US aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean amid tensions with Cuba

The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and its strike group arrived in the Caribbean this week amid U.S. tensions with Cuba and as President Trump has threatened to invade the island. 

The Nimitz-class battleship; its air wing made up of F/A-18E Super Hornets, EA-18G Growlers and C-2A Greyhounds; along with USS Gridley, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, and USNS Patuxent, a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler, are in the Caribbean Sea, the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom), which oversees U.S. military action in the Caribbean and Latin America, announced on Wednesday. 

“USS Nimitz has proven its combat prowess across the globe, ensuring stability and defending democracy from the Taiwan Strait to the Arabian Gulf,” Southcom wrote on social platform X. 

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