"An eighth US Navy vessel arrived in the Caribbean this week as part of President Donald Trump's push to combat maritime drug trafficking and cartel activity with military force. USS Stockdale, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, joins seven other American vessels in the waters of US Southern Command. Among the deployed warships are the destroyers USS Jason Dunham and USS Gravely, USS Lake Erie, a missile cruiser, and USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a littoral combat ship."
"Three other Navy ships - USS Iwo Jima, USS Fort Lauderdale, and USS San Antonio - comprise the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group that has been routed to the region with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit. A Marine Expeditionary Unit is a US military crisis response force, and usually comprises around 5,000 Marines and sailors aboard three ships that act as regional deterrents. MEUs most often train for emergency evacuation operations, disaster response, and amphibious assaults."
USS Stockdale became the eighth US Navy vessel deployed in the Caribbean to combat maritime drug trafficking near Venezuela. Other deployed warships include destroyers Jason Dunham and Gravely, missile cruiser Lake Erie, and littoral combat ship Minneapolis-Saint Paul. The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group—USS Iwo Jima, Fort Lauderdale, and San Antonio—arrived with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit. A Marine Expeditionary Unit typically comprises about 5,000 Marines and sailors aboard three ships and trains for evacuations, disaster response, and amphibious assaults. The Secretary of Defense ordered the deployment to dismantle transnational criminal and terrorist organizations and to counter narco-terrorism. Coast Guard law enforcement detachments are operating alongside Navy units, and the expanding military role raises concerns about legal and operational boundaries.
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