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US Deploys USS Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group to Southern Command Area - Pentagon
US Deploys USS Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group to Southern Command Area - Pentagon
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The United States has dispatched the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) region to combat drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere, coinciding with escalating tensions with Venezuela, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced on Friday.
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"In support of the President [Trump]’s directive to dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) and counter narco-terrorism in defense of the Homeland, the Secretary of War [Pete Hegseth] has directed the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and embarked carrier air wing to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility," Parnell said in a statement. According to Parnell, the strike group will "bolster US capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland." The announcement comes just one day after US President Donald Trump said that the United States is preparing for a ground operation against drug cartels in Venezuela.
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us deploys uss gerald ford carrier, southern command area, pentagon
us deploys uss gerald ford carrier, southern command area, pentagon
US Deploys USS Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group to Southern Command Area - Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States has dispatched the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) region to combat drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere, coinciding with escalating tensions with Venezuela, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced on Friday.
"In support of the President [Trump]’s directive to dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) and counter narco-terrorism in defense of the Homeland, the Secretary of War [Pete Hegseth] has directed the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and embarked carrier air wing to the
U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility," Parnell said in a statement.
According to Parnell, the strike group will "bolster US capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland."
The announcement comes just one day after US President Donald Trump said that the United States is preparing for a ground operation against drug cartels in Venezuela.
