{"id":1225,"date":"2026-05-23T18:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2026-05-23T18:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:34:49","slug":"marines-conducts-a-rapid-response-exercise-at-the-us-embassy-in-venezuelas-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1225","title":{"rendered":"Marines conducts a rapid response exercise at the US Embassy in Venezuela\u2019s capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) \u2014 The U.S. military conducted a rapid response exercise involving Marines and military aircraft in Venezuela\u2019s capital on Saturday, more than four months after the ouster of then-President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1223\">Evacuation centers fill up in southern California as efforts continue to cool damaged chemical tank<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two Marine Corps Osprey aircraft, which have characteristics of both a helicopter and a fixed-wing airplane, flew over the recently reopened U.S. Embassy in Caracas. They landed in the parking lot with the downdraft blowing tree branches. Forces then descended from the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnsuring the military\u2019s rapid response capability is a key component of mission readiness, both here in Venezuela and around the world,\u201d the embassy said on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela\u2019s government had announced the drill earlier this week. Foreign Minister Yv\u00e1n Gil said the United States would conduct the exercise to prepare \u201cin the event of medical emergencies or catastrophic emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The drill comes almost two months after the U.S. formally reopened its embassy in Caracas. The reopening followed the restoration of full diplomatic relations with the South American country after Maduro\u2019s ouster in early January.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1221\">Iran and US are close to an understanding aimed at ending the war, officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some Caracas residents gathered near the embassy to watch the aircraft, while a few dozen others gathered elsewhere in the city to protest Saturday\u2019s exercise. The protesters held a Venezuelan flag with the message \u201cNo to the Yankee drill\u201d written over it. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. military aircraft last flew over Caracas on Jan. 3, when elite forces rappelled down from helicopters and captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Both were taken to New York to face drug trafficking charges. They have pleaded not guilty. <\/p>\n<p>Squadron markings on the Ospreys that landed in the capital Saturday identified them as belonging to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263. The same squadron is currently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima in the Caribbean Ocean. Maduro and Flores were flown to that warship immediately after their detention.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1219\">3 men charged with murder after fatal shooting in NC apartment parking lot, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) \u2014 The U.S. military conducted a rapid response exercise involving Marines and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marines conducts a rapid response exercise at the US Embassy in Venezuela\u2019s capital - Raleigh Moving News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1225\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marines conducts a rapid response exercise at the US Embassy in Venezuela\u2019s capital - 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