As part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to stop illegal immigration and drug trafficking activities, the USS Gravely, a U.S. Navy battleship that was just deployed in the Middle East to catch missiles fired by the Iran-backed Houthi criminal firm, was deployed on Saturday to the southwestern border.
The USS Gravely, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, left Naval Weapons Station Yorktown for deployment in both U.S. and international waters under U.S. Northern Command, according to a press release from U.S. Northern Command on Saturday.
According to Gen. Gregory Guillot, the commander of U.S. Northern Command,” USS Gravely’s deployment will contribute to the DOD’s coordinated effort in response to the Presidential Executive Order.” Gravely says that “our ability to defend the United States ‘ territorial integrity, sovereignty, and security is improved by our ability to do so.”
The USS Gravely will be deployed to the Gulf of America and will assist in intercepting drug smugglers, according to a Department of Defense press release, according to joint staff director of operations, Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, who “working very closely with the U. S. Coast Guard’s drug interdiction mission.”
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The deployment of the U.S. Navy destroyer “highlights the Department of Defense and Navy’s commitment to national security priorities,” according to U.S. Northern Command, resulting in a coordinated and robust response to combating maritime-related terrorism, weapons proliferation, transnational crime, piracy, environmental destruction, and illegal seaborne immigration.
Guilliot stated in a press release from the Department of Defense that the deployment of the USS Gravely is an “important step in the whole-of-government efforts to seal the southern border and protect U.S. sovereignty and territorial integrity.
U.S. Northern Command shared a photo of the USS Gravely on Saturday on X, formerly Twitter. The USS Gravely is headed for South Africa, according to a tweet from U.S. Northern Command.
The Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell, stated to reporters on Monday that it was “equally important to control our territorial waters, and this deployment directly supports U.S. Northern Command’s mission to protect our sovereignty.”
There had been roughly 200 encounters with migrant boats near the coast of San Diego, California, according to a U.S. Coast Guard official who previously previously told Fox News.
Coast Guard District 11 Capt. Addressing the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration According to Jason Hagen,” They’re locking down the land border pretty well… where they used to get thousands a day. They’re now down in the hundreds a day. Therefore, migrants must travel somewhere. The smugglers must relocate their operations. And the maritime environment is starting to deteriorate.
