The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) with embarked USCG Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 102 seized over $49 million in suspected cocaine, Oct. 11-12, 2021. On Oct. 11, a suspected drug smuggling go-fast vessel (GFV) was spotted by a maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) and Sioux City was vectored in for an intercept. Leer másUSS Sioux City seized 49 million cocaine in the Caribbean[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — USCGC Legare and HITRON crews 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. The crew patrolled over 12,650 nautical miles through the heart of the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of Operation Martillo working Leer másUSCGC Legare and HITRON crews returns after counter-narcotics patrol[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard seized 250 kilograms of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea, with an estimated wholesale value of 7.5 million dollar. The USCGC Reef Shark transferred custody of two smugglers and offloaded the drug at Coast Guard Base San Juan Saturday, following USCGC Kathleen Moore’s interdiction of a go-fast smuggling Leer másCoast Guard seizes 7.5 dollar million in cocaine, Caribbean Sea[…]
Story by Capt. Annabel Monroe, Joint Task Force Bravo SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – In support of the whole-of-government effort led by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-Bravo) joined forces as members of Joint Task Force-Haiti (JTF-Haiti) to deliver much-needed aid as rapidly as possible to victims Leer másJTF-Bravo redeploys after support to JTF-Haiti due Haiti earthquake[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — USCGC Northland (WMEC 904) returned to Portsmouth Monday, following an 80-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of the Coast Guard 11th District and Joint Interagency Task Force South. The Coast Guard Cutter Northland’s crew patrolled the Eastern Pacific performing counter-drug operations with the support of an aviation detachment from Leer másUSCGC Northland returns after Eastern Pacific patrol, Miami drug offload[…]
WASHINGTON D.C. — CBP (Customs and Border Protection) AMO (Air and Marine Operations) National Air Security Operations Center, P-3 Orion Long Range Tracker and Airborne Early Warning crews and United States Southern Command partners conducted three counter-narcotics operations in July and August that disrupted 17,620 pounds of cocaine, denying transnational criminal organizations operating in drug source Leer másCBP P-3 Orion crews (AMO) and partners seize nearly 9 tons of cocaine[…]
MIAMI — The Coast Guard, USAID, U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force-Haiti continue to have unity of effort and respond to critically injured Haitian citizens, Tuesday, by transporting them to a higher level of care in Port au Prince, Haiti. “The Coast Guard immediately responded to the government of Haiti’s request for assistance following Leer másCoast Guard, partner agencies continue to support Haiti[…]
Story by Tech. Sgt. Marleah Cabano, Joint Task Force Bravo PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Keith Davids, commander of JTF-Haiti, U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), and U.S. Army Col. Steven Gventer, commander of JTF-Bravo, Soto Cano, Honduras, visited the Haiti 7.2 magnitude earthquake epicenter, Aug. 21, in Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, to assess damage and critical infrastructure. Leer másSOUTHCOM JTF-Haiti and JTF-Bravo commanders visits Haiti earthquake epicenter[…]
MIAMI — Coast Guard and partner agencies aircrews continue support to critically injured Haitian citizens by transporting them to a higher level of care in Port au Prince due Haiti earthquake, Thursday. After several days of responding to a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti, Coast Guard aircrews returned home to Air Station Clearwater, Thursday, and Leer másCoast Guard, partner agencies continue to support Haiti[…]
Story by Alejandra Fontalvo, 24th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs HURLBURT FIELD, Fla.– Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing are currently responding to a request to augment humanitarian aid efforts in Haiti following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on August 14. The Special Tactics Airmen responding to the relief efforts will be Leer másSpecial Tactics Airmen augment Haiti earthquake humanitarian efforts[…]