Navy deploys another Houthi-fighting warship to new US southern border mission

The Navy in the last few days deployed another warship which successfully repelled multiple Iranian-backed Houthi attacks to secure the southern frontier USS Stockdale an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer left Naval Base San Diego on Friday to endorsement U S Northern Command USNORTHCOM southern territory line operations in accordance with President Donald Trump's fresh executive orders The executive orders included a national crisis declaration and clarification of the military s role in protecting the territorial integrity of the U S NAVY DEPLOYS ADDITIONAL WARSHIP TO CURB ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION DRUG SMUGGLING AT THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER Stockdale s departure reinforces the Navy s role in the Department of Defense s coordinated efforts to comply with the order according to a message from the Navy The ship will continue operations with an embarked U S Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment In February Stockdale returned to San Diego after a seven-month independent deployment to the U S rd th and th Fleet areas of operation PENTAGON DEPLOYS NAVY WARSHIP THAT FOUGHT HOUTHIS TO NEW US SOUTHERN TERRITORY LINE MISSION IN LINE WITH TRUMP ORDERIt joined the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and remained in th Fleet following the departure of the ABECSG While in the th Fleet Stockdale successfully repelled multiple Iranian-backed Houthi attacks during transits of the Bab el-Mandeb strait and escorted operations of U S -flagged vessels in the Gulf of Aden according to the Navy It also engaged and defeated one-way attack uncrewed aerial-ship cruise missiles according to authorities TRUMP'S USE OF WARSHIP FOR DEMARCATION ENFORCEMENT A SMART USE OF MILITARY FORCE EXPERT SAYSStockdale sustained no damage and its personnel were uninjured Stockdale will join the USS Spruance and USS Gravely two other Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers which were sent to the territory line in March Fox News Digital previously disclosed As the DoD s lead for implementing border-related executive orders USNORTHCOM continues to backing critical Department of Homeland Assurance capabilities gaps with Stockdale making a vital contribution to these efforts the Navy declared