Hegseth Visits Caribbean Forces on Thanksgiving — Ahead of Operation Southern Spear Deployment

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is spending his Thanksgiving break in the Carribean.

However, Hegseth is not in the tropics for a luxury vacation but rather is spending time with troops who have been part of Operation Southern Spear.

Operation Southern Spear is a the “U.S. counter-narcotics mission launched by the Trump administration.”

Watch Hegseth’s announcement video below:

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🚨 JUST IN: SecWar Pete Hegseth is spending Thanksgiving in the CARIBBEAN with the TROOPS who are embarking on Operation Southern Spear 🇺🇸🇺🇸

"We're here in the Caribbean about to go get on a couple of ships and have Thanksgiving meals with our troops."

"But our minds are also… pic.twitter.com/YY89GTQqYK

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 27, 2025

Fox News reported more on Hegseth’s trip to the Carribeans:

War Secretary Pete Hegseth spent Thanksgiving with Navy sailors stationed in the Latin American region, serving holiday meals and sharing a message of gratitude for their service.

In a video posted to X, Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer, said they chose to spend the holiday aboard Navy warships with sailors supporting Southern Spear, a mission targeting narco-terror networks across Latin America.

“I was deployed three times — was always thinking about my family and hoped they were gathering with food and football and all those things,” Pete Hegseth said. “These folks won’t be. We’re going to bring them maybe a turkey and a little bit of cheer.”

The war secretary also addressed Wednesday’s attack that targeted two Washington, D.C., National Guardsmen, offering prayers for the victims and their families.

“Our minds are also in Washington, D.C., with the two great Americans who were ambushed and targeted,” Pete Hegseth said. “And we’re prayerful for them, for all those around them, for their families.”

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The Hegseths visited both the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill, according to the Department of War.

Here’s Hegseth in action:

“Happy Thanksgiving from a grateful nation.”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth salutes the men and women of the USS Gerald R. Ford stationed in Latin America. pic.twitter.com/UiC349DepL

— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 27, 2025