Destroyer Squadron 40

Destroyer Squadron 40 Our mission is combined naval operations with our South American partners to achieve common goals. Southern Command's area of responsibility.

Commander Destroyer Squadron 40 (COMDESRON 40) plays a key role in executing our Nation’s Maritime Strategy by providing dedicated tactical support to naval operations in the U.S. The Squadron fosters unity and cooperation between the United States and its South American, Central American, and Caribbean Partner Nations.

GALAPEX 2026 is underway! ⚓️🐟 ⚓️Ecuador’s BAE Jambelí (MP 56), Colombia’s ARC Punta Ardita (PC 147), Peru’s BAP Río Pat...
08/24/2026

GALAPEX 2026 is underway! ⚓️🐟 ⚓️

Ecuador’s BAE Jambelí (MP 56), Colombia’s ARC Punta Ardita (PC 147), Peru’s BAP Río Pativilca (PM 204), USCGC Robert Ward (WPC 1130), and several additional Ecuadorian naval ships conduct a PHOTOEX to mark the commencement of GALAPEX-26 on August 21, 2026. GALAPEX is an ongoing multinational maritime exercise led by the Armada del Ecuador which focuses on regional naval cooperation and combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (INDNR) fishing to protect the Galápagos marine reserve. Destroyer Squadron 40 is providing dedicated tactical support to naval operations both afloat and at the Maritime Operations Center in Salinas, Ecuador. (Armada del Ecuador photo)

U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command & U.S. 4th Fleet
Armada del Ecuador

08/21/2026
🇺🇸⚓️🇯🇲 Thanks for the partnership! 🇺🇸⚓️🇯🇲USS Billings LCS 15
08/20/2026

🇺🇸⚓️🇯🇲 Thanks for the partnership! 🇺🇸⚓️🇯🇲

USS Billings LCS 15

08/13/2026
08/10/2026
07/28/2026

U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS GRIDLEY (DDG 101) sails through the Caribbean Sea as U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venoms, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (Reinforced), Littoral Combat Force-24, conduct deck landing qualifications, July 23, 2026.

U.S. military forces are deployed to the area of responsibility in support of , U.S. Department of War-directed operations, and the President’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking, deter malign actors and protect the homeland through continuous presence.

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit |U.S. Marine Corps | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South |Secretary of War Pete Hegseth | U.S. Navy | U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command & U.S. 4th Fleet | Air Forces Southern | United States Air Force

07/28/2026
07/12/2026

Venezuela earthquake relief:
An MH-60R Seahawk, assigned to the “BattleCats,” with the Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, lands on the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS GRIDLEY (DDG 101) while operating in the Caribbean Sea of the coast of Venezuela, July 8, 2026.

At the direction of , U.S. military forces are supporting U.S. Department of State-led U.S. government relief operations following the devastating earthquakes that struck the nation on June 24, 2026.

U.S. Department of War | U.S. Navy | USAenEspañol | Embajada de los EE.UU., Venezuela

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