Overview
- CBS News published an internal Army Reserve message that asked subordinate commands to report which six types of support units could be available to U.S. Southern Command within 90 to 120 days.
- The memo names unit types including logistics, engineers, a medical brigade, a surgical detachment and a military police brigade but does not specify troop numbers, locations or issue any deployment orders.
- A Southern Command spokesperson declined to provide operational details for security reasons and said the command routinely assesses potential requirements in its area of responsibility.
- Cuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez publicly rejected any justification for an attack, said Havana is strengthening its defenses and confirmed limited diplomatic contacts with Washington.
- The request follows months of U.S. reconnaissance and planning reports this year, including analyses of options involving the 101st Airborne, and comes as President Trump has stepped up rhetoric and sanctions aimed at forcing political change in Cuba.