USS Spruance departs San Diego for Texas-Mexico border
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A guided-missile destroyer departed Naval Base San Diego over the weekend to support military operations at the Texas and Mexico border, according to a news release from the U.S. Navy.
After spending five months in the Middle East and returning to the West Coast in December, USS Spruance left San Diego Saturday on its new deployment.
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According to the Navy, the Spruance will be accompanied by an embedded U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment, a team that typically serves in military combat operations, counter-piracy, alien migration interdictions and more.
'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.
'With Spruance off the West Coast and USS Gravely in the Gulf of America, our maritime presence contributes to the all-domain, coordinated DOD (Department of Defense) response to the Presidential Executive Order and demonstrates our resolve to achieve operational control of the border,' he added in the Navy's statement.
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Previously, the Spruance served a five-month deployment to the Middle East as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group. The group was sent to 'deter regional escalation, degrade Houthi capabilities, defend U.S. forces, and sailed alongside allies and partners to promote security, stability and prosperity,' the news release stated.
It also helped provide security for commercial vessels to pass through international waterways like the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden.
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