US aircraft carrier group arrives near Latin America

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

A US naval strike force centred around the world's largest warship, the USS Gerald R Ford, has arrived near the Caribbean, the US Navy has confirmed. The arrival of the strike group, which was ordered to the region by President Donald Trump last month, comes amid ongoing strikes against alleged drug boats and tensions with Venezuela.

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The force includes the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, which itself includes more than 4,000 sailors and dozens of aicraft. The strike force also includes guided-missile destroyers and various other vessels. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said that the force will "bolster US capacity to detect, monitor and disrupt illicit actors and activities that disrupt the safety and prosperity" of the US and will help "disrupt narcotics trafficking" and criminal groups in the region.

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... The strike force also includes guided-missile destroyers and various other vessels. ...

More details here:

Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Now in U.S. Southern Command
news.usni.org

... Ford's escorts include guided-missile destroyers USS Bainbridge (DDG-96), USS Mahan (DDG-72) and USS Winston Churchill (DDG-81). Destroyers USS Mitscher (DDG-57) and USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98), which deployed with the Ford CSG in June, are operating in the Middle East and the Mediterranean respectively, according to Monday's USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-11 03:58 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

So what will it be"

TACO?

Or another stupid foreign war of one man's personal choice?

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-11-11 04:17 PM | Reply

That'll show those pesky fishermen.

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-11 04:18 PM | Reply

Billions of dollars more in Epstein Distractions.

Thanks, idiot Trumpers!

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-11 05:18 PM | Reply

Good thing FIFA Peace Prize laureate Lewzer has ended the wars in the Middle East, so these assets are no longer needed there.

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-11-11 05:22 PM | Reply

He prolly got a Bonus from Vlad for moving them out of the ME.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-11 05:57 PM | Reply