Continued military buildup in the Caribbean. Great visual below to show what we have there now

Update w/ feedback: - 3x MQ-9 Reaper drones in theater via Air Superior - USS Lake Erie in Ponce Cienfuegos - Added Dutch ships HNLMS Van Amstel Evergreen Intel and HNLMS Friesland Steve Milward - USMC operates Bell UH-1Y Venom helos Aeroscout

🎉It was great to host my friend steve blank -- the man who helped found Stanford Gordian Knot Center & inspire #SeaLight -- on the Why Should We Care: Indo-Pacific Pod to talk about 🇺🇸American defense innovation, whether 🇨🇳#China is overtaking us & what can be done to reform the Pentagon & reverse the trend.

🚨Puerto Rico, USA is a strategic hub in our fight against the criminal drug traffickers in the Caribbean. We are so proud of the brave & deeply patriotic men & women of #PuertoRico who serve in America’s armed forces. 🇺🇸🇵🇷

Fun fact about USS Stockdale (DDG-106), is that she is equipped with a AN/SEQ-4 Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN), solid-state laser capable of easily defeating unmanned aerial vehicles. (Photo seen as she was at dock in Panama, with Laser marked in box)