Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.28.2025
A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756), crew member passes bales of cocaine to the storage locker during a bulk contraband drug transfer with U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025. The U.S. Coast Guard provides enduring value in service to the American people as the world’s premier maritime law enforcement agency, and is......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.28.2025
A member of the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South moves bales of cocaine off the fantail of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) after receiving interdicted contraband from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025. The U.S. Coast Guard is increasing presence in key areas to secure the U.S. maritime border......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.28.2025
Servicemembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) pass bales of interdicted cocaine aboard the Kimball after a rendezvous drug transfer with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard is uniquely suited to operate with Central and South......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.28.2025
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) Crewmembers secure the 35-foot long range interceptor II cutter boat in the Kimball’s stern notch after an at-sea transfer with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025. Kimball’s crew embarked four suspected drug smugglers and 925 kilograms of contraband from the Forward. The U.S.......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.28.2025
U.S. Coast Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) crew members aboard a 35-foot long range interceptor II cutter boat in the notch following an at-sea contraband transfer with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard is uniquely suited to operate with Central and South American nations to disrupt the flow of cocaine and......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.28.2025
A crew aboard the U.S. Coast Cutter Kimball’s (WMSL 756) 35-foot long range interceptor II cutter boat prepares to pull into the cutter’s stern recovery with four sour suspected smugglers and 925 kilograms of cocaine following an at-sea transfer with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025. The U.S. Coast Guard is uniquely......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.28.2025
A crew aboard the U.S. Coast Cutter Kimball’s (WMSL 756) 35-foot long range interceptor II cutter boat transits toward the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) to transfer contraband and suspected drug smugglers while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025. Forward is a 270-foot, Famous-class medium endurance cutter. with iIts primary missions include counter-drug and......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.25.2025
The MH-65 Dolphin attached to Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) Jacksonville takes off from the flight deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) with two small boats following astern during joint boat and flight counterdrug training on March 25, 2025, in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. HITRON is the Coast Guard’s single provider of forward-deployed airborne use of......
