Yeah, this...
Unless TX is abnormally bad at mobilizing forces for State Missions, 30-45 days is unacceptable. We had a brigade out to areas all over VA during the nasty storm and power outage aftermath. Vehicles, supplies, helicopters, the works. In less than 2 days.
I'm calling BS on it taking that long to get them there.
A lot of that was the head's up on the storm's path, the national coordination of disaster resources, and the fact that it was a recognized national disaster with predetermined response procedures. Plus, they had several days to get resources mobilized prior to the storm making landfall.
Also, with the border thing there is a lot more to do interms of getting facilities planning in place. Not exactly a lot of Holiday Inns, or even readily accessible water, along thst stretch of border. Getting arrangments made for that little inconvenience takes time.
Another issue is the immense scale of deployment. The Texas/Mexico border stretches more than 1200 miles, almost two thirds of the total US/Mexico border's 1900 mile length. Lots of ground to cover, and a little different from having a military depot, airport, or industrial campus where the deplyment is handled with troops housed in a single common location.
Is it a long time iterms of getting troops in trucks and on the way? Sure. They could be on their way tomorrow. But trucking in troops just to say boots are on the ground does not a well planned and executed deplyment make.
Brad