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Washington – Top Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance left its home port of San Diego on Saturday to support efforts to “restore territorial integrity” at the southern border, US Northern Command said in a statement.<\/p>\n

NORTHCOM said that the deployment would contribute to the Pentagon’s crackdown on maritime-related criminal activity, including weapons smuggling and illegal immigration. The Trump administration has made combating these issues and drug trafficking a priority and has\u00a0dispatched a range of military assets<\/a>\u00a0to the US-Mexico border.<\/p>\n

Last weekend,\u00a0the Navy sent USS Gravely<\/a>, another guided-missile destroyer, to the southern border. Air Force Lt. Gen Alexus Grynkewich, the director of operations for the Joint Staff, told reporters Monday that the warship will be “involved in the interdiction mission for any of the drugs and whatnot that are heading in.”<\/p>\n

The Spruance, like the Gravely, will be accompanied by a US Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment, operators that specialize in\u00a0military operations at sea<\/a>, such as counter-piracy, counter-terrorism, anti-immigration, and combat missions.<\/p>\n

It’s not entirely unusual for these warships to partake in drug interdiction missions, especially since\u00a0maritime smuggling efforts<\/a>\u00a0can be rather sophisticated.<\/p>\n

Gen. Gregory Guillot, the NORTHCOM commander, said that the Spruance’s deployment as part of the southern border mission “brings additional capability and expands the geography of unique military capabilities working with the Department of Homeland Security.”<\/p>\n

“With Spruance off the West Coast and USS Gravely in the Gulf of America, our maritime presence contributes to the all-domain, coordinated DOD response to the Presidential Executive Order and demonstrates our resolve to achieve operational control of the border,” Guillot added.<\/p>\n

The Spruance and Gravely are being deployed for a mission very different from the\u00a0Red Sea conflict<\/a>\u00a0in which both vessels fought.<\/p>\n

On their previous deployments, the Spruance and Gravely spent months\u00a0shooting down missiles<\/a>\u00a0and drones launched by the Houthi rebels in Yemen as part of their ongoing attacks on military and civilian vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.<\/p>\n

The Navy has rotated carrier strike groups in and out of the Red Sea repeatedly as part of its efforts to\u00a0stop the Houthi attacks<\/a>. Last weekend, the US began a fresh campaign against the rebels and has been hitting them with airstrikes for several days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea to guard America’s border<\/a><\/blockquote>