After being delayed at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, to ride out Hurricane Erin, the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG)—made up of the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), and USS San Antonio (LPD-17)—has now departed for its deployment to the Southern Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. The group will link up with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Sampson (DDG-102), USS Gravely (DDG-107), and USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109), which are already operating within U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility.