Pentagon deploys Navy destroyer for border protection

The US has sent a second warship to patrol off the coast of Mexico

The U.S. government has deployed another warship to waters near Mexico as part of President Donald Trump’s call to secure its southern border. The USS Spruance is the second Navy destroyer that served in the Red Sea to be ordered to support the U.S. Northern Command’s mission. Spruance departed U.S. Naval Base San Diego on Saturday, just days after the USS Gravely deployed to the Gulf of Mexico as part of the U.S. military’s response to Trump’s …

Navy Deploys Missile Destroyer to Support Border Security Operations

The United States Navy has announced the deployment of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) from San Diego in support of U.S. border security operations off the California coast.  In a statement released over the weekend, Navy officials confirmed that USS Spruance will operate with an embedded U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET). This collaboration aims to bolster maritime security and enhance c…

Navy Deploys Guided-Missile Destroyer to Defend U.S. Southern Border

The United States Navy deployed an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to support border security operations. A contingent of U.S. Coast

USS Spruance departs San Diego for Texas-Mexico border

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A guided-missile destroyer departed Naval Base San Diego over the weekend to support military operations at the Texas and Mexico border, according to a news release from the U.S. Navy. After spending five months in the Middle East and returning to the West Coast in December, USS Spruance left San Diego Saturday on its new deployment. Suspect in Cal Fire captain’s death arrested in Baja California: Police According…

Navy sends second warship to US southern border to 'restore territorial integrity'

U.S. Northern Command deployed the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Gravely to the Gulf of America on March 15 to secure American territorial waters and to help prevent waterborne drug-runners from shipping their poison into the United States. On Saturday, a second guided missile destroyer embarked on a mission to support U.S. Northern Command southern border operations — this time down the West Coast. NORTHCOM announced Saturd…

Navy Deploys USS Spruance to Border to Strengthen Security

The U.S. Navy has deployed the USS Spruance, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, to support operations along the southern border, officials announced Saturday. Departing from Naval Base San Diego, the warship will assist in maritime efforts to curb illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and transnational crime. The Spruance’s deployment aligns with President Donald Trump’s executive orders and a national emergency declaration aimed at…