Bath-built Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) fires a Mk 45 5-inch gun during a live-fire exercise while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Jan. 23, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland.