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Jun 29, 2026

A U.S. Navy Corpsman with the Littoral Combat Force-24, center left, gives a tactical combat casualty care class aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) while underway in the Caribbean Sea, May 19, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in support of Operation SOUHTERN SPEAR, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking, deter malign actors and protect the homeland through continuous presence. (U.S. Marine Corps photo) (This photo was altered using Adobe Photoshop to blur names for operational security)

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