The deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility represents a calibrated escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign against transnational criminal organizations engaged in narcotrafficking from Venezuela. Ordered on October 24, 2025, by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the movement redirected the world’s … Leggi tutto USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Stagnation West of Morocco: Strategic Pause in U.S. Counter-Narcotics Operations Against Venezuela, November 2025