Protecting our oceans: Nabbing drift net violators
Friday, September 30, 2011
Renegade large-scale high-seas drift net fishing indiscriminately kills massive amounts of fish and other marine life such as whales and turtles. The practice of using enormous nets suspended for miles in open water is a significant threat to ocean ecosystems and to the food and economic security of nations relying on fishery resources. With miles [...]
Category: Environment, Global, Security | 5 Comments »
USCG and SEMAR: Shared border, shared missions
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The U.S. and Mexico share more than a border; they also share a relationship that crosses the full spectrum of maritime operations. The Coast Guard and Mexican navy, known as Secretaría de Marina, are maritime first responders in areas ranging from interdiction of maritime transnational threats, protection of ports, protection of critical infrastructure and response [...]
Category: Environment, Global, Safety, Search and Rescue, Security | 5 Comments »
First Caribbean drug sub bust
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
UPDATE: Paragraph three was updated to include Customs and Border Protection’s contributions to the drug interdiction operation, and paragraph five was updated to clarify the SPSS was the first Caribbean interdiction by the U.S. Coast Guard. As America’s lead maritime law enforcement agency, the Coast Guard is a key player in preventing transnational threats from reaching [...]
Category: Global, Security | 22 Comments »
From the bridge of the Bertholf: Eastern Pacific counter-drug arena
Thursday, May 26, 2011
While our current patrol of the Bering Sea provides us with yet another opportunity to refine our use of ship sensors, command and control, helicopters, small boats, crew compliment, speed and endurance – what we call improving the “speed of the system” – I find myself reflecting on the impact this class of ship has already had in the Eastern Pacific counter-drug arena, and the impact it will have for other missions such as high seas drift net enforcement, Western and Central Pacific fisheries enforcement and disaster response.
Category: Modernization, Security | No Comments »
American Heroes Challenge: Charity, training & competition
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Post written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson, District Eleven Public Affairs Along a ridge against the Sheep Mountain Range in North Las Vegas, Coast Guard Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement (PACTACLET) team members put their skills to the test against military, first responders and law enforcement professionals in the 2nd annual American Heroes Challenge [...]
Category: Community, Preparedness | 2 Comments »
CGIS: Service, Integrity, Justice
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Thanks to hit television shows like NCIS, military investigative services have gained fame and public recognition in recent years. But, investigations aren’t new for the Coast Guard. Originating in 1915 under the Chief Intelligence Officer, Coast Guard Investigations remained relatively unknown to the general public until the enactment of prohibition. From then on it grew [...]
Category: Leaders, Shipmates | 4 Comments »
Coast Guard seizes $80 million in cocaine
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The CGC Forward and CGC Tahoma crews are making headlines again! After a valiant response immediately following the devastating earthquake earlier this year in Haiti, the crews continue to demonstrate their dedication to duty. On August 3, CGC Forward interdicted and seized 88 bales of cocaine, with a market value of $80 million. The contraband was discovered [...]
Category: Global, Security | 18 Comments »
Mission to Africa – Sierra Leone
Friday, August 13, 2010
Post Written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Victoria Bonk This week we arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for a port visit after finishing up our work with a Sierra Leone Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) and vessels from the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces Maritime Wing. The Sierra Leone LEDET joined forces with us for [...]
Category: Global, Humanitarian, Shipmates | 3 Comments »
Mission to Africa – Class is in session
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Post written by PA3 Victoria Bonk As we enter our eighth week of our West African deployment the crew continues to do different types of training. Throughout this deployment the most frequent training the crew has been doing is law enforcement (LE). Qualified boarding officers (BO) and boarding team members (BTM) aboard Mohawk led training [...]
Category: Global, Preparedness, Security | 1 Comment »
New Year, New Career
Thursday, January 7, 2010
The New Year marks the beginning of a new career path for some Guardians. As Coast Guard commands across the nation ceremoniously induct members into the new Maritime Enforcement Specialist (ME) rate, these Guardians are not only making Coast Guard history and becoming plank owners of the new rate but they are also illustrating the [...]
Category: Security, Shipmates | No Comments »
