Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) small boat crews work together to tow 37 jettisoned bales of cocaine, worth more than $23 million, to the cutter after interdicting a drug smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 21, 2025. Forward’s crew conducted a 79-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Carter Bossard)