U.S. Marines with the Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd MEU(SOC), conducted maritime interdiction operations training while underway in the Caribbean Sea, according to a post by @22nd_MEU on X shared during the two-hour period from 7:16 AM to 9:15 AM UTC on December 31. The post included video footage and was shared by @USMC, tagging @Southcom and @DeptofWar, with hashtags #Capable, #Ready, #Lethal, #IIMEFMarines, #22ndMEUSOC, and #MIO. This training occurs amid U.S.-Venezuela tensions, including President Donald Trump's declassification earlier on December 31 of a CIA attack inside Venezuela on December 24, as cited by U.S. officials in The Wall Street Journal, and follows U.S. B-1B bomber deployments to the Bahamas area earlier on December 31, according to X user @HHunternight.
