Prime army leaders to go to Puerto Rico to thank deployed troops for service

Two of the U.S. army’s prime leaders will go to Puerto Rico on Monday to satisfy with troops and specific gratitude for his or her work supporting missions throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.

Pentagon officers introduced the go to in a memo on Sunday, saying the journey will embody conferences with service members stationed in Puerto Rico and sailors working within the Caribbean.

“Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees Gen. Dan Caine and SEAC David L. Isom are visiting Puerto Rico on November 24, 2025, for the second time to have interaction with service members and thank them for his or her excellent assist to regional missions,” the media advisory learn. “They may also go to and thank Sailors working at sea for his or her devoted, unwavering service within the SOUTHCOM space of accountability.”

Caine and Secretary of Warfare Pete Hegseth marked the primary go to in September, after they stopped by on behalf of the Trump administration to point out assist for troops coaching on the island.

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The assembly befell at Muñiz Air Base in Carolina, outdoors San Juan, and drew prime brass together with Puerto Rico Nationwide Guard Adjutant Normal Carlos José Rivera-Román, Public Security Secretary Brig. Gen. Arthur Garffer, and different senior army leaders.

Hegseth spoke to just about 300 troopers on the base, thanking and describing them as “American warriors.” The secretary of battle additionally affirmed that these serving within the Armed Forces would be the finest outfitted and ready on this planet.

The newest go to comes amid rising tensions within the Caribbean Sea, because the U.S. army expands its naval footprint close to Venezuela, a part of President Donald Trump’s push to choke off drug flows from Latin America.

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Earlier this month, Hegseth introduced the official launch of Operation Southern Spear, a mission concentrating on narco-terror networks throughout Latin America.

Hegseth stated on X on the time that U.S. Southern Command and Joint Activity Drive Southern Spear will lead the mission to defend the homeland and dismantle narco-terrorist networks throughout the Western Hemisphere.

“This mission defends our Homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere, and secures our Homeland from the medicine which might be killing our individuals,” Hegseth stated.

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Hegseth stated the vessel was trafficking narcotics. (Division of Warfare)

Since early September, U.S. army forces have carried out quite a few deadly strikes towards narcotics vessels operated by designated terrorist organizations within the Caribbean and jap Pacific, destroying dozens of ships tied to Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang and Colombia’s Ejército de Liberación Nacional. The assaults have killed an estimated 82 suspected narco-terrorists, with three survivors.

The marketing campaign started Sept. 2 with a strike that killed 11 alleged members of Tren de Aragua and continued by October and November with a sequence of focused operations that eradicated dozens extra throughout identified trafficking routes.

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U.S. forces have hit submersibles, fishing boats and high-speed vessels, together with one ELN-affiliated craft that drew criticism from Colombia’s president after three males had been killed.

A number of strikes befell close to Venezuela’s coast, whereas others occurred within the jap Pacific, the place most up-to-date operations have been concentrated.