MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard cutter returns home to St. Petersburg after 59-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

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Coast Guard cutter returns home to St. Petersburg after 59-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Video - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC-625), a 210-foot Reliance class cutter homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida returns to their homeport Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 following a 59-day law enforcement patrol in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean Ocean. The crew transited more the 10,000 miles during the patrol and returned to see family and friends eager to greet them at the pier. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse) The daughter of a crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC-625) a 210-foot Reliance class cutter homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, greets her father as he returns home Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. The crew of the Venturous returned to homeport after a 59-day law enforcement patrol in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse) The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC-625), a 210-foot Reliance class cutter homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, returns to their homeport Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 following a 59-day law enforcement patrol in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean Ocean. The crew transited more the 10,000 miles during the patrol and returned to see family and friends eager to greet them at the pier. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse)
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC-625), a 210-foot Reliance class cutter homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, returns to their homeport Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 following a 59-day law enforcement patrol in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean Ocean. The crew transited more the 10,000 miles during the patrol and returned to see family and friends eager to greet them at the pier. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse) Link to photo A crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC-625) a 210-foot Reliance class cutter homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, reunites with his family Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 after returning home. The crew of the Venturous returned to homeport after a 59-day law enforcement patrol in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse)

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The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC 625), a 210-foot Reliance class cutter homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, returns to their homeport Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 following a 59-day law enforcement patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. During this patrol, the crew transited more than 10,000 miles and patrolled the waters west of Central America and South America to combat transnational organized crime in support of the Coast Guard’s Western Hemisphere Strategy and Operation Martillo. (U.S. Coast Guard photos and video by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse)

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