Journalists from the Tribune Star report on the work being done by Indiana Air and Army National Guardsmen who have traveled to southern California under the Administration’s Operation Jump Start to aid the Border Patrol. The Guardsmen have been working to stabilize a road and renovate a naval base. Army Lt. Gen. Steven Blum has deemed Jump Start a big success.
U.S. Southern Command recently announced its first lethal strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in two months, and the first under a newly formed permanent counter-cartel task force. The U.S. is also reportedly planning to transfer MQ-9 drones to Colombia to bolster its counter-cartel efforts.