navy Another destroyer has been dispatched to the southern border to assist ongoing maritime efforts to curb illegal immigration and drug smuggling, it was announced on Saturday.
Naval officials say Arleigh Burke class navigation destroyer USS Spruance leaves the naval base Santiago Support the Southern Border Operation Saturday.
According to a statement from the Navy, the mission is intended to restore territorial integrity of the southern U.S. border.
USS Spruance Deployment to Northern U.S. Responsibility Area (U.S. Navy)
Spruance will strengthen maritime efforts, support inter-agency collaboration, and contribute to coordination and strong response to strikes Terrorism related to the oceanThe statement said the proliferation of weapons, transnational crime, piracy, environmental damage and illegal maritime immigration.
“As part of the southern border mission of the U.S. Northern Command, the deployment of USS Spruance brings more capabilities and expands the geography of unique military capabilities in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security,” said General Gregory Guillot, commander of USNORTHCOM.
With the outbreak and severe domination of the West Coast and the recent deployment of destroyers in the U.S. Gulf, he added that the naval presence at sea “helps the whole region, coordinates the Department of Defense’s response to the president’s executive order and demonstrates our determination to achieve control of border operations.”
A group of more than 100 illegal immigrants attempted to enter the United States through a border fence on March 21, 2024. (James Breeden for New York Post)/Large Post
Coast Guard officials told Fox News earlier this month Immigration boat encounter Being logged in near the San Diego coast in the past 90 days prompted the allocation of other resources.
Spruance will bring maritime capabilities to executive order signed by the president Donald TrumpNational Emergency Statement and Clarification of the Military’s Role in Protecting U.S. Territory Integrity
The statement said the combatant order “continues to fill key functional gaps in supporting DHS and CBP.”
Arleigh Burke-class navigation destroyer USS Severe (DDG 107) returns to Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Expert Level 2 Anderson W. Branch)
The destroyer will be accompanied by the Embedded U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), created in 1982.
The Coast Guard’s Ludis performs a variety of maritime interception missions, including anti-piracy, military combat operations, alien immigration interception, military protection, counter-terrorism, homeland security and humanitarian response.
Spruance returned to the Naval Base in San Diego on December 19, 2024, part of the Abraham Lincoln Fleet Strike Group (ABECSG).
Naval officials said the strike team was ordered to go to the U.S. central commander, responsible for strengthening the posture of the Middle East military force, upgrading, demoting, reducing the Houthi’s capabilities, and working with the Allies and Allied forces and partners to defend the U.S. military and navigation to promote security, stability and prosperity.
“The allocation of ABECSG’s destroyers, including Spruance, is crucial to provide a layer of defense for the U.S. military and ensure the safe passage of commercial vessels and partners on the international waterways of the Red Sea, Bab El-Mandeb Strait and Aden,” the statement said.
