Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72), left, operates with Guyana Defence Force Defiant-class patrol vessel GDFS Shahous (1039) in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Guyana, Nov 22, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president's priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Navy photo)