Crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Midgett offload an estimated 2,400 pounds of marijuana Nov. 16, 2015.
Coast Guard crews, along with partner agencies, recovered the marijuana jettisoned from a panga vessel approximately 200 miles off the U.S. and Mexico border in international waters Nov. 5, 2015.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sondra-Kay Kneen.
SEATTLE — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Midgett returned home to Seattle Nov. 24, just in time for Thanksgiving, after a successful 50-day patrol that took the cutter 5,500 miles from Washington to south of the Baja Peninsula.
The Midgett crew's patrol began off the coasts of Washington and Oregon, where it conducted Living Marine Resources enforcement boardings and inspections, protecting the multi-billion dollar fishery and those working it. Following, the Midgett cruised southward to the Northern Baja region, where it participated in Operation Green Flash - a joint exercise between Canadian, Mexican and United States maritime forces.
Operation Green Flash culminated in a formation-cruising exercise and a successful community relations project delivering wheelchairs and food donations to multiple children's and convalescent's homes.
The crew's mission was to patrol historical narcotics smuggling routes, resulting in a 2,400 pound marijuana seizure 200 miles off the coast of Southern California and Mexico.
The crew finished the patrol on a high note, participating in Aviation Standardization training or AVSTAN, an evaluated aviation training exercise in which the crew scored well above the fleet average.
For more information, contact Ensign Jasper Campbell at 206-217-6280.