A small boat crew from U.S. Coast Guard cutter Donald Horsley pursues suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, Oct. 3, 2018. (Courtesy Air Station Elizabeth City/U.S. Coast Guard) Editor’s note: ...

The US Coast Guard has a strict step-by-step process for stopping and boarding drug vessels. Its personnel train for a variety of situations, including needing to shoot out boat engines. Everything ...

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Editor's note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, under the headline "Q&A: How Did the U.S. Patrol the ...

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