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2013 Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
As of the USNI Fleet and Marine Tracker snapshot on Jan. 5, 2026, none of the U.S. Navy’s 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers were shown operating inside the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility, ...
The tanker seized today has been identified by multiple U.S. officials and analysts as the Skipper, a large crude-oil tanker that left Venezuela’s José port on Dec. 4–5 carrying about 1.1 million barr...
U.S. strikes on small vessels that Washington says were tied to Venezuelan drug networks began in early September 2025 and have been reported in the Caribbean Sea and, more recently, the eastern Pacif...
U.S. forces have used lethal force against vessels the government said were smuggling drugs in a sustained campaign that began in early September 2025 and expanded into both the Caribbean and Eastern ...
Donald Trump’s administration has publicly framed actions toward Venezuela around counter‑narcotics and targeting the so‑called “Cartel de los Soles,” while private and press reporting ties a broader ...
Available reporting shows a high-risk standoff but no definitive public decision that the United States will invade Venezuela; the U.S. has conducted strikes on vessels off Venezuela, deployed a carri...
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...
The United States has positioned substantial military assets in the Caribbean, carried out lethal strikes on vessels, and signaled a willingness to use force — steps consistent with preparing for limi...
U.S. forces have carried out lethal strikes on vessels linked by U.S. officials to drug trafficking near Venezuela, and the administration has ordered a major naval deployment and authorized covert ac...
Satellite imagery and open-source tracking confirm a growing U.S. naval and air presence in the Caribbean near Venezuela, with outlets such as BBC Verify and Reuters using satellite photos to place at...
The United States has taken multiple military and covert actions around Venezuela — including a large naval buildup in the Caribbean, airstrikes on vessels it says were trafficking drugs, and authoriz...
Available reporting shows a major U.S. naval buildup in the Caribbean in November 2025 — notably the USS Gerald R. Ford strike group operating near Venezuela — but the sources say the USS Nimitz was a...
The Trump administration has carried out repeated strikes on vessels near Venezuela (at least 20–21 strikes killing 65–83 people by mid-November 2025) and deployed major naval forces—including the USS...
U.S. forces have carried out repeated strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific since September 2025 and have surged naval power—including the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group—int...
Maritime smuggling from Venezuela into the Caribbean typically uses fast “go‑fast” boats to reach nearby transshipment points — notably Trinidad and Tobago and other short sea hops — where cargo is sh...
U.S. forces have carried out repeated lethal strikes on small boats the U.S. government described as narcotics trafficking vessels since early September 2025; reporting indicates more than a dozen ope...
Senior Pentagon officials pushed back publicly in a mix of direct criticism, silence and operational clarifications after President Trump’s high‑profile claims — calling some remarks “misinformed and ...
The United States frames its Caribbean interdiction operations under a mix of domestic counter‑drug authorities and a novel “counter‑narco” military posture called Operation Southern Spear, which U.S....
In November 2025 the clearest, best-documented U.S. mission is a major Caribbean/Atlantic deployment—Operation Southern Spear—framed publicly as a counter‑narcotics and deterrence campaign that has in...
The U.S. has carried out a series of strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since early September 2025, a campaign that U.S. officials say has killed dozens (reports cite at least 70–...