commander of 189th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion; Colonel Robert J. Rowe, Commander of 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade; Command Sergeant Major Randolph Delapena, Senior Enlisted Leader of 82nd Airborne Division
1:30 - Baggage detail
2:58 - Movement onto airfield