US, Nigerian forces train for maritime security

NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy -- Illicit and uncontrolled activities, including trafficking, piracy, and illegal and unregulated fishing are a few of the security challenges Africa faces on the maritime front.

CBP P-3 Disrupts Attempt to Smuggle $82 Million in Cocaine

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine P-3 aircrew operating out of National Air Security Operations Center (NASOC)-Jacksonville, Florida, detected a suspicious vessel carrying more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $82.3 million.

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Coast Guard Repatriates 86 Migrants to Cuba and Haiti

MIAMI — Coast Guard crews aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. and the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant repatriated 86 migrants illegally migrating from Cuba and Haiti.

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NASBLA Tactical Operators Course receives approval from FEMA

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 17, 2014) – The Tactical Operators Course developed under the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators’ (NASBLA) Boat Operations and Training (BOAT) Program has been approved for inclusion in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Training and Education Division’s (NTED) State/Federally Sponsored Course Catalog.

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US and Djibouti Coast Guard team up for best practices

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – U.S. Coastal Riverine Squadron-1 (CRS-1) and Djiboutian Coast Guard met to conduct training, share maintenance strategies and trouble shoot an electrical issue onboard a Djiboutian vessel in the Horn of Africa, July 23.

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