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The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 1925 pounds of cocai... More

Mellon small boat - US Coast Guard photo

Mellon small boat - US Coast Guard photo

A small-boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Mellon, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter homeported in Seattle, conducts training aboard Mellon'??s Over-the-Horizon small boat in the Pacific Ocean, July 15, 2012.... More

U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to law enforcement detachment

U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to law enforcement detachment

U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to law enforcement detachment 101 prepare to enter an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Vipers of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 48 on the flight deck of the Oli... More

A U.S. Navy UH-60B Black Hawk helicopter assigned to

A U.S. Navy UH-60B Black Hawk helicopter assigned to

A U.S. Navy UH-60B Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the guided missile frigate USS Elrod (FFG 55) sits on the ship's flight deck in the Caribbean Sea during Operation Martillo April 20, 2012. Operation Martill... More

U.S. Navy personnel assigned to USS Elrod (FFG -55),

U.S. Navy personnel assigned to USS Elrod (FFG -55),

U.S. Navy personnel assigned to USS Elrod (FFG -55), qualify with the M9, May 1, 2012. The training objective is to maintain personnel proficient for real world emergencies for Operation Martillo. (U.S. Army ph... More

A U.S. Navy officer, assigned to the USS Elrod (FFG

A U.S. Navy officer, assigned to the USS Elrod (FFG

A U.S. Navy officer, assigned to the USS Elrod (FFG -55), tracks updates on the radar screen in support of Operation Martillo, May 2, 2012. Operation Martillo prevents the flow of narcotics from South America i... More

Sailors aboard a rigid-hull inflatable boat prepare

Sailors aboard a rigid-hull inflatable boat prepare

Sailors aboard a rigid-hull inflatable boat prepare bales of cocaine for hoisting after an embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment seized the contraband during a drug interdiction in the Caribbean ... More

U.S. Coast Guardsmen in a rigid hull inflatable boat

U.S. Coast Guardsmen in a rigid hull inflatable boat

U.S. Coast Guardsmen in a rigid hull inflatable boat transfer bales of cocaine to the medium endurance cutter USCGC Valiant (WMEC 621) after confiscating the drugs from a go-fast boat, May 31, 2012, in the Cari... More

Operation Martillo - Defense imagery management operations center

Operation Martillo - Defense imagery management operations center

U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to the medium endurance cutter USCGC Valiant (WMEC 621) examine one of 43 bales of contraband seized from a go-fast boat May 31, 2012, in the Caribbean Sea. The boat's five crew me... More

One hundred and twelve bales of cocaine recovered from a drug interdiction are offloaded onto the deck of the guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47).

One hundred and twelve bales of cocaine recovered from a drug interdic...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 04, 2012) One hundred and twelve bales of cocaine recovered from a drug interdiction are offloaded onto the deck of the guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47). Navy and Coast Guard per... More

Navy and Coast Guard personnel come alongside the guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) to transfer contraband that was dumped from a vessel during drug interdiction operations.

Navy and Coast Guard personnel come alongside the guided-missile friga...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 04, 2012) Navy and Coast Guard personnel come alongside the guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) to transfer contraband that was dumped from a vessel during drug interdiction operati... More

Suspected drug smugglers raise their hands above their

Suspected drug smugglers raise their hands above their

Suspected drug smugglers raise their hands above their heads after the engines on their fleeing boat were disabled by a U.S. Coast Guard gunner firing from a helicopter deployed from the frigate USS Nicholas (F... More

Lt. Charles Lovelace explains the systems and capabilities

Lt. Charles Lovelace explains the systems and capabilities

Lt. Charles Lovelace explains the systems and capabilities of a P-3C Orion patrol aircraft weapons system to Rear Adm. Sinclair Harris, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and Commander, U.S. 4th Flee... More

The guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment arrives at Naval Station Mayport.

The guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) with embarked U.S. Co...

MAYPORT, Fla. (Jul. 17, 2012) The guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment arrives at Naval Station Mayport to offload more than 7,500 pounds of coc... More

The guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment arrives at Naval Station Mayport.

The guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) with embarked U.S. Co...

MAYPORT, Fla. (Jul. 17, 2012) The guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment arrives at Naval Station Mayport to offload more than 7,500 pounds of coc... More

The guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment arrives at Naval Station Mayport.

The guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) with embarked U.S. Co...

MAYPORT, Fla. (Jul. 17, 2012) The guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment arrives at Naval Station Mayport to offload more than 7,500 pounds of coc... More

More than 7,500 pounds of cocaine and 240 pounds of marijuana recovered from drug interdictions in support of Operation Martillo arrives at Naval Station Mayport.

More than 7,500 pounds of cocaine and 240 pounds of marijuana recovere...

MAYPORT, Fla. (Jul. 17, 2012) More than 7,500 pounds of cocaine and 240 pounds of marijuana recovered from drug interdictions in support of Operation Martillo arrives at Naval Station Mayport aboard the guided-... More

More than 7,500 pounds of cocaine and 240 pounds of marijuana recovered from drug interdictions in support of Operation Martillo arrives at Naval Station Mayport.

More than 7,500 pounds of cocaine and 240 pounds of marijuana recovere...

MAYPORT, Fla. (Jul. 17, 2012) More than 7,500 pounds of cocaine and 240 pounds of marijuana recovered from drug interdictions in support of Operation Martillo arrives at Naval Station Mayport aboard the guided-... More

U.S. Navy Seaman Francis Mliswa, left, and Seaman Aaron

U.S. Navy Seaman Francis Mliswa, left, and Seaman Aaron

U.S. Navy Seaman Francis Mliswa, left, and Seaman Aaron Drendel stand by to lower a rigid hull inflatable boat from the port side of the guided missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) Aug. 3, 2012, in the Caribb... More

U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey helicopters assigned to

U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey helicopters assigned to

U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey helicopters assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing sit aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft in Guatemala City, Guatemala... More

Air Drop, US Coast Guard Photo

Air Drop, US Coast Guard Photo

USS CARR, At Sea (Aug. 16, 2012) The guided missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52), not shown, receives mission-essential parts from a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol P-3 Orion patrol aircraft while supporting Operat... More

U.S. Navy Operations Specialist 2nd Class Jeffrey Pettway

U.S. Navy Operations Specialist 2nd Class Jeffrey Pettway

U.S. Navy Operations Specialist 2nd Class Jeffrey Pettway fires an M9 Beretta pistol at a target during a small arms qualification aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) in the Caribbean Sea O... More

U.S. Navy Ensign Marco Arroyo loads a B546 grenade

U.S. Navy Ensign Marco Arroyo loads a B546 grenade

U.S. Navy Ensign Marco Arroyo loads a B546 grenade into an M16 rifle with an M203 grenade launcher attachment during a live-fire exercise aboard guided missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) Oct. 18, 2012, in t... More

U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Joshua Singleton,

U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Joshua Singleton,

U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Joshua Singleton, center, acts as the landing signalman enlisted as Boatswain's Mate Seaman Elleston Taylor, left, and Logistics Specialist Seaman Michael Spears display the... More

USS Underwood returns, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida

USS Underwood returns, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida

Rear Adm. Sinclair Harris, commander U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet applauds with the crowd as USS Underwood (FFG-36) returns to Naval Station Mayport from its six month deployment. Underwoo... More

A disabled speedboat suspected of smuggling is shot by Sailors aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Gary (FFG 51) during Operation Martillo.

A disabled speedboat suspected of smuggling is shot by Sailors aboard ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 07, 2012) A disabled speedboat suspected of smuggling is shot by Sailors aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Gary (FFG 51) during Operation Martillo. Coast Guard officials deemed the vesse... More

USS Carr Drug Offload FLORIDA U.S. Coast Guard photograph

USS Carr Drug Offload FLORIDA U.S. Coast Guard photograph

MAYPORT, Fla. - Cocaine is prepared for offload from the deck of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Carr and transfer to the Drug Enforcement Administration at Naval Station Mayport Friday... More

USS Carr Drug Offload FLORIDA U.S. Coast Guard photograph

USS Carr Drug Offload FLORIDA U.S. Coast Guard photograph

MAYPORT, Fla. - The officer in charge of a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment describes for a Navy photographer Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, what the LEDET's role was during the seizure of 1.5 tons of cocaine and... More

USS Carr Drug Offload FLORIDA U.S. Coast Guard photograph

USS Carr Drug Offload FLORIDA U.S. Coast Guard photograph

MAYPORT, Fla. - A U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment member prepares fuel canisters, with cocaine hidden inside, to be offloaded from the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missle frigate USS Carr at Nav... More

USS Carr Drug Offload FLORIDA U.S. Coast Guard photograph

USS Carr Drug Offload FLORIDA U.S. Coast Guard photograph

MAYPORT, Fla. - A Drug Enforcement Administration special agent and the officer in charge of a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment wait to offload marijuana (pictured in the foreground) and cocaine from the ... More

Fuel containers which have been modified to carry an estimated $70,000 of cocaine each sit on the flight deck of the guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) after being seized during Operation Martillo.

Fuel containers which have been modified to carry an estimated $70,000...

MAYPORT, Fla. (Nov. 30, 2012) Fuel containers which have been modified to carry an estimated $70,000 of cocaine each sit on the flight deck of the guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) after being seized dur... More

CGC Tampa Cocaine Offload FLORIDA

CGC Tampa Cocaine Offload FLORIDA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa transport bales of cocaine off the cutter at Port Canaveral in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. The Tampa crew recovered more... More

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa transport

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa transport

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa transport bales of cocaine off the cutter at Port Canaveral in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Dec. 5, 2012. The Tampa crew recovered more than 75 bales of cocaine from ... More

Approximately 600 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $22 million was confiscated by the U.S. Coast Guard team aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Gary (FFG 51)

Approximately 600 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of ...

U.S. 4TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jan. 04, 2013) Approximately 600 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $22 million was confiscated by the U.S. Coast Guard team aboard the guided-missile fri... More

Forward returns to homeport, US Coast Guard Photo

Forward returns to homeport, US Coast Guard Photo

The Coast Guard Cutter Forward returns to homeport in Portsmouth, Va., Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, after 45-day patrol in the Carbbean Sea in support of Operation Martillo. The law enforcement crews aboard the Forwar... More

The Coast Guard Cutter Forward returns to homeport

The Coast Guard Cutter Forward returns to homeport

The Coast Guard Cutter Forward returns to homeport in Portsmouth, Va., Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, after a 45-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea in support of Operation Martillo. The law enforcement crews aboard the For... More

U.S. Navy Gunner's Mate Seaman Matthew Tremble performs

U.S. Navy Gunner's Mate Seaman Matthew Tremble performs

U.S. Navy Gunner's Mate Seaman Matthew Tremble performs daily maintenance on a .50-caliber M2HB machine gun aboard the guided missile frigate USS Gary (FFG 51) Jan. 14, 2013, in the Caribbean Sea. The Gary was ... More

U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class

U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class

U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Rochad Jones, assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 49, removes an external power cable from an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter before takeoff ... More

Operation Martillo, US Navy Photogrpah

Operation Martillo, US Navy Photogrpah

Seaman Nelson Cole III patrols a passageway inside USS Gary (FFG-51) during a simulated fire. Gary is currently deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility in support of Operation Martillo (Hammer) an... More

A Coast Guard Station Miami 45-foot Response Boat -

A Coast Guard Station Miami 45-foot Response Boat -

A Coast Guard Station Miami 45-foot Response Boat - Medium crew places contraband on the deck of the RB-M received from the Coast Guard cutter Valiant during an at sea drug transfer Feb. 19, 2013. The transfer ... More

The Military Sealift Command high-speed vessel Swift

The Military Sealift Command high-speed vessel Swift

The Military Sealift Command high-speed vessel Swift (HSV 2) with a tethered TIF-25K aerostat gets underway from Key West to conduct a series of at-sea capabilities tests to determine if the aerostat can suppor... More

Sonar Technician Geographical 1st  Class Justin Weidlich

Sonar Technician Geographical 1st Class Justin Weidlich

Sonar Technician Geographical 1st Class Justin Weidlich points out range rings and contacts displayed on the TIF-25K Aerostat radar system on Military Sealift Command-chartered vessel HSV 2 Swift (HSV 2) for u... More

Bales of cocaine seized during Operation Martillo off

Bales of cocaine seized during Operation Martillo off

Bales of cocaine seized during Operation Martillo off the coast of Panama sit on the deck of USCG Bernard C. Webber prior to offloading and transfer April 26 at the USCG Base Miami Beach. The drugs were seized ... More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd class Andrew Rauss, with

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd class Andrew Rauss, with

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd class Andrew Rauss, with Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber, guards contraband at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, April 26, 2013. The contraband was seized during an interdiction i... More

