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Three Marines and sailors stand and crouch near a large machine gun on the deck of a ship, with another ship in the distance cruising in a large body of water on a sunny day.

Strait Transit

Marines and sailors aboard the USS Fort Lauderdale and USS Stockdale transit a strait in the Caribbean Sea, Nov. 18, 2025. U.S. forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations and President Donald J. Trump's priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland.

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