USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Deploys to the Caribbean Amid Rising Tensions

USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Deploys to the Caribbean Amid Rising Tensions

Key Points The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group has officially deployed for operations in the Caribbean This carrier group is centered around the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and it includes surface escorts and support vessels The USS Gerald. R Ford comes with an airwing of at least 75 aircraft at the ready for combat and logistical roles Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you with a financial advi…

Narco Interdiction at Sea Isn’t New — CBP, Coast Guard Have Been Doing It for Years

(Just The News)—President Donald Trump is ordering an aircraft carrier strike group head to the Caribbean to assist with drug interdiction at sea. This is after he first ordered three military strikes in September on suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean, and again several more this month. Trump said he did so in an attempt to thwart cartel and foreign terrorist organizations from smuggling fentanyl and other illicit drugs to the U.S. to stop…

The supercarrier USS Ford leaves the Mediterranean. It heads for the Caribbean due to "rising tensions." - Economic Scenarios

A surprising move, but perhaps not so surprising, on the geopolitical chessboard. The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) , the most modern and powerful super-aircraft carrier in the US Navy, along with its naval group, currently on a scheduled port call in Split, Croatia, has been ordered to weigh anchor. Its new destination is not the Red Sea or the Persian Gulf, as one might expect, but the U.S. Southern Command ( USSOUTHCOM ) Area of ​​Responsibilit…

US Army ARTEMIS aircraft redeployed amid shifting American focus toward the Caribbean

After the recent decision to withdraw the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group from the Mediterranean and redeploy it to the Caribbean, it appears that other US military assets — including intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms — could soon follow. At present, one of the two US Army ARTEMIS aircraft (Bombardier CL-600, registration N159L, c/s BRIO) remains based in Constanța, Romania, where it routinely operates over t…