Keywords: 120803-N-NL541-230 (7775520024).jpg U S Navy Command Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Bates assigned to the guided missile frigate USS Underwood FFG 36 directs Underwood Sailors and Coast Guardsmen assigned to Law Enforcement Detachment LEDET 107 as they ride in a rigid hull inflatable boat to recover packages of contraband jettisoned by a fleeing speed boat Aug 3 2012 in the Caribbean Sea during Operation Martillo The Sailors and Coast Guardsmen recovered 49 bales of narcotics dumped from a speed boat into the sea after Underwood sighted and pursued the vessel Operation Martillo is a joint interagency and multinational collaborative effort to deny transnational criminal organizations air and maritime access to the littoral regions of the Central American isthmus Underwood deployed to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Southern Seas 2012 DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stuart Phillips U S Navy/Released https //www flickr com/photos/39955793 N07/7775520024/ 120803-N-NL541-230 2012-08-03 08 47 https //www flickr com/people/39955793 N07 U S Department of Defense Current Photos PD-USGov U S Department of Defense Current Photos https //flickr com/photos/39955793 N07/7775520024 2016-09-03 10 13 53 United States Government Work Binoculars Caribbean Sea United States Department of Defense |