US-Mexico border security is stretching troops thin, placing demands 'not related to their military mission set,' National Guard chief says

• The US Army National Guard chief said securing the US-Mexico border is stretching soldiers thin.
• Gen. Daniel Hokanson said it places demands on troops "not related to their military mission set."
• Since 2021, Operation Lone Star in Texas intensified the Guard's presence at the southwest border.

The outgoing chief of the National Guard is doubling down on his recent criticisms of the service component's long-troubled security mission on the US-Mexico border, saying it's a detriment to the Guard's ability to wage war.