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How the Coast Guard uses "disabling fire" to stop alleged drug boats

A U.S. Coast Guard crew seized over 5,000 pounds of cocaine from vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, continuing a trend of major busts from non-lethal operations in the area. The crew of the USCG ...
Seattle Times

Even as U.S. targets boats, Coast Guard tries to capture drug suspects at sea

MIAMI — Long before the U.S. military began blowing up boats it suspected of smuggling drugs in strikes from the sky, the Coast Guard has pursued a very different campaign against drug smuggling on ...
The New York Times

Coast Guard Searches for Survivors After More Boat Strikes

The U.S. military attacked a convoy of three boats in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday, and two more on Wednesday, as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against people suspected of drug ...
War on the Rocks

Presence or Capacity? The Coast Guard Can Have Both Through Small Boat Stations

Closing small boat stations has proven difficult. Leaving them unchanged is operationally inefficient. These units are enduring parts of the Coast Guard’s force structure, yet their full potential is ...