An official, who was given anonymity to discuss military plans, told Military.com that a second destroyer will deploy from the West Coast, joining the USS Gravely.

The US Navy is deploying a guided-missile destroyer to police the southern border.The USS Gravely previously finished a nine-month deployment fighting the Houthis in the Red Sea.The warship is armed with the long-range Tomahawk,

USS Gravely, a guided-missile destroyer, was deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border to help curb illegal seaborne immigration, Navy officials said.