Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kate Kilroy | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 06.22.2023
The USCGC Bear (WMEC 910) returned home to Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, June 22, 2023, following a 65-day Caribbean Sea patrol. While underway in the Seventh Coast Guard District’s area of responsibility and in support of Joint Interagency Task Force–South, Bear conducted six counterdrug interdictions and seized a total of 8,558 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $97 million. (U.S. Coast......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 12.27.2022
The crews of USCGC Bear (WMEC 901) and USCGC Isaac Mayo (WPC 1112) interdict an unsafe migrant vessel in transit to Florida in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 27, 2022. While underway, Bear’s crew conducted counter drug and maritime safety and security missions while working to detect, deter and intercept unsafe and illegal migrant ventures bound for the United States. (U.S. Coast Guard video......
