Graphic: “Enhanced Counter-Narcotic Operations.” On 1 April 2020, U.S. Southern Command will begin enhanced counternarcotics operations in the East Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea to disrupt the flow of drugs in support of Presidential national security objectives. A flood of enforcement resources... Ships: Navy destroyers | Coast Guard Cutters | Navy littoral combat ships. Aircraft: Helicopters on destroyers and cutters | Navy P-8 patrol aircraft | Air Force E-3 AWACS aircraft (ISR) | Air Force E-8 JSTARS aircraft (ISR). Ground Forces: Security Forces Assistance Brigade (SFAB) Company.