The US Southern Command seized the oil tanker 'Olina' in the Caribbean, the fifth such capture in a crackdown on illicit activities. The pre-dawn operation was conducted by US Marines and Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R.

(CNN) — Adm. Alvin Holsey, the commander of US Southern Command who reportedly clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the legality of US military strikes in the Caribbean, officially retired on Friday in a ceremony in Florida where he handed ...

The following is a summary of U.S. operations in the Middle East and the U.S. Southern Command in 2025. As January crawled into February, the skies over the Red Sea were quiet. The Houthis, a Yemen-based group that spent most of 2024 terrorizing the Red Sea,

Another Venezuela-linked tanker, Sophia, was also captured by the US in the Caribbean on Wednesday, according to the US Southern Command. Both vessels are suspected of being used to evade sanctions.

President Donald Trump has nominated Marine Corps Lieutenant General Francis L. Donovan to become the next commander of U.S. Southern Command, setting the stage for a leadership transition at one of the United States’ principal unified combatant commands.