U.S. Tri-maritime Services and Cabo Verde authorities interdict large trans-oceanic cocaine shipment

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Samuel Martyka, from Joliet, Illinois, signals for a crane hook to lower to a rigid-hull inflatable boat in preparation for small boat operations, aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), April 6, 2022. Hershel "Woody" Williams is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa.



By MC1 Fred Gray IV U.S. Navy Atlantic Ocean Apr 06, 2022
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