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USS Cole, Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment, Perform Small Boat Training

  • DoD Southern Border 2025
  • June 9, 2025 | 0:31

U.S. Navy Sailors and Coast Guardsmen conduct small boat operations aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) in the Caribbean Sea, June 9, 2025. U.S. Navy assets are deployed under U.S. Northern Command's maritime homeland defense authorities with a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment embarked to enable maritime interdiction
missions to prevent the flow of illegal drugs and other illegal activity. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to provide additional military forces and capabilities at the southern border. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jonathan Word)