Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 07.26.2017
Coast Guard Seaman Timmy Young stands watch on the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, while underway in the western Caribbean Sea, July 26, 2017. The USCGC Tampa, homeported in Portsmouth, Va., is capable of a variety of missions, to include search and rescue, and counter-drug patrols. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando...
Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sarah Foster | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 06.15.2016
Cutter Alert had a record seizure of 3.3 tons of cocaine neatly piled on the flight deck during its 53-day counter-drug patrol that spanned 12,500 miles in the Eastern Pacific. These counter-drug interdictions in the Western Hemisphere Transit Zone off the coasts of South and Central America, were carried out in support of Operation Martillo, an international operation focused on sharing......
Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sarah Foster | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 06.15.2016
Cutter Alert seized a go-fast boat and retrieved jettisoned bales of cocaine during its 53-day counter-drug patrol that spanned 12,500 miles in the Eastern Pacific. These counter-drug interdictions in the Western Hemisphere Transit Zone off the coasts of South and Central America, were carried out in support of Operation Martillo, an international operation focused on sharing information and......
Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sarah Foster | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 06.15.2016
Cutter Alert deployed two law enforcement teams to purse a go-fast vessel and retrieve jettisoned bales of cocaine during its 53-day counter-drug patrol that spanned 12,500 miles in the Eastern Pacific. These counter-drug interdictions in the Western Hemisphere Transit Zone off the coasts of South and Central America, were carried out in support of Operation Martillo, an international......
