Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast | 09.17.2025
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC 906) recovers bales of cocaine after a suspected drug smuggling vessel capsized in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 17, 2025. Seneca’s crew worked alongside interagency partners to interdict illicit narcotics in the international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Strasburg | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast | 09.17.2025
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC 906) recovers bales of cocaine after a suspected drug smuggling vessel capsized in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 17, 2025. Seneca’s crew worked alongside interagency partners to interdict illicit narcotics in the international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast | 08.16.2025
Coast Guard and partner agencies support Operation Pacific Viper in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in August 2025. Operation Pacific Viper is a counter-drug operation focused on interdicting, seizing and disrupting transshipments of cocaine and other bulk illicit drugs. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast | 08.16.2025
The crew of USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) keeps watch over a burning vessel that was interdicted in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Aug. 16, 2025. Through Operation Pacific Viper, the Coast Guard is accelerating counter-drug operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, where significant transport of illicit narcotics continues from South America. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast | 08.16.2025
A small boat crew returns to USCGC Venturous (WMEC 625) following counter-drug operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Aug. 16, 2025. These operations continue the Coast Guard's efforts to protect the Homeland, project maritime law enforcement presence and disrupt transnational criminal organizations and cartels seeking to produce and traffic illicit drugs into the United States. (U.S. Coast......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Nicole Groll | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast | 08.08.2025
A Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton law enforcement crew investigates a suspicious go-fast vessel approximately 750 miles south of Acapulco, Mexico, Aug. 8, 2025. Hamilton's crew offloaded more than 76,140 lbs. of illegal narcotics in Port Everglades, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Hamilton's crew)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast | 08.07.2025
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753) boarding team interdicting two go-fast vessels suspected of drug smuggling approximately 115 miles southeast of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June 26, 2025. The vessels were initially detected by a maritime patrol aircraft, and Hamilton’s embarked Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) aircrew provided airborne tactical support,......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Nicole Groll | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast | 08.05.2025
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton’s (WMSL 753) small boat crew interdicted a suspicious go-fast vessel approximately 543 miles southeast of Clipperton Island, Aug. 5, 2025. Hamilton's crew offloaded more than 76,140 lbs. of illegal narcotics in Port Everglades, Florida, Aug. 25, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton's crew)...
