CG cutter returns from Caribbean ops

The Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless (WMEC-624) returned Feb. 14 to its homeport alongside Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., after a 59-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea. While on patrol, Dauntless conducted joint operations with Department of Homeland Security air and surface assets to intercept more than 80 migrants heading for America, conducted four medical evacuations at sea saving nine lives, and assisted in a drug interdiction seizure. Operation Unified Resolve was a combined effort between Joint Interagency Task Force South, Coast Guard, and international partners in the region. The emphasis of the operation focused on interdicting vessels smuggling drugs and illegal migrants, which resulted in the seizure of more than 1,410 pounds of cocaine and detention of two smugglers as part of the joint mission effort with U.S. Customs Border Protection. (Source: Coast Guard 02/14/19)