The Trump administration announced that the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group (CSG) will deploy to the Caribbean to help “dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations and counter narco-terrorism in defense of the Homeland.” The CSG had been in the Mediterranean for exercises with allies and to respond to potential hostilities around Israel, Gaza, and the Red Sea. An earlier update on the Caribbean from CSIS wondered whether the forces in the region would decline, stay even, or increase. For a while it looked like they were staying even, as new arrivals replaced departing ships. Now, it looks like the naval presence is expanding.
U.S. Carrier to the Caribbean: A Step Closer to War (Mark F. Cancian and Chris H. Park – Center for Strategic & International Studies)
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