India, March 18 -- US warship USS Gravely has been deployed to the Gulf of America to assist with border security operations, the Pentagon announced.
Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said at a news conference that USS Gravely departed from Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia, and once it reaches Northcom's area of operations, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile guided destroyer will participate in drug interdiction missions.
"[USS Gravely] will go down [to] the Gulf of America and surrounding areas and be involved in the interdiction mission for many of the drugs . that are coming in," Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich said, adding that the ship will be partnered very closely with the U.S. Coast Guard's drug interdiction m...