Operation Martillo, US Navy Photogrpah

Operation Martillo, US Navy Photogrpah

Rear Adm. Sinclair Harris, U.S. 4th Fleet commander, fields questions from media regarding Operation Martillo countertransnational organized crime operations and plans to use a TIF-25K Aerostat and Puma unmanne... More

The Military Sealift Command-chartered high-speed vessel

The Military Sealift Command-chartered high-speed vessel

The Military Sealift Command-chartered high-speed vessel Swift (HSV 2) gets underway from Key West to conduct a series of at-sea capabilities tests to determine if the aerostat can support future Operation Mart... More

Cocaine seized by Coast Guard, Navy

Cocaine seized by Coast Guard, Navy

More than 2,123 pounds of cocaine were seized from this fishing vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean by U.S. Coast Guard and Navy personnel aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46). The sailors and C... More

Personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement

Personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement

Personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement detachment embarked aboard the frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) prepare an estimated $78 million of confiscated cocaine for transfer to the U.S Coast Guard cutter U... More

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Lance Lantier, right, the commanding

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Lance Lantier, right, the commanding

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Lance Lantier, right, the commanding officer of the guided missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46), promotes an electronics technician seaman to petty officer 3rd class during a ceremony on the Rentz... More

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward approaches

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward approaches

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward approaches Naval Station Mayport, Fla., Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. The crew transported more than 2,000 pounds of cocaine seized by a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachme... More

A U.S. Navy SH-60B Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter

A U.S. Navy SH-60B Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter

A U.S. Navy SH-60B Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 49 takes off from the guided missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) to go on a counter drug patrol in support of Oper... More

Spouses and children of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant

Spouses and children of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant

Spouses and children of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crewmembers hold signs welcoming their loved ones home to Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, from a five-week deployment to the... More

Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak, homeported

Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak, homeported

Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak, homeported in Miami, offload 20 bales of cocaine at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. The $19 million estimated wholesale value of ... More

U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard the Coast Guard Cutter

U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard the Coast Guard Cutter

U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hawk, an 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat home-ported in St. Petersburg, Fla., offload more than $12 million of cocaine, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at Coast Guard Se... More

Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous

Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous

Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous form a line down the cutters brow, transferring bales of contraband from the cutter to the pier during a drug offload at Port Everglades, Fla., Nov. 15, 2013.... More

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter William Flores,

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter William Flores,

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter William Flores, homeported in Miami, offload approximately $4 million estimated wholesale value of cocaine Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg. T... More

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS McClusky (FFG 41) departs San Diego for a scheduled deployment to the 4th fleet area of responsibility. The McClusky is expected to play an integral part... More

U.S. Sailors load fresh food aboard the guided missile

U.S. Sailors load fresh food aboard the guided missile

U.S. Sailors load fresh food aboard the guided missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) May 21, 2014, in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, during a port visit. The Vandegrift was deployed in support of Operation Martil... More

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Anthony B. Cabell, aboard

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Anthony B. Cabell, aboard

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Anthony B. Cabell, aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), assists in moving stores down a ladder well during a port visit to Panama City... More

The Royal Navy warship HMS Argyll, a 436-foot Type

The Royal Navy warship HMS Argyll, a 436-foot Type

The Royal Navy warship HMS Argyll, a 436-foot Type 20 Duke Class frigate, homeported in Plymouth, Devon, England, along with a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment Team conducts a patrol as part of Opera... More

The guided-missile frigate USS McClusky (FFG 41) is participating in Operation Martillo in the U.S. 4th Fleet area

The guided-missile frigate USS McClusky (FFG 41) is participating in O...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 29, 2014) The guided-missile frigate USS McClusky (FFG 41) is participating in Operation Martillo in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. The exercise is a U.S., European, and Western ... More

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Gary (FFG 51) departs Naval Base San Diego for a scheduled seven-month independent deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. Gary is depar... More

USS McClusky returns to Naval Base San Diego

USS McClusky returns to Naval Base San Diego

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS McClusky (FFG 41) returns to Naval Base San Diego from its final deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. McClusky participated in Operat... More

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 875 pounds of cocaine being smuggled.

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (F...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 27, 2014) The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept ... More

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 875 pounds of cocaine being smuggled.

