WASHINGTON -- The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier is expected to reach the waters off Venezuela in days, a flex of American military power not seen in Latin America for generations.

Maduro has accused the Trump administration of seeking to remove him, while the U.S.-backed opposition has renewed calls for an imminent regime change. U.S. authorities have offered a $50 million reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest. He faces narcoterrorism and other drug-related charges in the U.S.

Bases in Panama, Puerto Rico, and potentially Ecuador are coming back to life as the U.S. military builds up forces in the region.

The arrival near Latin America of the US Navy’s “most lethal combat platform” has put the spotlight on a fighting force that has a tough image but has been weakened by years of economic crisis.

As three branches celebrate 250 years, Americans veterans are using this important benchmark to honor the military's role and the meaning of service

A US aircraft carrier is now in the Caribbean Sea to bolster an anti-narcotics campaign, the military announced Sunday — a move sure to anger Venezuela — as US forces struck another alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific.

The United States military carried out a 21st strike against a suspected drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Saturday, killing at least three people, the US Southern Command announced on Sunday, Reuters reported.

Craig Morgan previously spent 17 years in the Army and Army Reserve, serving the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions as an E-6 Staff Sergeant and Fire Support Specialist, and he recently re-enlisted into the U.S. Army Reserve as a Staff Sergeant and Warrant Officer candidate.