Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 08.04.2023
BUFFALO--Nine members of the New York Naval Militia spent three days supporting the United States Coast Guard on lakes Ontario and Erie and on the Niagara River above and below Niagara Falls as part of a regular enforcement event known as Operation Lake Thunder. The Naval Militia members operated two Military Emergency Boat Service patrol boats, and their mobile command trailer in support......
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 01.17.2020
On June 21, 2019, the Coast Guard and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection unveiled a remarkable feat – the interdiction of more than 16 tons of cocaine, worth approximately $1 billion. The haul was described as “one of the largest drug seizures in United States history” by U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain. Less than 100 miles away and more than 100 years ago, a similarly historic......
Story by Brandon Honig | California National Guard Primary | 07.05.2016
California’s vast terrain includes a 140-mile international border and 840 miles of coastline — that’s nearly a thousand miles of potential illegal entry points. Keeping those points closed to the smuggling of dangerous materials is vital to our national security....
Story by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sarah Foster | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 03.09.2016
Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crew displays their cocaine seizure worth approximately $141 million during their 8-week Eastern Pacific patrol. Mayport, Florida-based Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returned home March 9, 2016. These counter-drug interdictions were carried out as part of Operation Martillo, an international operation focused on sharing information and bringing together air, land, and......
Story by Lt. Donnie Brzuska | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 10.02.2015
A local Coast Guard cutter and crew is scheduled to return to Port Angeles, Friday at 10 a.m., following a successful 50-day counter-narcotics patrol off the Pacific coast of Central America....
Story by Lt. Donnie Brzuska | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 06.30.2015
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett returned to Pier 36 in Seattle Tuesday at 10 a.m. following a 71-day counter-drug deployment in the Eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central America....
Story by Staff Sgt. Cody Harding | KFOR Regional Command East | 05.29.2013
The Multinational Battle Group - East Kosovo Forces 17 Joint Law Enforcement Liaison Team met with Polish soldiers, the European Union Rule of Law mission in Kosovo, known as EULEX, and the Kosovo Police in Gjilan to enforce security measures along the Administrative Boundary Line between Kosovo and Serbia, May 29....
Story by Staff Sgt. Earnest J. Barnes | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 05.24.2013
The USAID-sponsored Boys Training Centre here hosted crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak for a futbol match today....
