Southern Command

Faller: Building Trust with Partners Key to Future of SOUTHCOM,

Retiring Navy Adm. Craig S. Faller holds an American flag that was presented to him, at U.S. Southern Command headquarters, Doral, Fla., on Oct. 29, 2021. DoD Photo

Upholding human rights and the rule of law are key tenants in building professionalism in the armed forces across Southern Command, the outgoing commander said in his farewell speech on Friday.

Adm. Craig Faller called that commitment to values “the ethical North Star,” during his change of command in Florida.

By doing that, “we build...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/31/faller-building-trust-with-partners-key-to-future-of-southcom

Navy Integrating Littoral Combat Ships, Expeditionary Sea Base into New Operating Concepts

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) conducte maritime operations off the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia in support of Operation Octave Quartz (OOQ) on Dec. 22, 2020. US Navy Photo

Surface warfare leaders throughout the Navy last week mused about how to employ new classes of ships such as the Littoral Combat Ship and Expeditionary Sea Base, as the fleet transitions to a new type of operations against peer competitors.

While much of the talk around implementing concepts like Distributed Maritime...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/18/navy-integrating-littoral-combat-ships-expeditionary-sea-base-into-new-operating-concepts

USCGC Munro Returns from Patrol with Record Cocaine Haul

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL-755) crew members inspect a self-propelled semi-submersible on June 19, 2019, in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. US Coast Guard Photo

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL-755) returned to San Diego from its maiden drug interdiction mission Thursday with a record 39,000 pounds of cocaine seized from smugglers in the Pacific Ocean.

The cocaine and 933 pounds of marijuana were seized during 14 drug interdiction and disruptions off the coasts of...

https://news.usni.org/2019/07/11/uscgc-munro-returns-from-patrol-with-record-cocaine-haul