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (F...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 27, 2014) The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept ... More

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 875 pounds of cocain... More

US COAST GUARD Operation Martillo

US COAST GUARD Operation Martillo

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 875 pounds of cocain... More

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 875 pounds of cocaine being smuggled.

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (F...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 27, 2014) The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept ... More

Damage Controlman 2nd Class Heber Lima gives a presentation

Damage Controlman 2nd Class Heber Lima gives a presentation

Damage Controlman 2nd Class Heber Lima gives a presentation in support of National Hispanic Heritage Month to Sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48). Vandegr... More

Operation Martillo - Defense imagery management operations center

Operation Martillo - Defense imagery management operations center

Operations Specialist 3rd Class Jared Clay, aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), stands aft lookout during high speed maneuvers as part of a general quarters dama... More

Search and rescue training drill

Search and rescue training drill

Seaman Theodore Csenar, aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), is lowered into the sea during a search-and-rescue training drill. Vandegrift, on her last scheduled ... More

USS Vandegrift search and rescue drill

USS Vandegrift search and rescue drill

Ensign Julian G. Abellar, top, practices search and rescue (SAR) techniques by rescuing Ship's Serviceman 2nd Class Danielle Turner during a SAR drill on board the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile friga... More

USS Vandegrift vertical replenishment training exercise

USS Vandegrift vertical replenishment training exercise

Sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) hook a cargo cable to an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light Squadron (HSL) 49 during a ver... More

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) test fires its Mk. 75/76mm cannon during a live-fire weapons exercise. Vandegrift is on patrol in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsi... More

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 1,925 pounds of coca... More

Part of an intercepted drug shipment of more than 2,000

Part of an intercepted drug shipment of more than 2,000

Part of an intercepted drug shipment of more than 2,000 pounds of cocaine is secured aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48). Vandergrift and a U.S. Coast Guard law e... More

USS GARY (FFG 51) intercepts narcotic traffickers

USS GARY (FFG 51) intercepts narcotic traffickers

USS GARY’s Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat with joint U.S. Coast Guard LEDET and Navy boat crew approach a suspected narcotic smuggling vessel off the coast of Central America with support from one of GARY’s SH-60B... More

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive offload

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive offload

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive offload approximately $44 million worth of cocaine at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., Dec. 16, 2014. On Nov. 29, Decisive crewmembers interdicted a 170-... More

Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge offloads contraband in St. Petersburg, Florida

Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge offloads contraband in St. Peters...

Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge offload contraband at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., Dec. 18, 2014. The Etheridge is a 154-foot Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter home-port... More

Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge

Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge

Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge offload contraband at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., Dec. 18, 2014. The Etheridge is a 154-foot Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter home-port... More

Fireman Austin Ferrenc simulates a test for toxic gases during a toxic gas drill aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59).

Fireman Austin Ferrenc simulates a test for toxic gases during a toxic...

CARIBBEAN SEA (Jan. 26, 2015) Fireman Austin Ferrenc simulates a test for toxic gases during a toxic gas drill aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59). Kauffman is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet... More

Seaman Christopher Fredregill, left, steers guided-missile

Seaman Christopher Fredregill, left, steers guided-missile

Seaman Christopher Fredregill, left, steers guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59) as Lt. J.g. Matthew Osborne, right, stands conning officer watch during sea and anchor detail. Kauffman is deployed to th... More

Yeoman Seaman Apprentice Jonathan Pinedo holds the

Yeoman Seaman Apprentice Jonathan Pinedo holds the

Yeoman Seaman Apprentice Jonathan Pinedo holds the sea painter line keeping the rigid hull inflatable boat steady as it lower into the sea during a man overboard drill on board guided-missile frigate USS Kauffm... More

A U.S. Army crew chief assigned to the 1st Battalion,

A U.S. Army crew chief assigned to the 1st Battalion,

A U.S. Army crew chief assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment starts pre-flight checks on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for deck landing qualifications at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Feb. 1, 2... More

A UH-60 helicopter, assigned to the 1st Battalion,

A UH-60 helicopter, assigned to the 1st Battalion,

A UH-60 helicopter, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment makes an approach to the USS Kauffman during deck landing qualifications off the coast of Honduras, Feb. 1, 2015. The 1-228th Avn. Reg... More

150205-N-ZE250-066 NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY  (Feb.

