Wired Up: 400 Marines in southern Arizona ‘reinforcing’ border wall

Approximately 400 Marines are working along the southern border in the Tucson sector, adding brackets and two types of wire to the border wall as part of an infrastructure improvement and barrier reinforcement mission.

Company Commander Kyle Harrison showed me the work underway in southern Arizona, where groups are operating in states bordering Mexico.

“Our purpose down here, ma’am, is primarily going to be infrastructure improvement and barrier reinforcement. So, general engineering is what we’re doing,” Harrison said…

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