Photo by Joe Perez | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland District | 07.26.2022
The Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC 617) crew performs a migrant patrol in the Caribbean Sea, July 22, 2022. The Vigilant is a 210-foot Reliance-class medium endurance cutter, that patrols the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean, performing counter-drug operations, migrant interdiction operations, search and rescue, and fisheries enforcement. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)...
Photo by Joe Perez | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland District | 07.26.2022
The Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC 617) small boat crew approaches a grossly overloaded migrant vessel with 147 Haitian migrants off the Florida Keys, July 22, 2022. The Vigilant crew provided care and medical attention before repatriating them to Haiti. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)...
Photo by Joe Perez | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland District | 07.26.2022
The Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC 617) small boat crewman approaches the cutter in the Caribbean Sea, July 22, 2022. The Vigilant crew repatriated 147 Haitian migrants interdicted in the high seas. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland District | 12.16.2021
Crew members of the USCGC Vigilant (WMEC 617) interdict a low profile vessel containing illegal narcotics on Dec. 5, 2021, one of five interdictions conducted in international waters off the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America. The Vigilant crew offloaded more than 17,000 pounds of illegal contraband in Port Everglades, Florida, before returning to its homeport in Port Canaveral, on......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland District | 12.16.2021
Crew members of the USCGC Vigilant (WMEC 617) interdict a low-profile vessel transporting illegal narcotics on Dec. 2, 2021, in the oceans of the Western Hemisphere. The Vigilant crew offloaded more than 17,000 pounds of illegal contraband in Port Everglades, Florida, before returning to its homeport in Port Canaveral, on Dec. 15. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland District | 06.20.2020
The Coast Guard Valiant conducting towing operations with 45' Response Boat-Medium mid-may,2020, from Windward Passage to San Juan, Puerto Rico. This saved the Coast Guard over $100,000 in towing costs. ( U.S. Coast Guard Photo)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland District | 06.19.2020
The Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant crew seized a total of 122 bales of cocaine in back-to-back interdictions of go-fast vessels just off the coast of Limon, Costa Rica, June 15, 2020. The fight against drug cartels in the Caribbean Sea requires unity of effort in all phases from detection, monitoring, and interdictions, to criminal prosecutions by international partners and U.S. Attorneys'......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland District | 06.19.2020
The Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant crew seized a total of 122 bales of cocaine in back-to-back interdictions of go-fast vessels just off the coast of Limon, Costa Rica, June 15, 2020. The fight against drug cartels in the Caribbean Sea requires unity of effort in all phases from detection, monitoring, and interdictions, to criminal prosecutions by international partners and U.S. Attorneys'......
