oing in the Caribbean is they're striking boats that are that are making their way along known trafficking routes between islands. So that's what they're doing. No, these boats are not driving up…

…dollars uh the equivalent of uh just to go live a you know quiet life in the Caribbean or something like that it doesn't cost very much when it when you consider the alternative which…

…The US Navy, and the US Coast Guard have been conducting patrols of the Caribbean Sea and, you know, down off the coast of Narco land for a long time. So, that's not really new…

wn in the Caribbean area they're going to be using three surface vessels probably the same three vessels as last time uh along with a submarine so again people tend to freak out uh when…

…Around our hemisphere, the potential for some kind of entanglement in Cuba continues as the rhetoric has been dialed up on that front with American military forces being staged within the Caribbean once again. Overseas, our…

…Down south in the Caribbean, the situation really remains unchanged from last week. No big major updates there and no real uh indication as to whether or not the US is going to be conducting any…

…Otherwise, in terms of actual naval forces, please forgive me, this slide is a little bit out of date, but suffice it to say the United States continues the very substantial naval deployment to the Caribbean…

…Perhaps the biggest update has been the increase in strategic aviation in the Caribbean. There has been an observable increase in intelligence aircraft conducting flights off the coast of Venezuela. So, that very much needed intelligence…

…MADURO CAPTURED IN OVERNIGHT RAID.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Caribbean: The war in Venezuela has begun. Overnight, the United States carried out a Helicopter Assault Force (HAF) raid to capture Maduro and his family, which President…

…really the one who is famous for industrializing the use of long range drones during the war. Caribbean: Strikes have continued as American force posturing remains elevated throughout the region. Observers have noted the presence of…

focusing on that I'm aware of, uh is the deployments to the Caribbean Sea. So everything remains as before as far as I can tell. I haven't had much time to update these slides…

…WHITE HOUSE SHARES DETAILS OF NARCO-VESSEL STRIKE AS TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH THROUGHOUT THE REGION.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Caribbean Sea: The Pentagon released amplifying details regarding yesterdays sinking of a suspected narco-vessel in the…

…counterterrorism community, which have gone from nearly non-existent to comparatively common over the past few years. Caribbean: This afternoon the Pentagon announced another kinetic targeting strike in the region, so far the tenth strike during…

…A little bit closer to the homeront back in the Caribbean Sea, the counter for this week is seven vessels sunk so far by uh Southcom. Casualty-wise, we're talking 18 KIA and one captured…

…Down in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela, the United States has struck another narco vessel. I don't have an exact grid, as with all of these, so we just have to kind of…

…The US Navy has really engaged in counter narcotics operations along with the Coast Guard especially in the Caribbean over the past few decades. So this is not new by any stretch of the imagination. But…

…In the Caribbean, it would seem as though the tanker wars have begun. However, the situation might be a bit more complicated than simply conducting a heist for oil, and the target vessels themselves have pointed…

This has already come to pass and become routine by the striking of fastboats in the Caribbean, so while the world awaits what happens next, the larger strategic goals would be wise to consider. As a…

…https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-deploying-stealth-fighter-jets-caribbean-drug-fight-tensions-with-venezuela-2025-09-05/ UK Cabinet shuffle: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/05/yvette-cooper-david-lammy-reshuffle…

…So, it just kind of went from there, but now that Maduro is gone, the strikes continue, right? So, they're not striking things in the Caribbean Sea, they're striking things in the Eastern Pacific…