This is the shocking moment that aUS Navydestroyer and supply ship collided in theCaribbean. Footage from onboard the Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Supply shows running from the ship's edge as the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Truxtun heads straight for the vessel.

The incident occurred during a refuel operation, the US military's Southern Command confirmed. Two people reported minor injuries during Wednesday's (February 11) replenishment-at-sea operation, spokesman Col. Emmanuel Ortiz told theWall Street Journal, and are in stable condition. Such an operation involves transferring supplies and fuel between two ships sailing side by side. Both vessels then continued sailing safely from the incident site nearSouth America. Southern Command did not say what caused the collision and said the incident was currently under investigation.

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Both vessels were assigned to the military build-up in the Caribbean that PresidentDonald Trumpordered to clamp down on drug trafficking in the region. In November, the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group joined a flotilla of a dozen Navy ships and roughly 12,000 troops.

The build-up comes under Operation Southern Spear - theTrumpadministration’s campaign against what it calls “narco-terrorists” in the Western Hemisphere. Since early September, US forces have launched at least 20 attacks on suspecteddrug-running boats across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, killing more than 80 people.

On Thursday (February 12), two people died after the US military struck an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific.

The US has also used its military presence in the region to enforce sanctions againstVenezuelanoil, after arresting the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, in a nighttime raid in January.

American forces have seized seven oil tankers linked to Venezuela as part of Mr Trump’s campaign, with the administration arguing that it has already crippled the trade, with analysts estimating more than 80% of shipments have been halted. Trump’s administration expects to sellbetween 30 million and 50 million barrelsof sanctioned Venezuelan crude.

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