Portsmouth-based cutter disrupts drug operations in the Eastern Pacific [Image 4 of 8]

PACIFIC OCEAN

01.08.2016

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

A Jacksonville, Fla.-based Aviation Detachment from Helicopter Interdiction Squadron (HITRON) folds the blades of an Airborne Use of Force (AUF) MH-65C helicopter to prepare it for maintenance on board the Portsmouth, Va.-based Cutter Northland while on a counter-drug mission in the Eastern Pacific throughout its 56-day patrol from December 2015 to January 2016. The Coast Guard and its partners routinely deploy to known drug transit zones in the Eastern Pacific to interdict large shipments of contraband in support of Operation Martillo, an international operation focused on sharing information and bringing together air, land, and maritime assets from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and Western Hemisphere and European partner nation agencies to counter illicit trafficking. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph L. McNew/Cutter Northland, Lt. j.g. Samuel Keith, Public Affairs Officer)

• Date Taken: 01.08.2016
• Date Posted: 01.26.2016 15:43
• Photo ID: 2370377
• VIRIN: 160108-G-XX999-004
• Resolution: 1702x1133
• Size: 1.19 MB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN