The U.S. military killed six people in a strike on another boat in the Caribbean, alleged to be carrying narcotics, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Oct. 24.

The U.S. military has flown a pair of supersonic, heavy bombers up to the coast of Venezuela. Thursday's flights come a little over a week after another group of American bombers made a similar journey as part of a training exercise to simulate an attack.

President Donald Trump dramatically escalated a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean on Friday by deploying the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group to Latin America, a show of force that far exceeds any past counter-narcotics need and represents Washington’s most muscular move yet in the region.

The US military bombed two more suspected drug smuggling vessels — this time in the Eastern Pacific — killing five “narco-terrorists” on board, War Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed

The United States is massing an unusual buildup of warships, fighter jets, and surveillance aircraft off the coast of Venezuela as the Trump administration expands its military campaign against what it says are transnational criminal organizations.

Government officials in Trinidad and Tobago and from the US say the warship will remain in Trinidad until Thursday for training exercises. Meanwhile, Venezuela claims it captured a group of mercenaries who intended to carry out a false flag attack in the region.

Defense startup Castelion said on Friday it has won contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon with current U.S.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will “hit" drug smugglers attempting to enter the U.S. by land after a series of lethal strikes on cartel boats at sea.

Army leaders have trumpeted the success of the H2F program, which now has 71 teams in place across the active duty force, in creating fitter soldiers. The service plans to expand H2F to cover the entire Army, including the part-time soldiers of the National Guard and Army Reserve.