Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 02.23.2023
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Abel Gonzalez, a maritime enforcement specialist, speaks to migrants from a Coast Guard 33-foot high-speed law enforcement boat approximately one mile offshore of Marathon, Florida, Feb. 23, 2023. The people were repatriated to Cuba on Feb. 26, 2023. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray....
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 02.21.2023
U.S. Coast Guard personnel from Station Marathon rescued these people approximately five miles offshore of Marathon, Florida, Feb. 21, 2023. Migrant interdiction is one of the 11 statutory missions assigned to the Coast Guard by Congress, giving the military service the authority to take the lead role in the ongoing and historic migrant surge. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 02.21.2023
A U.S. Coast Guard Station Marathon 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew transfers migrants to the Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Paroo approximately 20 miles offshore of Marathon, Florida, Feb. 21, 2023. The Paroo is a Sentinel-class fast response cutter that is capable of deploying independently to conduct missions that include port, waterways and coastal security; fishery patrols; search and......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 02.21.2023
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Solomon Stapleton radios to a Station Marathon Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew after apprehending a makeshift migrant vessel approximately 20 miles offshore of Marathon, Florida, Feb. 21, 2023. The 27 migrants were transferred to the Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Poroo and repatriated to Cuba. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 02.21.2023
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Solomon Stapleton marks "ok" on a makeshift migrant vessel approximately 20 miles offshore of Marathon, Florida, Feb. 21, 2023. Coast Guard personnel mark migrant vessels for mariners to identify that the people aboard have been apprehended and are accounted for. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray....
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 02.21.2023
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Mia Turkington prepares to embark migrants onto a Station Marathon Coast Guard 33-foot high-speed law enforcement boat approximately 20 miles offshore of Marathon, Florida, Feb. 21, 2023. The migrants were transferred to the Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Poroo and repatriated to Cuba. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray....
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 02.21.2023
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Mia Turkington throws a personal flotation device to a migrant approximately 20 miles offshore of Marathon, Florida, Feb. 21, 2023. The migrants were transferred to the Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Poroo and repatriated to Cuba. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray....
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 02.21.2023
The crew of a Coast Guard Station Marathon 45-foot Response Boat-Medium transport migrants after stopping their makeshift vessel approximately 20 miles offshore of Marathon, Florida, Feb. 21, 2023. The migrants were transferred to the Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Poroo. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray....
