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Counter Narcotics Ops

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze with Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment team conducts enhanced counter narcotics operations in the Eastern Pacific, July 29, 2020. Personnel aboard the ship recovered 82 kilograms of suspected cocaine and 2,961 pounds of suspected marijuana. Nitze is deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

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  • Credit: Navy Ensign William Fong VIRIN: 200729-N-EW497-002C.JPG
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