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This preparedness extends to the Southcom region, where the department is actively engaged in countering narcoterrorism. Its primary mission involves interdiction efforts—striking vessels and boats involved in drug trafficking—aimed at dismantling networks that threaten the United States. Every successful strike is viewed as a safeguard for American lives, with each operation potentially saving around 25,000 lives by preventing narcotics and associated violence from reaching US borders.