Jan. 11, 2017

Coast Guard offloads $30 million worth of seized cocaine in San Juan, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard offloaded approximately 2,000 pounds of seized cocaine worth an estimated $30 million in wholesale value and transferred custody of four suspected smugglers to U.S. federal law enforcement authorities at Coast Guard Sector San Juan Sunday.

June 29, 2016

Exercise Tradewinds 2016 Phase II Wraps Up

The final operational phase of Exercise Tradewinds 2016 completed with the pomp and circumstance of a Caribbean ceremony Tuesday. Representatives of the 18 partner nations as well as top officials from Jamaica and the United States branded the exercise a ringing success

June 12, 2016

Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernández participates in joint gunnery exercise in Grenada for Tradewinds 2016

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - The Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernández participated in a joint gunnery exercise June 9, 2016 off the coast of St. George’s, Grenada, during Exercise Tradewinds 2016. Assets from Canada, France, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and the United States participated in the joint gunnery exercise, which trains ship crews in the delivery of weapons fire from .50 caliber machine guns and 20MM auto-cannons. Each of the nations participating in Tradewinds operates one or both of these weapon systems.

June 12, 2016

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers participate in Tradewinds 2016

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada-- U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 396th Combat Support Hospital are providing medical support during Phase 1, Tradewinds 2016. The Soldiers from the Vancouver, Washington based unit are providing medical support for all the participating countries of Tradewinds 2016.