U.S. service members interdicting a drug-smuggling submarine. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy’s most modern and technologically advanced carrier, along with its accompanying warships and attack planes to waters off Latin America, marking a dramatic escalation of U.S. military might in the region. By adding the USS Gerald R. Ford to the existing U.S. forces, the naval strike group in the Caribbean becomes an exceptionally powerful force. The Ford carries about 5,000 sailors and more than 75 attack, surveillance, and support aircraft, joining roughly 10,000 American troops already deployed to the region since late August. President Trump’s hardline stance and the deployment of U.S. military…
Click here to read the full article at The Gateway Pundit.
