Coast Guard law enforcement team, USS Oak Hill seize two ton cocaine shipment
MIAMI – The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Thursday the seizure of more than two tons of cocaine from a vessel in the Gulf of Mexico in early December.
A Coast Guard deployable specialized forces team operating from the USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) discovered more than two tons of cocaine during counter narcotics operations in the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 2.“This has been a great experience for us, being able...
Coast Guard law enforcement team particpates in joint US/Mexican excercise and rescue
MIAMI – The Miami-based U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team (TACLET) South concluded its participation in support 2011 Gulf of Mexico (GOMEX) Quick Draw evolution, June 24, 2011.
GOMEX was designed to test a Coast Guard, Navy and Mexican Navy response time to a security or Maritime Homeland Defense threat.
During the two-week exercise, the TACLET South Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET),...
Coast Guard rescues one of its own
Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Krystyna HannumMIAMI — The Coast Guard rescued four boaters, including a Miami-based Coast Guardsman, from a capsized pleasure craft about 20 miles east of Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday morning.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Russell, a damage controlman assigned to Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South based in Opa Locka, Fla., was boating with his...
