March 13, 2025

Coast Guard offloads over $141 million in illicit drugs interdicted in Caribbean Sea

March 6, 2025 — MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant’s crew offloaded approximately 12,470 pounds of cocaine, Thursday, worth an estimated $141.4 million at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach.                                                                                            The seized contraband was the result of six interdictions in the Caribbean Sea, and

Feb. 28, 2025

Coast Guard offloads more than $275 million worth of illegal cocaine in San Diego

February 13, 2025 —                                                                                SAN DIEGO — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) offloaded approximately 37,256 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of more than $275 million, on Thursday in San Diego.  The offload is a result of 11 separate suspected drug smuggling vessel

Nov. 19, 2024

MAOC-N Supports Spanish Operation in the Atlantic – 4 Tonnes of Cocaine Seized

18 November 2024 —    Over the past weeks, information has been developed and shared through MAOC-N, that a fishing vessel would be crossing the Atlantic carrying a significant amount of cocaine destined for an unknown location off the Iberian Peninsula. As the target approached European waters, it was possible to put in place an operational plan agreed by several

Feb. 29, 2024

AMO and partners conduct joint airborne resupply operations at sea

02/28/2024 — Airborne Deployable Delivery System (ADDS) at-sea resupply operations via the AMO P-3 enables U.S. Coast Guard cutter crews to remain on station and operational instead of returning to port to receive critical resources.

Nov. 2, 2023

JIATF-S Director, USCG Rear Admiral Mark Fedor on Fighting Transnational Organized Crime

 Americtocracy with Troy Edgar In this week’s episode, host Troy Edgar travels to Key West, Florida to meet at the Joint Interagency Task Force - South (JIATF-S) headquarters with Director, Rear Admiral Mark Fedor.  Admiral Fedor shares his insights into the mission of JIATF-S, which involves countering illicit drug, human, and weapons trafficking

Oct. 19, 2023

C4F’s Hybrid Fleet Completes Target Detection Test

Oct 17, 2023 — KEY WEST, Florida   – Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-South) and Saildrone successfully completed an evaluation of the unmanned surface vessel Saildrone Voyager’s radar and electronic sensors against surface targets in the vicinity of Key West September 29, 2023.Part of U.S. 4th Fleet’s campaign to inform the hybrid fleet, the evaluation

Oct. 16, 2023

Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returns home after $30 million drug seizure, rescue of 2

Oct 16, 2023 — MAYPORT, Fla.— The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant (WMEC 621) returned home, Thursday, to Naval Station Mayport after completing a 49-day deployment in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Florida Straits. Patrolling in support of the Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast’s Operation Vigilant Sentry and Joint Interagency Task

Sept. 20, 2023

Coast Guard offloads more than $160 million in illegal narcotics

Sept 20, 2023 — MIAMI — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Confidence offloaded more than 12,100 pounds of cocaine worth more than $160 million in Miami, Tuesday.Coast Guard and partner agency crews interdicted the illegal drugs during nine separate cases in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea.  “Our team worked extremely hard, day-in and day-out, to stop

Sept. 19, 2023

US Coast Guard Cutter Thetis nabs $70 million in illegal narcotics during 55-day patrol

Sept 19, 2023 — KEY WEST, Fla. – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910) returned home to Key West, Friday, following a 55-day patrol in the Western Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean.Patrolling in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South, Thetis worked alongside other Coast Guard cutters and U.S. partners to conduct counterdrug operations

Aug. 24, 2023

AMO Detect Self-Propelled Semi-Submersible

July 24, 2023 — WASHINGTON -- While conducting bilateral operations, an aircrew from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) spoiled cocaine smugglers’ best efforts to traffic nearly four metric tons of cocaine across open waters southwest of Mexico.       A Self-Propelled Semi-Submersible, or SPSS, is designed to be hard to detect