Caribbean Operations Destroyers Caribbean Sea Warships Deployment Military Strategy Aircraft Carriers USS Gravely Caribbean Deployment Tanker Operations Military Presence Tanker Seizures Taiwan Strait Caribbean Warships Deployment Drug Enforcement Russian Navy Red Sea Panama Canal Houthi Attacks Coast Guard Blockades Maritime Protection Houthi Drone Tanker Attacks Coalition Forces Helicopters Boat Attacks Houthi Boats Houthi militants Maersk Ships Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers Military Cooperation Global Shipping USS Lake Erie Drug Trafficking Persian Gulf Ship Naming USS Iwo Jima USS Fitzgerald Southern Caribbean USS Sampson Counter-Narcotics Operations USS Higgins Espionage Cases Freedom of Navigation Operations Submarines Ship Deployment USS Stockdale USS Jason Dunham Troop Deployment USS Blue Ridge Counter-Terrorism USS Manchester Surveillance Drones Military Engagements Caribbean Region Venezuelan Coast Shadowing Operations Aircraft Carrier 5th Fleet Joint Exercises Taiwan Strait Incident Unsafe Interactions Middle East Deployments Internet Access Regional Security Combat Strategy Anti-Drug Trafficking Tanker Seizure Caribbean Presence Fifth Fleet USS Portland International Naval Relations Transit Rights Panama Canal Operations Fuel Transportation Drones USS Mason
The port call served as proof of reinforced deterrence, a visible signal of U.S. commitment.