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U.S. authorities say the vessels struck off Venezuela were drug-smuggling boats; independent reporting and regional officials say many of the destroyed craft were small open-hulled fishing skiffs and ...
Admiral Alvin Holsey announced he will retire from the U.S. Navy effective December 12, 2025, stepping down as commander of U.S. Southern Command after roughly one year in the post . Media reporting t...
Venezuelan-linked traffickers use maritime corridors from Venezuela’s Caribbean coast — including Sucre, Falcón and Margarita Island — to send cocaine to the Eastern Caribbean (islands such as Martini...
U.S. forces have carried out dozens of strikes on small vessels since September 2025, with reporting putting the toll at more than 70–87 people killed in over a dozen to 22 strikes; the administration...
Available reporting shows U.S. Southern Command’s commander, Admiral Alvin Holsey, has given posture testimony to Congress in 2025 about regional threats and activities . Multiple outlets report Holse...
The available reporting and fact-checking show that confirms a fixed number of U.S. troops permanently stationed in Puerto Rico right now; claims vary between specific large figures and more cautious ...
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral William H. McRaven is a well-documented Black admiral who publicly criticized Donald Trump on multiple occasions, saying Trump “embarrassed us” and calling his behavior disqu...
Available reporting shows the U.S. government has repeatedly asserted that specific boats off Venezuela were involved in narcotics smuggling and has released video and public statements to justify str...
Admiral Alvin Holsey — a nearly 38‑year Navy veteran who took command of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in November 2024 — announced he will retire effective December 12, 2025 after little more than...
Admiral Alvin Holsey announced he will retire effective Dec. 12, 2025, stepping down as head of U.S. Southern Command amid an escalation of U.S. strikes on small boats in the Caribbean; the announceme...
The available reporting describes drug-smuggling traffic in the Caribbean as using routes from northern South America — especially Venezuela and Colombia — across the southern and eastern Caribbean to...
Public reporting says Admiral Alvin Holsey announced he will retire from U.S. Southern Command at year’s end after less than a year in the post; multiple outlets report unnamed U.S. officials told rep...
Reporting so far gives conflicting and sparse public detail about what drugs — if any — were aboard the Venezuelan-linked boats the U.S. has struck. The administration has sometimes said vessels were ...
Since September 2025 the U.S. government has publicly released videos, statements, and assertions about narcotics aboard vessels struck at sea, but independent reporting and reference outlets find alm...
Admiral Alvin Holsey is a U.S. Navy four‑star who served as commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and announced he will retire on December 12, 2025 after roughly one year in the post . Multipl...
Multiple outlets report that a U.S. Navy destroyer — identified in tracking-based accounts as USS Stockdale — maneuvered into the path of the Russian-flagged tanker Seahorse near Venezuela on or about...
Admiral Alvin Holsey is a U.S. Navy four‑star who was commissioned via Morehouse College’s NROTC in 1988 and rose through naval aviation and fleet commands to lead U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in ...
Available reporting in the provided set shows U.S. naval forces—including the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and other task forces—have been moved into the Caribbean near Venezuela this fall; non...
U.S. defense and intelligence communities have publicly described China’s growing network of ground stations in South America as a strategically significant expansion that could bolster Beijing’s spac...
U.S.-bound maritime drug smuggling is concentrated along two primary corridors — the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific — with vessels commonly departing from or transiting near Colombia and Venezuela ...