Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Akiyama | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 04.03.2019
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast crewmembers aboard interceptor boats from the cutter pursue suspected smugglers in two suspected smuggling vessels in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Feb 16, 2019. Suspects in one suspected smuggling vessel dumped their load of cocaine and fled the area. The other smuggling vessel was intercepted. Bales of cocaine from both vessels were......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard - Defense Media Activity | 05.18.2018
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active, a 210-foot medium endurance Reliance-class cutter homeported in Port Angeles, Washington, interdicts more than 1 ton of cocaine from four suspected drug smugglers during a counter-narcotics patrol in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Friday, May 18, 2018. Cutters like Active routinely conduct operations from South America to the Bering Sea to perform......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 09.09.2017
Members of Coast Guard Cutter Stratton prepare to conduct an at-sea contraband transfer with Coast Guard Cutter James in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Coast Guard and its interagency partners have interdicted or disrupted over 455,000 pounds of cocaine in Fiscal Year 2017 worth more than $6 billion, surpassing its previous record. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios....
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 09.08.2017
Members of Coast Guard Cutter Stratton watch as an Unmanned Aerial System is launched from the flight deck during a counter narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Sept. 8, 2017. UASs are unique assets used on the high seas where transnational organized crime networks are largely unchallenged by regional partners, and where those networks are most vulnerable to enforcement action by the......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 09.08.2017
Coast Guard Cutter Stratton boarding team members pursue and detain four suspected drug smugglers after intercepting their vessel with 17 bales of cocaine on board. Stratton’s crew was patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean as part of a whole-of-government campaign to combat nefarious transnational organized criminal networks that use illicit drugs to fund violence, terrorism and other illegal......
Video by Lance Cpl. Frank Cordoba | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.21.2016
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. Marines with the 1st Law Enforcement Battalion execute tactical site exploitation training on April 21, 2016 at Camp Pendleton. The Marines searched rooms and vehicles to find explosives, drugs, ammunition, guns, electronic devices, DNA samples, or any type of evidence that could link suspects to illegal activities or help to track a suspect. Not every......
Video by Lance Cpl. Isaac Ibarra | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.10.2014
Marines with Company C 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion trained using blank ammunition to clear and engage a compound containing an active shooter Sept. 10 at Camp Hansen. Available in high definition....
