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Not lost in translation
Monday, July 23, 2012
Relationships between the United States and countries in Central and South America are critical to the Coast Guard’s continuing efforts to intercept the flow of drugs in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, key maritime transit zones leading to the U.S. border. For one Coast Guardsman, building a partnership between two nations became a reality.
Category: Global, Shipmates | 7 Comments »
Rising threat of drug subs in the Caribbean
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Since 1890, anti-narcotic laws and smuggling threats have changed drastically, with transnational crime organizations using varying tactics and techniques including go-fast vessels and semisubmersible vessels to smuggle drugs into the United States.
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5 drug busts + 2 months = $135 million of cocaine
Thursday, May 31, 2012
What happened when a Coast Guard law enforcement detachment and medium endurance cutter teamed up with a U.S. Navy frigate and Customs and Border Protection? A total of 168 bales of cocaine, worth more than $135 million, never made it [...]
Category: Global, Security | 17 Comments »
Spotting drug subs from the sky
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Coast Guard crews have been hard at work disrupting a rising threat as drug smugglers use increasingly sophisticated and evolving methods to evade authorities in the Caribbean. First, there was the $180 million cocaine seizure by Coast Guard Cutter Seneca. [...]
Category: Global, Modernization, Security | 6 Comments »
Shipmate of the Week – Al Roker
Friday, April 20, 2012
He’s a bestselling author, nine-time Emmy winner, founder of a multimedia company, host of NBC’s Today and perhaps is the best-known weatherman in the world. He’s Al Roker. And despite his tremendous accomplishments we’d like to add one more to [...]
Category: Community, Shipmates | 19 Comments »
Another drug sub busted
Thursday, April 19, 2012
It’s been months since Compass last brought you a story of a drug sub bust – but the wait is over! Last month a team of Coast Guard crews and the Honduran navy interdicted a a drug smuggling, self-propelled semi-submersible [...]
Category: Global, Security | 10 Comments »
Colombian assistance key to drug interdiction & regional stability
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The relationships between the United States and countries in Central and South America are critical to the Coast Guard’s continuing efforts to intercept the flow of drugs in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean maritime transit zones that lead to [...]
Category: Global, Leaders, Security | 23 Comments »
2011 Video of the Year: Day 10
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thirteen miles northeast of the Big Island, Hawaii, a pilot makes a crash landing into the ocean and a Coast Guard aircrew is there to rescue him. More than 4,000 miles away, a Coast Guard boatcrew interdicts a cocaine-laden drug [...]
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2011 Video of the Year: Day 9
Friday, December 30, 2011
Thirteen miles northeast of the Big Island, Hawaii, a pilot makes a crash landing into the ocean and a Coast Guard aircrew is there to rescue him. More than 4,000 miles away, a Coast Guard boatcrew interdicts a cocaine-laden drug [...]
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2011 Video of the Year: Day 8
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Today’s video seems like it is right out of a hollywood blockbuster and features a plane making a dramatic landing into the Pacific Ocean. Coast Guard aircrews coached the pilot on how to ditch his Cessna 310 aircraft and then rescued him approximately 13 miles northeast of the Big Island, Hawaii Oct. 7.
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