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Dec 04 2025

Lethal Kinetic Strike, Dec. 4, 2025

Nov 16 2025

Ford Carrier Strike Group Enters Caribbean Sea

The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, led by the world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), is supporting Operation Southern Spear.
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Nov 17 2025

Hurricane Melissa Relief in Jamaica

Joint Task Force-Bravo and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit provided critical humanitarian assistance to Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
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Oct 28 2025

Jungle Training In Panama

U.S. military service members and Panamanian security services participated in the Combined Jungle Operations Training Course in Panamá, Oct. 8-29, 2025.
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U.S. military members in camouflage uniforms and helmets point rifles.

Oct 31 2025

Multimedia of Operation Southern Spear

Download released photos and videos of forces deployed to the Caribbean in support of Operation Southern Spear.
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Lethal Kinetic Strike, Dec. 4, 2025

Ford Carrier Strike Group Enters Caribbean Sea

Hurricane Melissa Relief in Jamaica

Multimedia of U.S. Forces in the Caribbean

Jungle Training In Panama

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News

Strengthening Partnerships | Dec. 12, 2025

Lt. Gen. Pettus Assumes Command of SOUTHCOM; Adm. Holsey Retires

Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey relinquished duties as commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) to Air Force Lt. Gen. Evan L. Pettus during a ceremony at the command’s headquarters Dec. 12 in Doral, Florida. Holsey is retiring after more than 37 years of

Strengthening Partnerships | Dec. 11, 2025

Admiral Holsey’s Steady Leadership Reshapes Security Across the Western ...

Inside the office of U.S. Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey hung a framed letter. It was easy to overlook, but it was on display nonetheless. The paper inside is slightly faded and signed decades ago by a man who once told a young college student that he could

Operation Southern Spear | Dec. 4, 2025

Lethal Kinetic Strike, Dec. 4, 2025

Operation Southern Spear | Dec. 2, 2025

Pentagon Provides Update on Operation Southern Spear, Reaffirms Socom Ca...

The War Department provided an update on the U.S. military's counter-narco-terrorism campaign, Operation Southern Spear, including the casualties inflicted upon suspected narco-terrorists and a reemphasis on how the operation's first kinetic boat

SOUTHCOM Commander

official bio photo of Lt. Gen. Evan L. Pettus

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Evan L. Pettus is the Acting Commander of U.S. Southern Command. Lt. Gen. Pettus assumed command Dec. 12, 2025.

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Lethal Kinetic Strike, Dec. 4, 2025

U.S. Southern Command

Dec. 4, 2025 | 0:20

On Dec. 4, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed.