Story by Spc. Ryan Dunn | 122nd Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 03.27.2025
Washington National Guard’s Western Regional Counterdrug Training Center (WRCTC) conducted a specialized land navigation course on March 27, 2025, at the Sammamish Police Department, equipping local law enforcement officers with fundamental outdoor navigating skills to aid in everyday law enforcement operations....
Story by Spc. Meghan Keller | West Virginia National Guard | 02.03.2023
Hovering over an isolated and densely wooded area somewhere in rural West Virginia, a UH-72 Lakota helicopter crew from the West Virginia National Guard’s Counter Drug program spots the target of their day's mission, a large growth of marijuana, and radios coordinates to Law Enforcement Agencies on the ground as they zero in on the illegal stash. Meanwhile, counties away at a local......
Story by Sgt. Reece Heck | Oklahoma National Guard | 08.26.2022
A member of the Oklahoma Air National Guard was recently recognized for his efforts to reduce drug and alcohol abuse in Oklahoma communities. In a ceremony at the Oklahoma National Guard Headquarters in Oklahoma City, Aug. 25, Tech. Sgt. James Rambur, who serves with the Oklahoma National Guard Counter Drug Task Force, was presented with the 2021 GEICO Military Service Award. Rambur......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 04.18.2022
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The USCGC Legare (WMEC 912) returned home Thursday after a 12-week counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The Legare crew patrolled over 19,500 miles throughout the heart of the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of Campaign Martillo, working in conjunction with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Drug Enforcement......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 12.09.2021
MIAMI — The Reliance-class USCGC Dauntless (WMEC 624) crew offloaded more than $148 million of illegal narcotics at Base Miami Beach, Tuesday, from three separate interdictions in the Caribbean Sea, in the past two weeks....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 11.22.2021
MIAMI — The crew of USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) offloaded approximately 26,250 pounds of cocaine and 3,700 pounds of marijuana worth about $504 million Monday at Port Everglades, which is the most significant drug interdiction in the ship’s history....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 10.21.2021
by Ensign Daniel Peveler PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of USCGC Legare (WMEC 912) returned home Thursday after an eight-week counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South and the Coast Guard 11th District....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.22.2021
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of USCGC Tampa (WMEC 902) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth Wednesday after a successful 38-day counter-drug patrol in the Caribbean Sea. ...
