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Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has begun operating in the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) area of responsibility.
The Pentagon confirmed the arrival, which was first reported by Reuters news agency, saying in a statement on November 11 that it would help “disrupt narcotics trafficking and degrade and dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations.”
“Through unwavering commitment and the precise use of our forces, we stand ready to combat the transnational threats that seek to destabilize our region,” SOUTHCOM commander Adm. Alvin Holsey said in a statement.
SOUTHCOM’s area of responsibility includes Central and South America, the Caribbean, and their territorial waters, with the exception of U.S. territories.
The Ford, which was commissioned in 2017, is the newest in the U.S. Navy and the world’s largest, with more than 5,000 sailors aboard. It can support some 70 aircraft, including F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets and EA-18G Growler electric warfare attack jets.
In addition, the carrier is reported to be escorted by guided-missile destroyers USS Bainbridge, USS Mahan, and USS Winston Churchill.
The arrival of the carrier marks a new escalation in the U.S. ongoing operations against narco traffickers in Latin America, specifically in Venezuela.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump began to escalate against Caracas over the drug issue back in August. It first doubled the reward for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to $50 million on drug trafficking charges then deployed an amphibious ready group led by the USS Iwo Jima landing helicopter dock with some 2,000 marines to the Caribbean Sea on a so-called “counter narco-terror operation”.
The U.S. military has already carried out 19 strikes against boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 75 people. Six were killed in the latest strikes, which was announced by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on November 10.
In a post to X, Hegseth said that the strikes targeted two boats which “were carrying narcotics,” and were transiting along “a known narco-trafficking transit route” in the Eastern Pacific.
“Under President Trump, we are protecting the homeland and killing these cartel terrorists who wish to harm our country and its people,” he added.
Recent reports by U.S. media suggest that the Trump administration is nearing a decision on an attack against Venezuela, with options on the table including targeting Maduro and occupying the country’s oil fields.
Venezuela has bracing for an attack. The country’s military continues to conduct exercises with a focus on quick evacuation, and decentralized operations.
Maduro approved plans for “armed resistance” earlier this month, which indicate that the country is preparing for a long fight.
Any attack by the U.S. on Venezuela will likely be aimed at changing the regime in Caracas. The U.S. clearly wants to tap into the country’s oil reserves, reported to be the largest in the entire world, and Trump does not apparently believe an agreement with Maduro on this issue is possible.
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funny, your map shows the gerry about 1 day off the coast of portugal. at a bone-shaking 30 knots it won’t be off trinidad for another three days.
the real maximum speed of us nuclear carriers is classified. it could be as high as 50 knots.
what, you crazy? that is too much and it was measured back.
__________ oh we have a genius onboard_____________
the slowest vessel determines the speed of the whole group.
venuzuela should dig huge tunnels and underground bunkers now.
all the hopes are with venezuela ability to repel all kinds of aggressions. venezuela could need the ability to retaliate with nukes…or that those who made a strategic partnership do protect them one way or the other. the helping hand is the one we want to shake for a friendly deal.
maduro’s days are numbered…heheheh
with the retarded bozos the clown, it’s always sunny in the future … a future that never comes though.
he will have to co operate with trump and start arresting druggies .otherwise he can have a war torn nation the choice is up to him .
not necessarily
his wife patsy too .in fact they got exposed nationwide on thd tv by comedian glyn nichols as pate biscuit and bongo comedy sketches that weew huge favourites
this is how they clean their act
pate biscuit vs patsy biscoe the big gig, 1990
46k views · 16 years ago…more somehiw glynns original sketches have all disappeared girls and boys how did that happen ?
like a gentleman i met name of allegedly herby fields ,very well.off pastoralist restaurant owner, chauffer all that disappeared too after becoming over exposed or something like that i imagine
hehehehehe, maduro will still be president long after trumps term finishes, hehehehehehehe
don toxycodon delusional delirium will cost so many lives again he will be responsible including if his men die. in march 2025, the trump administration revoked chevron’s license to operate in venezuela, which led to the suspension of chevron’s exports of venezuelan oil and contributed to a decline in venezuela’s oil exports that means the us cut itself its oil supply!
1) venezuela has nothing to do with drugs ask us puppet noboa what the cartels are doing in peru. every person who lost a family member because of us wars is very tired of the us bully bullshitting and murdering the entire world because of us oligarchs selfish genocidal greed and ideological bias. 2) the us empire of lies is the evil doing all the bad things for too long! they already could buy oil they decided to steal it. shame
they do not have any shame.
they only have, can have fear.
says no one normal ever.
hahahahaha and santa’s real too.
you’re so full of rubbish. you could start a recycling industry.
it means the us stopped paying them good dollars for charity since they are repaying by drug trafficking you don’t sell your friends kids drugs .
it seems the war cult is planning protracted vietnam style jungle warfare? the maduro government is freely arming and training the venezuelan population. amerika will not enjoy the decades body bags coning home.
the us has not the strength anymore to invade venezuela or iran like it did iraq. this time is long gone. they probably hope for an air campaign/decapitation strike with some local insurrection. it didn’t work in iran and by now i think the venezuelans know what to expect.
unbelievably naive and simplistic people would possibly think that likely the truth. otherwise people who know understand that vietnam was about getting drug lines under the lbj administrations control and everyone whk was around at thd time knows thatz how they ,the anti anerucan actors ,got the drug sex rock n toll 1960s hippy eta rolling along .allegedly
this all looks like tet offensive.
it looks like a president in america who actually isn’t corrupt . i wonder where the russian’s arw getting their coke?
here a lady ,legless now in a wheel chair , a while back was director of abc and her nephew became target of police operation so somehow the radio broadcast the fact nation wide on morning radio. that the cops had his address book and warned his customers to expect a visit.. the cops took them to court but nothing happened .
no the venezualans will be disappointed when no more green backs are being laundered through their elite and they start moving away before the fickle finger of fate finds their vulnerable spots.and penetrates their inner sanctum.
getting a little erotic there holmes.
your boyfriend cool with this no doubt ?
is the us really going to take on venezuela alone ?????????????? iran must be celebrating this
no houthis there. ‘murikunts are safe, so they think.
a bunch of cowards all of them both sides too pussy to stand up to anything, complete faggots all of them
…..in the u.s. ongoing operations against narco traffickers in latin america……
the author means the navy goes after cia?