New York Times reporters spent two days with the Coast Guard’s drug interdiction teams to see how they stop suspected drug ...
Coast Guard personnel have set procedures to follow when they're boarding suspected drug boats. Not every interdiction plays out the way they think it will, prompting changes in the moment. Weather, ...
USCG TACLET SOUTH OPA-LOCKA, Florida — At a time when a new war on drugs is brewing in the Caribbean, Business Insider grabbed a front-row seat as the Coast Guard trained to take down drug smugglers ...
U.S. Southern Command said it targeted three vessels traveling in a convoy in international waters -- leaving ...
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USCG HITRON JACKSONVILLE, Florida — The Coast Guard is pushing for more ships, aircraft, and personnel to keep pace with the record flow of drugs heading toward the US. Recent drug offloads from Coast ...
The Coast Guard cutter Munro seized more than 20,000 pounds of cocaine in a single drug interdiction mission Tuesday, the largest seizure a national security cutter had completed involving a go-fast ...
A small boat crew from U.S. Coast Guard cutter Donald Horsley pursues suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, Oct. 3, 2018. (Courtesy Air Station Elizabeth City/U.S. Coast Guard) For decades ...
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, under the headline “Q&A: How Did the U.S. Patrol the ...