Pentagon spokesman, Lt. Col. Jamie Davis told CNN, “we are not calling it ‘Operation Faithful Patriot,’ we are calling it ‘border support.'” Davis said he could not provide a reason why the change had been made. Separately, a US defense official said the Pentagon decided the mission should not have been designated a named operation because it was supporting US border authorities. However, that official also said it couldn’t be denied that the phrase ‘Operation Faithful Patriot’ had potential political overtones. The Wall Street Journal first reported the name change and that the decision was made by Defense Secretary James Mattis’s office, which issued the order on Election Day, according to officials. Last week when Mattis was questioned on the decision to send troops to the border, he said, “We don’t do stunts.” “My first reaction was this was a public affairs unforced error. The public attention on the name of the operation had long subsided and deciding two weeks later they were not going to name it was unnecessary and brought undue attention to the fact that they named it in the first place,” said CNN military analyst John Kirby. Typically, there are protocols in place that outline a deliberation process that decides whether an operation will be named. Ultimately, the final decision is made by the secretary of defense who also gets a vote on what the name will be. But in this case, it is not clear whether the naming convention was followed or if key officials, includi
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