Second US Warship Deploys for Southern Border Security
USS Spruance to patrol Pacific
A second Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer has been assigned to US Northern Command's ongoing efforts to secure the US Southern Border. The first warship assigned to that mission - USS Gravely - left Yorktown, Virginia on Saturday, March 15, 2025, bound for waters off the US Southern Coast.
U.S. Fleet Forces Commander Admiral Daryl Caudle told reporters earlier this week that West Coast-based destroyers would focus on the waters off San Diego: "You can think of the area in and around the San Diego area, and (focusing on) that traffic area coming in between Mexico and the United States,” Caudle said.
The Spruance - which last deployed for a five-month tour that included engaging with the Houthis who fired upon the ship - returned to their homeport of Naval Base San Diego in time for the holidays on Dec. 19, 2024.
On their current deployment (which began on March 22, 2025), they will be defending the waters just off their homeport of San Diego from Cartel drug & human smugglers. They will join US Coast Guard Cutters & US Customs & Border Protection vessels that have been involved in that effort for some time now.
A Coast Guard Law-Enforcement Detachment is aboard to enforce any violations of US laws (such as drug & human smuggling) the USS Spruance may encounter.
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Abrazos,
Jack Beavers
Send the hag running the Mexican show a missile
Why not the sight of one is enough to turn them around