The Pentagon announced April 11 that A1C Jacob I. Ramsey, 20, of Hesperia, Calif., died April 10 of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ramsey had deployed to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from the 712th Air Support Operations Squadron at Ft. Hood, Tex. The release stated, “The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.”
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.