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Combat Ship With Coast Guard Detachment Seizes $12 Million In Drugs In Caribbean

SANTO DOMINGO — The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 402 seized an estimated $12 million in suspected…

VI Free Press May 25, 2021

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United States And Jamaica Conduct Bilateral Maritime Exercise In Caribbean

KINGSTON — The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) and Jamaica Defense Force Coast Guard patrol vessel HMJS George William Gordon conducted a bi-lateral maritime exercise in…

VI Free Press May 13, 2021

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U.S. Department of Defense’s Southern Command Increases Outreach to Caribbean Coast Guards

TAMPA — The U.S. Department of Defense presented the U.S. Southern Command-based Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Technical Assistance Field Team (CBSI-TAFT) with the 2018 Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence in Maintenance…

John McCarthy December 25, 2018