Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Sherbs | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 10.27.2015
Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell Commanding Officer Capt. Edward Westfall gives a presentation following an award ceremony the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2015. Westfall explained how the Coast Guard, along with the help the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Alert, Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron, Joint Interagency Task Force South, Coast......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Sherbs | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 10.27.2015
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, homeported in San Diego, stand for a photo with U.S. Interdiction Coordinator James C. Olson following an award ceremony at the White House Office National Drug Control Policy in Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2015. The crew of Boutwell was awarded for a seizure of cocaine during a deployment near Guatemala Sept. 11, 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Sherbs | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 10.27.2015
Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell Commanding Officer Capt. Edward Westfall discusses an award with U.S. Interdiction Coordinator James C. Olson during an award ceremony at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2015. The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell was recognized for the seizure of 440 kgs of cocain and the detention of seven illegal drug......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Sherbs | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 10.27.2015
Capt. Edward Westfall poses with U.S. Interdiction Coordinator James C. Olsen during an award ceremony at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2015. Westfall accepted the National Counter Illicit Trafficking Award on behalf the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Sherbs | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 10.27.2015
U.S. Interdiction Coordinator James C. Olson greets Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Ross prior to a ceremony at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2015. Ross, a machinery technician, was one of six crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell to accept the National Counter Illicit Trafficking Award. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jordan Akiyama | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 04.02.2015
Boarding team members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell transit the ship's interceptor boat while patrolling in the Eastern Pacific in early March, 2015. More than five-and-a-half tons of narcotics from a coastal freighter were interdicted by the Boutwell crew along with the U.S. and Royal Canadian navies in a joint operation....
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jordan Akiyama | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 04.02.2015
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell crewmembers maneuver the ship's interceptor boat while patrolling in the Eastern Pacific in early March, 2015. More than five-and-a-half tons of narcotics from a coastal freighter were interdicted by the Boutwell crew along with the U.S. and Royal Canadian navies in a joint operation....
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jordan Akiyama | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 04.02.2015
More than five-and-a-half tons of narcotics from a coastal freighter interdicted during a joint U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, and Royal Canadian Navy Eastern Pacific patrol in early March, 2015, lie stacked on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, along with bales of drugs seized in other interdictions in the region....
