U.S. Navy and Military Operations

An Arleigh Burke–class guided‑missile destroyer, USS Truxtun (DDG‑103), and fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T‑AOE‑6) collided during a replenishment‑at‑sea evolution in the Caribbean Sea near South America, resulting in two minor injuries; Southern Command said both vessels remained able to sail. The mishap — the first reported in a Trump‑era naval buildup in the Caribbean tied to narcotics interdiction and a partial "quarantine" of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers — comes after a recent string of accidents involving the USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group in the Middle East.