""SOUTHCOM has traditionally been a backwater," Mark Cancian, a retired colonel and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Axios. "Once in a generation something happened, but the administration's focus on homeland and hemispheric security has produced more attention, and we're seeing that being implemented with this military buildup.""
""I think there needs to be a complete discussion about how important this is to us," Bradley Martin, a RAND senior policy researcher and former surface warfare officer, told Axios. "What resources are we using, what types of things are we forgoing as a result of ca"
The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group is steaming toward the region with escorts and capabilities including fighters, transports, early-warning aircraft, helicopters, missiles, jamming and spying tools, and thousands of troops. Ships already present include the Iwo Jima, Gravely and Stockdale, some carrying Tomahawks, while bombers are operating near Caracas. U.S. strikes have killed at least 65 people in 15 attacks on alleged drug-smuggling vessels. The administration is considering land targets in Venezuela and possibly expanding operations toward Mexico. The deployment reflects a heightened U.S. focus on homeland and hemispheric security and raises readiness and resource-allocation concerns.
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