As noted recently, there is increased tension in an area where the Coast Guard routinely operates. Also noticed that in a very unusual move, the US Navy expects to have a Carrier operating with 4th Fleet.

Now we have this report of another unusual exercise/demonstration.

Included in the report was this reference to the Coast Guard.

“Yesterday, U.S. SOF [special operations forces] carried out a joint training evolution in the Southern Caribbean which included elements from the Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard,” one post on December 8 on SOCSOUTH’s official account on X, formerly Twitter, read. “The event not only honed readiness and interoperability skills but also demonstrated capability and security for the region.”

It would not be unusual for the Coast Guard to play the opposition force in an exercise, but it may have been more than that. The US Naval Institute Fleet and Marine Tracker has stopped showing how many Navy ships are operating with each fleet, but normally. most of the available naval vessels in 4th Fleet are in fact Coast Guard.

Previous Guyana / Venezuela related posts:

• “Venezuela’s Border Dispute with Guyana Explained” –gCaptain, Dec. 2023
• “Iranian Warship Thought to be Headed to Venezuela Left Port with 7 High-Speed Missile Boats Aboard” –USNI, June 2021
• USCGC Stone off Guyana, Plus a Drug Interdiction, Jan. 2021
• “US, Guyana to Launch Joint Maritime Patrols Near Venezuela” –Marine Link, Sept. 2020
• Freedom of Navigation off Venezuela, June 2020
• Something is Happening in Venezuela, Jan. 2019
• Venezuela Claims USCG Violates Their Air Space, Nov. 2015
• Venezuela/Guyana Maritime Border Dispute, Oct. 2013