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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer, serve Thanksgiving dinner to sailors aboard the USS Winston S. Churchill, Nov. 27, 2025. The ship is operating in the U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility.
Hegseth Pays Surprise Thanksgiving Day Visit to Sailors in Southcom AOR
By Matthew Olay | Nov. 27, 2025
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to a pair of Navy warships operating in the U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility as part of the military's anti-narco-terror mission, Operation Southern Spear. 

Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducts a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a designated terrorist organization in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Nov. 15, 2025.
Hegseth Says Designating Venezuelan Cartel as Terrorist Org Will Bring 'New Options' to Administration
By Matthew Olay | Nov. 21, 2025
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said plans to declare Venezuela's state-embedded criminal network Cartel de los Soles a terrorist organization will bring "a whole bunch of new options" to how the U.S. deals with narco-terrorists in that region.

U.S. service members and partner nation firefighters conduct aircraft live fire training during exercise CENTAM SMOKE at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Nov. 4, 2025. The purpose of CENTAM SMOKE is to increase Joint Task Force-Bravo’s crisis response readiness and validate partner nation emergency response capabilities through fire and emergency preparedness events. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandra Berumen)
JTF-Bravo hosted 20th iteration of CENTAM SMOKE Exercise
By Capt. Kaylee Schanda | Nov. 20, 2025
Joint Task Force-Bravo hosted the 20th iteration of Exercise CENTAM SMOKE at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, from Nov. 3–7, 2025.

U.S. service members with Joint Task Force-Bravo, distribute food supplies in Amitty, Jamaica, Nov. 9, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to Jamaica at the direction of U.S. Southern Command to provide immediate, lifesaving assistance following Hurricane Melissa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)
Joint Task Force-Bravo, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), Provide Foreign Humanitarian Assistance to Jamaica
By JointTask Force-Bravo public affairs | Nov. 17, 2025
Joint Task Force-Bravo, in concert with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), provided critical humanitarian assistance to Jamaica following the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa from Oct. 31 to Nov. 13, 2025.

The U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, including the flagship USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), left, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), front, USS Mahan (DDG 72), back, USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight F/A-18E/F Super Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadrons 31, 37, 87, and 213, operates as a joint, multi-domain force with a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, Nov. 13, 2025. U.S. military forces, like the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, are deployed 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.
Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Enters Caribbean Sea
By USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Public Affairs | Nov. 16, 2025
The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, led by the world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), transited the Anegada Passage and entered the Caribbean Sea, Nov. 16.

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