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News Airborne Deployable Delivery System (ADDS) By Public Affairs | Feb. 29, 2024 Airborne Deployable Delivery System (ADDS) at-sea resupply operations via the AMO P-3 enables U.S. Coast Guard cutter crews to remain on station and operational instead of returning to port to receive critical resources... JIATF-S Director, USCG Rear Admiral Mark Fedor on Fighting Transnational Organized Crime By | Nov. 2, 2023 Americtocracy with Troy Edgar In this week’s episode, host Troy Edgar travels to Key West, Florida to meet at the Joint Interagency Task Force - South (JIATF-S) headquarters with Director, Rear Admiral Mark Fedor. Admiral... C4F’s Hybrid Fleet Completes Target Detection Test By Public Affairs | Oct. 19, 2023 KEY WEST, Florida – Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-South) and Saildrone successfully completed an evaluation of the unmanned surface vessel Saildrone Voyager’s radar and electronic sensors against surface targets... Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returns home after $30 million drug seizure, rescue of 2 By Public Affairs | Oct. 16, 2023 MAYPORT, Fla.— The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant (WMEC 621) returned home, Thursday, to Naval Station Mayport after completing a 49-day deployment in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Florida... Coast Guard offloads more than $160 million in illegal narcotics By Public Affairs | Sept. 20, 2023 MIAMI — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Confidence offloaded more than 12,100 pounds of cocaine worth more than $160 million in Miami, Tuesday.Coast Guard and partner agency crews interdicted the illegal drugs during nine... US Coast Guard Cutter Thetis nabs $70 million in illegal narcotics during 55-day patrol By Public Affairs | Sept. 19, 2023 KEY WEST, Fla. – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910) returned home to Key West, Friday, following a 55-day patrol in the Western Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean.Patrolling in support of Joint... Five arrested smuggling 4 metric tons of cocaine By Public Affairs | Aug. 24, 2023 WASHINGTONWhile conducting bilateral operations, an aircrew from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) spoiled cocaine smugglers’ best efforts to traffic nearly four metric tons of... Coast Guard crew offloads more than $158 million worth of narcotics in San Diego By Public Affairs | Aug. 17, 2023 SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) offloaded more than 11,600 pounds of cocaine and 5,500 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $158 million in San Diego, Monday.The interdictions were... Coast Guard offloads illegal narcotics By Coast Guard Seventh District | June 22, 2023 Miami— The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) offloaded more than 14,153 pounds of cocaine worth more than $186 million in Miami, Friday.The offloaded drugs were interdicted during nine separate cases in the... Gen. Richardson Meets with Leaders in Panama By | June 21, 2023 PANAMA (June 16, 2023) – The commander of U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, visited Panama June 14-16 to meet with leaders and reaffirm the close security partnership between the United States and Panama... Caribbean Leaders Meet to Discuss Security Issues By Steven McLoud, SOUTHCOM Public Affairs | June 13, 2023 Strengthening Regional Security Through Informed Action” was this year’s theme as the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) and the United States Southern Command jointly hosted Caribbean Nations Security Conference 2023 (CANSEC 23)... US, Colombian armies strengthen partnership during training rotation By Sgt. 1st Class Alan Brutus | May 22, 2023 FORT POLK, Louisiana – The United States and Colombian armies are continually looking for ways to further strengthen the already rich partnership they share.The latest example of this comes as an infantry company from the... JFT-Bravo Joins Panamanian Humanitarian Exercise By Joint Task Force Bravo | May 21, 2023 Joint Task Force-Bravo, a unit under the U.S. Southern Command and based out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, will conduct exercise Keel Billed Toucan in locations across Panama from May 9-12.KBT is based on a humanitarian... New York Army Guard Leaders Plan Exercise with Brazil By Staff Sgt. Jonathan Pietrantoni | May 20, 2023 FOZ DO IGUAZU, Brazil - Two New York Army National Guard leaders visited State Partnership Program partner Brazil May 1-5 to lay the groundwork for Guard participation in a Brazilian disaster response exercise in August.Capt... Deepening partnership: Marine deploy with Coast Guard By Capt. Benjamin Yoder | May 19, 2023 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN – A team of Marines from the Marine Corps Information Operations Center recently completed an operational deployment in the South Atlantic Ocean aboard USCGC Stone (WMSL 758).While not the first instance... More Links Work at JIATFS Please click "Work at JIATFS" for current job openings. Hurricane Info Located at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF South) conducts detection and monitoring (D&M) operations throughout their Joint Operating Area to facilitate the interdiction of illicit trafficking in support of national and partner nation security. Martillo (Hammer) is a multi-national detection, monitoring and interdiction operation conducted by U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels and aircraft as well as U.S. federal law enforcement assets working in cooperation with military and law enforcement units from various Central and South American nations, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. 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