Trump's Pentagon keeps sending destroyers that fought in the Red Sea to the US southern border -- a fourth one is on its [View all]

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Trump's Pentagon keeps sending destroyers that fought in the Red Sea to the US southern border — a fourth one is on its way

Jake Epstein
Fri, June 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM EDT 2 min read

• The Defense Department is sending another destroyer, USS Cole, to the southern border mission.
• Cole is the latest destroyer to go from the Red Sea conflict to America's backyard.
• The warship is one of the many military assets the White House has sent to the US-Mexico border.

A fourth US Navy destroyer that participated in the Red Sea conflict is on its way to support President Donald Trump's southern border mission, bringing a range of advanced naval combat capabilities to a very different operating environment.

The Navy announced Friday that the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Cole had left its homeport in Florida to support US Northern Command's "border security objectives."

The Trump administration has made cracking down on maritime-related criminal activity, including weapons smuggling, drug trafficking, and illegal immigration, a top priority, and the Defense Department has sent military assets to the US-Mexico border. Among these assets are five destroyers and a littoral combat ship on staggered deployments.

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