The U.S. Navy has deployed the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG)—comprised of the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), and USS San Antonio (LPD-17), all homeported in Norfolk, Virginia—along with several thousand Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to the southern Caribbean as part of an expanded operation against Latin American drug cartels. In addition, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) will assume control of a nuclear-powered attack submarine, multiple P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, several Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, and a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, providing President Trump with a wide array of military options should he decide to intensify efforts against cartels in South and Central America.