USS Gerald R. Ford Moves Into Strike Position Off Venezuela After a quiet port stop in St. Thomas, the USS Gerald R. Ford has moved into place just off Venezuela’s coast. It’s not alone. Navy destroyers. A Marine amphibious assault ship. A submarine armed with Tomahawks. Thousands of U.S. Marines already landed in Puerto Rico - now rehearsing combat landings in jungle terrain. Military flights tied to B-52s are in the air. And then came the GPS blackout. National security analyst Brandon Weicher