Navy Stops Drug Smugglers at Sea

Most of the time we read about military operations but they aren’t real until we know someone involved. My younger son Ryan joined the Navy several years ago, and it’s been an incredible growing experience for him.

Today we got an email telling us some of his news was released to the press, so I can now share it.

ABOARD USS CARR, At Sea (NNS) — Units assigned to U.S. 4th Fleet and the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a high-speed “go-fast” vessel carrying more than one ton of cocaine Aug. 18.

The combined team of USS Carr (FFG 52), with embarked Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (Light) (HSL) 42 Det 8, was patrolling the Caribbean Sea when they intercepted a vessel in the middle of the night, capturing three suspected narcotics smugglers and the large cargo of cocaine with an estimated inport value of $22 million … read more