Commander overseeing US forces in the Caribbean to retire one year into tenure
- Posted on October 16, 2025
- By CNN
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Commander overseeing US forces in the Caribbean to retire one year into tenure

The admiral overseeing US Southern Command, which has responsibility for forces in the Caribbean, where the US has carried out multiple legally ambiguous strikes against alleged drug cartels, is retiring one year into his tenure, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a social media post on X on Thursday.