Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 06.27.2025
The crew of USCGC Hamilton interdicted a narcotics smuggling vessel while deployed in support of U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Interagency Task Force – South and Coast Guard District 11 on June 27, 2025. Hamilton’s crew, which includes embarked personnel from Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) and Tactical Law Enforcement Team (TACLET) South, seized an estimated 1,975kg......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 06.26.2025
The crew of USCGC Hamilton simultaneously interdicted two narcotics smuggling vessels while deployed in support of U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Interagency Task Force – South and Coast Guard District 11 on June 26, 2025. Hamilton’s crew, which includes embarked personnel from Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) and Tactical Law Enforcement Team (TACLET) South, seized an......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth Wiese | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 06.26.2025
The crew of USCGC Hamilton simultaneously interdicted two narcotics smuggling vessels while deployed in support of U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Interagency Task Force – South and Coast Guard District 11 on June 26, 2025. Hamilton’s crew, which includes embarked personnel from Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) and Tactical Law Enforcement Team (TACLET) South, seized an......
Photo by Lt.j.g. Isabella Virzi | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 04.25.2025
Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from the Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron conduct helicopter operations near Miami, Florida, April 25, 2025. Campbell's crew conducted a two-month patrol to protect the safety of life at sea and deter illegal alien migration in the Windward Passage. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Isabella......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.12.2025
Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) Jacksonville pilots launch a MH-65 helicopter from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) during training evolutions spanning both day and night while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 12, 2025. The HITRON crew is temporarily attached to the Kimball during their Eastern Pacific patrol to help combat the flow of illegal drugs......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.07.2025
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) and Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) crewmembers secure an embarked MH-65 Dolphin helicopter following flight operations while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 7, 2025. The HITRON aircrews are trained to employ airborne use of force to interdict non-compliant vessels during counter-drug operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.07.2025
Lt. Tevin Porter-Perry, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter pilot from the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON), demonstrates the aircraft’s capabilities to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) crewmembers while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 7, 2025. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, expertly trained HITRON pilots and precision marksmen are specialists in intercepting......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.07.2025
Petty Officer 3rd Class Raymond Fitzgerald, a damage controlman aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756), checks a sample of JP-5 jet fuel to ensure the fuel is clear from any debris and safe to transfer to the embarked MH-65 Dolphin helicopter during refueling operations while Kimball patrols the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 7, 2025. Kimball is one of two Legend-class national......
