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Coast Guard, partners support Operation Pacific Viper

Coast Guard and partner agencies support Operation Pacific Viper in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in August 2025. Operation Pacific Viper is a counter-drug operation focused on interdicting, seizing and disrupting transshipments of cocaine and other bulk illicit drugs. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

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Tags: Eastern Pacific ocean, Uscg, Operation Pacific Viper, counter-drug operation

Photo by: USCG | VIRIN: 250816-G-G0107-3001.JPG

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