 From Soldiers Radio and Television, this is the Army Today, a daily feature from around the globe. Joint Task Force North, based at Fort Bliss, Texas, is part of a DOD organization that supports our nation's federal law enforcement agencies. The 6th Squadron First Cavalry Regiment volunteered to support the Border Patrol during Operation Nimbus. The Blackhawks got the opportunity to experience unique training with civilian law enforcement agencies that will closely mirror their duties in future deployments. Currently, we're kind of lucky here at Plias. We're currently working with JTF North and Border Patrol all here in a common command post. We're basically sharing ideas, basically using that partnership that we'll see down range in Afghanistan. We do similar missions like this. We've been doing them for 21 years all over the country, focused mainly on the Southwest border. So because we have two states, two different Border Patrol sectors involved, and units spread across about 500 miles, to my knowledge this is the largest mission that we've ever done. Operation Nimbus supported Border Patrol in New Mexico and Arizona. One of the biggest benefits that we see working with active duty military is the technology they bring to the border. A lot of this stuff is way too expensive for the Border Patrol to buy and purchase itself and have it out there on a daily basis. We do use mobile surveillance platforms, but when the military comes out, they use the high tech stuff that really helps the agents in the field detect stuff that we otherwise might miss. Not only do you get to defend the homeland, work to secure America side by side with your law enforcement partners, but you also get to train many metal tasks that will be used to try to train to perform to deploy part of your mission. That's the Army Today from Soldiers Radio and Television.