Category: Threats
Terrorism & Its Links to Drug Trafficking
The folks over at the Multijurisdictional Couterdrug Task Force Training Center are currently offering a webcast dealing with the ties between drug trafficking and terrorism. This webcast has some pretty insigtful information that pertains to our career field and dual narcotics/force protection mission. Head over here to check out the webcast. Check out the details [...]
US v. Espildora. Smuggler’s Appeal Denied
The Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction and sentence of Ricardo Espildora, who in 2008 was arrested three times; first for attempting to smuggle twenty Cuban nationals into the U.S. on a grossly overloaded boat, then for fleeing from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kingfisher on a south run to Cuba, [...]
Sea Shepherd Injures Two Fishermen to Free Tuna
Times of Malta – At 1500 today the Steve Irwin, flaghship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, allegedly attacked the Italian flagged tug Cesare Rustico and the Maltese flagged support boat Rosaria Tuna as the vessels towed tuna cages off the Libyan coast. The Steve Irwin approached the convoy with the intention of freeing the [...]
BUI & Assault by Lifejacket in Jacksonville, FL
Charging someone with boating under the influence is a daily occurrence, and there would be nothing different about this case except the report reads like the suspect assaulted officers with his lifejacket. Four pounds of nylon lined foam flying at the face. Assault by lifejacket, it happens more than most think. As a reminder, Operation [...]
Florida Boater Chases Periscope
The story below, of a south Florida fisherman who spotted a periscope off the US coast this week, reminds me of a book I just read about Ernest Hemingway’s sub hunting adventures. German U-boats were a big fear for America during World War II and Hemingway, along with many other civilian coastal defense volunteers, helped [...]
Mustard Gas Sickens Two Massachusetts Fishermen
Another example of why, when you recover something that looks like an explosive, you throw it back. Luckily only two members of the crew were affected before the canisters were returned to the sea. We wish the fishermen a speedy recovery. This is also a prime example of why government boat crews and boarding teams [...]
IDF Kill Frogmen off Gaza Coast
A frogman scare in San Francisco Bay one day, the real thing in Israel the next. Palestinian terror groups are known to possess a maritime attack capability and have had successful operations against Israel. Most memorable was a 1975 PLO attack on the Savoy Hotel in Tel Aviv, where, similar to the 2008 LeT attack [...]
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