USCGC DALLAS (WHEC 716)
CHARLESTON, SOUTH
CAROLINA
MISSION
Maritime drug interdiction is the "bread
and butter" of Dallas' missions. Nearly every deployment is focused
on the reduction of drug trafficking in the Caribbean. The Coast Guard has
recently begun Operation New Frontier by employing armed helicopters to
aid in the counter-narcotics effort directed specifically at the threat of
high speed boats ("go-fasts") which until recently could carry
large quantities of narcotics across the ocean with little fear of being
apprehended. Along with her sister ship, Gallatin, Dallas has been one of
the pioneers in this new arena. Working under the tactical control of the
Joint Inter-Agency Task Force (JIATF) Dallas along with numerous other Coast
Guard, US Naval, and Foreign Naval aircraft and vessels carry on a constant
battle with drug cartels on both the eastern and western sides of Central
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Links of Interests
MAILING ADDRESS:
USCGC DALLAS (WHEC 716)
P.O. BOX 150014
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 29415