150205-N-ZE250-066 NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY (Feb.

150205-N-ZE250-066 NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY (Feb. 5, 2015) - Information Systems Technician Serina Allen, damage control petty officer, performs maintenance on the individually dogged doors aboard Arleigh-... More

US COAST GUARD Operation Martillo

US COAST GUARD Operation Martillo

150205-N-IG780-675 CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 5, 2015) — Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Jacob Benedict fires an M240 light machine gun during a live-fire exercise on board guided-missile frigate USS Kau... More

150206-N-IG780-056 - CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 6, 2015) —

150206-N-IG780-056 - CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 6, 2015) —

150206-N-IG780-056 - CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 6, 2015) — Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Gregory Young fights a simulated fire during a general quarters drill on board guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59). Kauffm... More

150211-N-ZE250-024 NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY  (Feb.12,

150211-N-ZE250-024 NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY (Feb.12,

150211-N-ZE250-024 NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY (Feb.12, 2015) - A tug boat waits to pick up the pilot from Arleigh-Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) after departing Naval Station... More

Coast Guard flight operations, San Diego, California

Coast Guard flight operations, San Diego, California

Petty Officer 2nd Class Julio Leos, a crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, a 378-foot high endurance cutter home-ported in Naval Base San Diego, Calif., conducts aircraft flight operations in the... More

150213-N-IG780-099 CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 13, 2015) —

150213-N-IG780-099 CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 13, 2015) —

150213-N-IG780-099 CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 13, 2015) — A member of the visit, board, search and seizure team fires an M4 carbine during a live-fire exercise on board guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59). Ka... More

150217-N-IG780-013 - CARTAGENA, Colombia (Feb. 16,

150217-N-IG780-013 - CARTAGENA, Colombia (Feb. 16,

150217-N-IG780-013 - CARTAGENA, Colombia (Feb. 16, 2015) — Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Emaka Igwe, assigned to guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59), passes a soccer ball during a game with the Columbian ... More

150217-N-IG780-XXX - CARTAGENA, Colombia (Feb. 16,

150217-N-IG780-XXX - CARTAGENA, Colombia (Feb. 16,

150217-N-IG780-XXX - CARTAGENA, Colombia (Feb. 16, 2015) — during a community relations project assigned to guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59). Kauffman is currently underway in support of Operation M... More

150218-N-ZE250-037 CARIBBEAN SEA - (Feb.18, 2015)

150218-N-ZE250-037 CARIBBEAN SEA - (Feb.18, 2015)

150218-N-ZE250-037 CARIBBEAN SEA - (Feb.18, 2015) -Quartermaster Seaman Steven Lopez and Boatswains Mate Nickey Barnes practice vertical replenishment with an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mar... More

An SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46 hovers over a suspected vessel as members of the U.S. Coast Guard detachment embarked aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109).

An SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Sq...

CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 20, 2015) An SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46 hovers over a suspected vessel as members of the U.S. Coast Guard detachment embarked aboard t... More

Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) and members of the U.S. Coast Guard detachment embarked aboard the ship take a rigid-hull inflatable boat to investigate a suspicious buoy.

Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer U...

CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 20, 2015) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) and members of the U.S. Coast Guard detachment embarked aboard the ship take a rigid... More

Coast Guard life underway aboard CGC Boutwell

Coast Guard life underway aboard CGC Boutwell

Seaman Christopher Hernandez (right), crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Boutwell, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Naval Base San Diego, Calif., assists his crew dock at Acajutla, El Salvador Sund... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Korima Service, a crew member

Petty Officer 1st Class Korima Service, a crew member

Petty Officer 1st Class Korima Service, a crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, a 378-foot high endurance cutter home-ported in Naval Base San Diego, conducts flight operations in the eastern Paci... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Yamil Brito (left) and Petty

Petty Officer 2nd Class Yamil Brito (left) and Petty

Petty Officer 2nd Class Yamil Brito (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Aragon, crew members aboard the Coast Guard Boutwell, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Naval Base San Diego, conduct d... More

Quartermaster 3rd Class Justin Dintleman marks the ship's position on a nautical chart during night operations aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59).

Quartermaster 3rd Class Justin Dintleman marks the ship's position on ...

CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 24, 2015) Quartermaster 3rd Class Justin Dintleman marks the ship's position on a nautical chart during night operations aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59). Kauffman is ... More

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