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Archive: March, 2021

A young Air Force colonel shows the results of a wet down after her final flight aboard the blue and white aircraft behind her.

March 29, 2021

DOD Officials Give Report on Women Peace and Security Compliance

The Women Peace and Security program fits into the Defense Department's breadbasket because "it is a tool for smart power," the Joint Staff's deputy director for counter threats and international cooperation said.

The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) conducts a bi-lateral maritime exercise with naval counterparts from the Dominican Republic, March 24, 2021.

March 27, 2021

Wichita Conducts Bi-Lateral Exercise with Dominican Republic

CARIBBEAN SEA — CARIBBEAN SEA - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) conducted a bi-lateral maritime exercise with naval counterparts from the Dominican Republic, Mar. 24 while operating in the Caribbean Sea.

Two soldiers hold maps in their hands and talk.

March 16, 2021

Border, Hemispheric Security Discussed at Senate Hearing

An increase in migrants coming across the southern border, threats to the Western Hemisphere by China, and solutions to those and other problems were discussed at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

Senior military leaders hold strategic level discussions.

March 11, 2021

U.S., NATO Defense Leaders Discuss the Future of Western Hemisphere Security

enior military leaders from the Department of Defense, Canada, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom held strategic level discussions to explore the future of the Western Hemisphere’s security through a trans-Atlantic lens.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL-750) offloads approximately 7,500 pounds of seized cocaine and marijuana in San Diego, March 20, 2021.

March 11, 2021

Alameda-Based Coast Guard Cutter Offloads 7,500 Pounds of Cocaine, Marijuana in San Diego

The drugs, worth an estimated $126.7 million, were seized in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean between January and February, representing 10 suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions off the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America by the following Coast Guard and Navy ships:

Lt. Taylor Butler, an Olmsted Scholar currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Brazil, uses a stadometer to estimate range with the attack periscope aboard the Brazilian Navy Submarine BNS Tupi (S30), March 4, 2021. Butler embarked on Tupi for four days at sea to help increase the exchange of knowledge between U.S. and Brazilian submarine forces. U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet supports USSOUTHCOM joint and combined military operations by employing maritime forces in cooperative maritime security operations in order to maintain access, enhance interoperability and build enduring partnerships that foster regional security and promote peace, stability and prosperity in the Caribbean, Central and South American regions. (Courtesy U.S. Navy photo/Released)

March 9, 2021

Olmsted Scholar Embarks Brazilian Submarine

ATLANTIC OCEAN — Lt. Taylor Butler, an Olmsted Scholar currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Brazil, participated in a Brazilian Navy maritime engagement on Brazilian Navy Submarine BNS Tupi (S30) off the southeast coast of Brazil, March 1-4.

March 8, 2021

Women Peace and Security Program Builds International Capabilities

No nation can afford to ignore half its population. That's the premise of the United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on the Women Peace and Security program. It is good to remember this on International Women's Day.

Guyana coast guard small boats patrol alongside the USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) off Guyana's coast on Jan. 9, 2021.

March 5, 2021

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone (WMSL 758) completes Operation Southern Cross

The USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) crew arrived in their homeport of North Charleston, S.C., Monday, following the conclusion of the Operation Southern Cross, a patrol to the South Atlantic in support of counter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

Bales of cocaine sit on the deck of Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez.

March 3, 2021

Coast Guard transfers 3 smugglers, over $5.6 million in seized cocaine to federal agents in Puerto Rico, following interdiction near the U.S. Virgin Islands

The Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez transferred custody of three suspected smugglers and $5.6 million in seized cocaine to federal agents at Coast Guard Base San Juan Tuesday, following the interdiction of a drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea off St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.