Coast Guard Cutter Waesche crewmembers offload seized cocaine from the cutter in San Diego on Oct. 27, 2016. Nearly 20 tons of cocaine were interdicted in international waters off the coast of Central and South America. Operation Martillo is a joint, interagency and multinational collaborative effort to deny transnational criminal organizations air and maritime access to the littoral regions of the Central American isthmus. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrea Anderson)
<dl><dd>Unit: U.S. Coast Guard District 11 PADET Los Angeles</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: USCG; United States Coast Guard; USCGC Waesche; Coast Guardsman; Operation Martillo; Martillo; drug offload; USCGC Waesche (WMSL-751); Legend-class</dd></dl>
Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrea Anderson
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