USS Spruance (DDG 111) will be patrolling the Pacific waters of the border region in the USNORTHCOM area of responsibility.
“USS Spruance’s deployment as part of U.S. Northern Command’s southern border mission brings additional capability and expands the geography of unique military capabilities working with the Department of Homeland Security,” said Gen. Gregory Guillot, Commander, U.S. Northern Command.
Last week the U.S. Northern Command deployed the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) as part of a new integrated response between the U.S. Coast Guard and the Navy to secure the southern border.
Gravely was deployed with Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) teams aboard specially trained for maritime interdiction missions, including counter-terrorism, alien migration interdiction, and homeland security operations. Spruance carries the same embedded USCG detachment on board.
