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W. Ralph Basham, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), addresses an Operation Jump Start (OJS) end-of-mission ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington on July 11, 2008, as David V. Aguilar, chief of the United States Border Patrol, and LTG H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, listen. The National Guard has provided support to CBP for more than 20 years. At its peak, up to 6,000 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen increased security and vigilance along the nation's southern border under OJS, which began June 15, 2006, and ended July 15, 2008. The National Guard and CBP will continue to work together on engineering, counterdrug and other missions.
160708-A-YG824-045.JPG Photo By: Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill

Washington, D.C. - W. Ralph Basham, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), addresses an Operation Jump Start (OJS) end-of-mission ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington on July 11, 2008, as David V. Aguilar, chief of the United States Border Patrol, and LTG H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, listen. The National Guard has provided support to CBP for more than 20 years. At its peak, up to 6,000 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen increased security and vigilance along the nation's southern border under OJS, which began June 15, 2006, and ended July 15, 2008. The National Guard and CBP will continue to work together on engineering, counterdrug and other missions.


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