3 US Warships Dispatched to Haiti as Part of Campaign Against Drug Traffickers

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale arrives at San Diego naval base, on Feb. 21, 2025. Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jordan Steis/U.S. NavyThree U.S. warships have been sent to Haiti as part of Operation Southern Spear, a military operation in the Caribbean to counter narcotics trafficking.“At the direction of the Secretary of War [Pete Hegseth], the ships USS Stockdale, USCGC Stone, and USCGC Diligence have arrived in the Bay of Port-au-Prince as part of Operation Southern Spear,” the U.S. Embassy in Haiti posted on X on Feb. 3.