The USS Gravely departed from Yorktown on Saturday with a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment to assist with border security along the Gulf Coast.

The Pentagon has deployed a Navy destroyer to amplify security at the U.S.-Mexico border. The warship previously engaged in combat against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Middle East and will charter waters typically patrolled by the U.

The US Navy has deployed the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely to strengthen security operations at the US-Mexico border, in a move Pentagon officials described as part of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on border protection.