Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless returns home after patrol in Carribbean

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
Contact: Ens. Tess Heimerman
Office: (409) 291-4596
Tess.J.Heimerman@uscg.mil
Eighth District online newsroom

Feb. 14, 2019

Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless returns home after patrol in Caribbean

The Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless returned home to Pensacola, Florida, after completing a 59-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea.

During the patrol, Dauntless conducted joint operations with Department of Homeland Security air and surface assets to intercept over 80 migrants heading for U.S. soil, conducted four medical evacuations at sea saving nine lives, and assisted in a drug interdiction seizure.

The crew of the Dauntless supported Operation Unified Resolve, a combined effort between Joint Interagency Task Force South, Coast Guard, and international partners in the Caribbean region. The emphasis of the operation focused on interdicting vessels smuggling drugs and illegal migrants to the United States, which resulted in the seizure of 640 kilograms of cocaine and detention of two smugglers as part of a joint mission effort with U.S. Customs Border Protection.

 

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