Navy To Resume Role In SOUTHCOM Anti-Drug Mission

Geoff Ziezulewicz at the Navy Times offers a piece on the Navy getting back into anti-drug operations in the Southern Command.

The Navy is set to get back into U.S. Southern Command’s growing and “vital” anti-drug mission, dedicating at least four ships to the effort in 2018, according to a Navy secretary letter obtained by Navy Times.

The Navy stopped providing surface combatants for the anti-drug effort in 2015, when the service retired its last Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, although patrol coastal ships have operated in the command’s waters since then.

Secretary Richard Spencer’s Dec. 5 memo to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson states that SOUTHCOM’s joint task force “is a very important element in the control of illegal drug transportation.”al Security Division.

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https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/12/12/navy-to-resume-role-in-southcom-anti-drug-mission/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.13.2017&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief 

Note: The above photo is of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer.