What will DOD civilians do at the border? The Pentagon won’t say.

The Pentagon will send some civilian employees to support the Homeland Security Department with the southern border mission and “internal immigration enforcement,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday.

But Hegseth’s office has declined to provide any further details, including how many people are going, what their job backgrounds are, and which missions they will be fulfilling. This is in stark contrast to nearly seven years of ongoing DOD support to the DHS border mission—including during the first Trump administration—when the Pentagon routinely released troop levels and descriptions of their activities.

Two DOD spokespeople deferred all questions to Homeland Security, which did not immediately respond to Defense One ’s query.

It’s likely that the jobs will be largely