Deployment Overseas News Today

Emergency operations centers, shelters. you know, really all of the places that are so critical to keeping people safe. >> bill: your background is in the new york military. now the u.s. congress. the national guard has returned from a deployment overseas, and what are they doing today? >> i cant say enough about our first responders and our guardsmen. some of those units literally just arrived back from training deployments and overseas deployment. they didnt go home, they didnt go back to thei...

Homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen that he did not anticipate military personnel coming into direct contact with migrants. >> they dont need their weapons. the engineers, the soldiers, the marines doing that are overwatched by mps that are armed and the normal force protection wherever they go. >> unlike a deployment overseas, these troops that will miss thanksgiving with their families are not getting combat pay. theyre living in tents and eating prepackaged mres. the president has me...

Commander, call back tells you if you read all that stuff, youll go nuts. you know what i mean? >> the pentagon will not say how much this deployment costs. early estimates point to a $200 million bill which some worry will be less money to fix planes and maintain equipment. unlike a deployment overseas, these troops are not getting combat pay. they are living in tents and eating prepackaged mrds, even though fast food and grocery stores are nearby. at first, the name of the mission of was made ...

Could go as high as 7,000. he said he didnt anticipate military personnel coming into direct contact with migrants. >> theres all sorts of stuff in the news and that sort of thing. you just concentrate on what your company commander tells you. if you read all of that stuff, youll go nuts. >> the pentagon has been unwilling to answer questions about how much this deployment will cost. estimates are a $200 million bill, which means less money to fix planes and maintain equipment. >> well update yo...