{"id":175665,"date":"2025-10-26T10:47:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T14:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=175665"},"modified":"2025-10-26T10:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T14:47:22","slug":"can-you-hear-me-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=175665","title":{"rendered":"Can You Hear Me Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nUS Carrier Strike Group in the Caribbean<\/em><\/p>\n

Pentagon orders USS Gerald R. Ford into Caribbean, first carrier sent to region<\/h3>\n

The Ford will join more than 6,000 troops and a forces including ships, planes and Marines as the U.S. ramps up strikes in Latin American waters.<\/em>
\nNicholas Slayton<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Pentagon ordered the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to sail to the Caribbean, adding one of the Navy\u2019s largest and most potent formations to the major U.S. build-up in the region. The new deployment will add the aircraft carrier\u2019s more than 70 aircraft and multiple destroyers to the array of firepower already sent to the region for a mission the White House insists is aimed at drug traffickers.<\/p>\n

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the deployment in a statement, saying the strike group would be \u201cin support of the President\u2019s directive to dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) and counter narco-terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carrier Strike Group 12 includes the USS Gerald R. Ford, the destroyers USS Bainbridge and USS Mahan and Carrier Air Wing 8. Their arrival makes this fall\u2019s buildup one of the largest deployments of naval power since the start of the Red Sea conflict in late 2023. The strike group\u2019s air contingent includes four squadrons of F\/A-18 fighters and one squadron of E\/A-18G strike fighters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Task and Purpose<\/a><\/p>\n

Nothing like a carrier off the coast to focus one’s attention. Or change behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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