In this documentary series the U.S. Coast Guard spoked with Charles Anthony Hopkins, a Chief Warrant Officer retired with nearly 32 years in military service and was one of the original ten members to stand…
The U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) operations started as an experiment in 1998 to halt the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. Drug trafficking organizations primarily used “go-fast” boats, high-speed smuggling…
In this Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) history series, the USCG spoke with retired Chief Warrant Officer Ray Stobinski Jr. (HITRON 10). Stobinski was one of the first Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron gunners…
In this USCG HITRON History Documentary Series, the Coast Guard speak with Petty Officer 1st Class Kimberly Dechmerowski, an avionics electrical technician. Dechmerowski and the first female gunner of Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron. The HITRON…
PORT ANGELES, Wash. – The Coast Guard Cutter Active and a HITRON Unit returned to Port Angeles Friday after interdicted 159 million in cocaine following a 46-day deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Dec. 18.…
In this HITRON Squadron history documentary series, the Coast Guard spoke with Vincent Van Ness, a Lieutenant junior grade at the time Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) was stood up. Van Ness is a HITRON-10…
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Legare and HITRON crews returned to home after an eight-week counter narcotic patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Friday. The Cutter Legare interdicted over 7,000 pounds of…
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Seneca returned to its homeport in Portsmouth after a 57-day patrol conducting counter-drug and humanitarian assistance operations in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, November 20. The…
The USCG Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) operations started as an experiment in 1998 to halt the flow of illegal drugs into the United States Drug trafficking organizations primarily used “go-fast” boats, high-speed smuggling vessels…
PUERTO LEMPIRA, Honduras — A Coast Guard Helicopter Tactical Squadron (HITRON) MH-65 Dolphin aircrew forward deployed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC-906) provided humanitarian assistance, Friday, to Honduran villages after Hurricane Eta impacted the…