Coast Guard Operations

Vibrant images of U.S. Coast Guard vessels conducting fisheries enforcement and counter-narcotics patrols in open waters.

221015-N-FD648-1054 IONIAN SEA (Oct. 15, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) pilot a rigid-hulled inflatable boat during small boat operations for the NATO-led vigilance activity Neptune Strike 22.2 (NEST 22.2), Oct. 15, 2022. NEST 22.2 is the natural evolution of NATOs ability to integrate the high-end maritime warfare capabilities of a carrier strike group to support the defense of the alliance in Europe.
221015-N-FD648-1054 IONIAN SEA (Oct. 15, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) pilot a rigid-hulled inflatable boat during small boat operations for the NATO-led vigilance activity Neptune Strike 22.2 (NEST 22.2), Oct. 15, 2022. NEST 22.2 is the natural evolution of NATOs ability to integrate the high-end maritime warfare capabilities of a carrier strike group to support the defense of the alliance in Europe.