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Hurricane Graphic  Where can I get the latest hurricane evacuation information? All the latest evacuation information can be found on the JIATFS Facebook page.
 Hurricane Graphic  When does the Hurricane season start? Hurricane Season starts June 1st and lasts until November 30th.

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(From left to right) Rear Adm. (ret.) Errington Shurland, executive director of the Regional Security System, Rear Adm. Jean-Baptiste Soubrier, commander of French forces in the Caribbean and Command Task Group 4.6, Rear Adm. Jeffrey Randall, director of Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS), Rear Adm. Walter Hansen, commander of Netherlands Forces in the Caribbean and Command Task Group 4.4, Mr. Andres Blanco, acting director of Joint Task Force Maritime, and Rear Adm. Adam Chamie, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District, pose in front of a seized drug-trafficking vessel at JIATFS' headquarters in Key West, Fla., on April 29. The principals participated in a Trilateral Conference which provided opportunities to discuss and improve how the allies and partners work together to defeat regional threats through detecting, monitoring and interdicting trafficking of illicit narcotics movements in the Caribbean and western Atlantic through cooperative law enforcement efforts.
Joint Interagency Task Force South hosts trilateral conference with Dutch, French officials
By | May 1, 2026
KEY WEST, Fla.— Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS) hosted a trilateral conference with officials from France and the Netherlands this week at its headquarters in Key West, Florida.The conference provided...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone offloaded approximately 49,010 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $362 million at Port Everglades
By USCG | Nov. 20, 2025
MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone's crew offloaded approximately 49,010 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $362 million at Port Everglades, Wednesday.                  This offload marks the most amount of...

Cocaine interdiction record broken
By Antonia Varner, JIATFS Public Affairs Officer | Sept. 2, 2025
 As of August 28, 2025, Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S) has supported the disruption of 402.7 metric tons (MT) of cocaine, surpassing the previous record of 328.4 MT set on July 4, 2025, and preventing...

Rear Admiral Randall takes the helm of Key West Joint military command
By | July 16, 2025
Coast Guard Rear Admiral Jeff Randall assumed command of Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS) in a Change of Command ceremony held today at the Tennessee Williams Theater in Key West, FL.Supporting U.S. national...

Coast Guard offloads more than $138 million in illicit drug interdictions
By USCG | June 9, 2025
MIAMI –U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant’s crew offloaded 17,450 pounds of cocaine and 2,585 pounds of marijuana worth $132 million, Friday, at Port Everglades.          U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous crew offloaded...

Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returns home
By USCG | June 6, 2025
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence (WMEC 616) returned to their home port in Pensacola, May 21, following a 61-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America, where crew members conducted...

Coast Guard offloads more than $211 million in illicit drugs
By USCG | June 6, 2025
MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis’ crew offloaded more than 28,500 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $211.3 million, Thursday, at Port Everglades.      The seized contraband was the result of four interdictions in the...

More than $140.9 million in illegal narcotics
By USCG | June 6, 2025
MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun’s crew offloaded approximately 19,055 pounds of cocaine and marijuana, worth an estimated $140.9 million, Friday, at Port Everglades.           The seized contraband was the result of...

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Located at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF South) conducts detection and monitoring (D&M) operations throughout their Joint Operating Area to facilitate the interdiction of illicit trafficking in support of national and partner nation security. 

Martillo (Hammer) is a multi-national detection, monitoring and interdiction operation conducted by U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels and aircraft as well as U.S. federal law enforcement assets working in cooperation with military and law enforcement units from various Central and South American nations, France, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Martillo is a USSOUTHCOM supported and Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-South) led operation to deny transnational criminal organizations the ability to exploit shipment routes in the movement of narcotics, precursor chemicals, bulk cash, human trafficking and weapons.