The Pentagon is locking down the southern approach to the Red Sea while Hormuz is disrupted and Houthis tighten a naval blockade on Saudi ports. The US government has issued no public confirmation of the Bosaso agreement. The city sits on the Gulf of Aden directly across from Yemen's coast, roughly 200 miles from the Bab al-Mandeb strait, the narrow chokepoint connecting the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean. An expanded base there puts US drone and special-operations assets within range of Houthi maritime infrastructure threatening the entire Red Sea corridor. What Comes NextWatch whether Mogadishu responds formally to the Puntland deal and whether AFRICOM eventually confirms the agreement's scope.