The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and its strike group have been ordered to the U.S. Southern Command area to support the Trump administration’s ongoing counter-narcotics operations, the Pentagon confirmed Friday. “The enhanced U.S. force presence in the USSOUTHCOM AOR will bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote on X.

Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group deployed to Caribbean to support Trump administration’s counter-drug campaign

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The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and its strike group have been ordered to the U.S. Southern Command area to support the Trump administration’s ongoing counter-narcotics operations, the Pentagon confirmed Friday.

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