The following is the Nov. 18, 2025, Congressional Research Service in focus report to Congress, The U.S. Marine Corps Marine Littoral Regiment.  From the Report In March 2020, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) announced a major force design initiative planned…

“I predict that what you're going to see is something that is far more… limited, both in terms of the number of threats that are feasibly able to be stopped, and also in terms of the area that [can be] defended against,” said Tom Karako with CSIS.

The U.S. military has steadily amassed troops, naval and air assets in the Caribbean Sea to strike alleged drug traffickers.