WEBVTT 00:02.165 --> 00:08.550 br but today where he is off loading about 20 metric tons of 00:08.550 --> 00:12.580 contraband or that was seasonally by way she bid by also some 00:12.580 --> 00:16.790 of our interagency partners international and domestic or down 00:16.790 --> 00:20.030 in the joint interagency task force out their responsibility 00:20.030 --> 00:21.390 down off a central america 00:23.229 --> 00:26.280 our relationships with our domestic and international partners 00:26.280 --> 00:29.600 are key to the success of the mission of keeping drugs off the 00:29.600 --> 00:34.210 streets united states the object is to get them intercepted is 00:34.210 --> 00:37.940 far from us shores as possible and we can do that without the 00:37.940 --> 00:39.670 help and assistance of our. Partners 00:41.840 --> 00:44.250 it's really gratifying to be the commanding officer of such a 00:44.250 --> 00:47.970 great ship with such an amazing crew and keeping these drugs 00:47.970 --> 00:51.018 off the streets and and truly saving lives that's what the coast 00:51.018 --> 00:54.629 guard does we save lives be it a search and rescue case stirred 00:54.640 --> 00:58.689 or b into a law enforcement case like this I joined the coast 00:58.689 --> 01:03.124 guard 35 years ago to save lives in it's fitting that this is 01:03.124 --> 01:05.140 how i'm gonna end bike routes. E 01:07.740 --> 01:10.600 the national security cutters typically deployed for about three 01:10.600 --> 01:15.370 and a half months and during that time the crew really jazzed 01:15.370 --> 01:20.250 up and to really has the opportunity to become extremely professional 01:20.250 --> 01:23.540 what they do and I was my experience this time out with this 01:23.540 --> 01:27.680 troupe this prove that tap they really do fantastic job and it 01:27.680 --> 01:28.507 was all their work 01:30.348 --> 01:33.830 all about 12000 pounds of the contraband coming off today was 01:33.890 --> 01:35.379 personally done by the way. Secret 01:39.553 --> 01:44.150 I had no idea what to expect I asked a lot of people and they 01:44.470 --> 01:48.647 simply said you can be amazing inactivated. Holds 01:50.441 --> 01:55.690 it had it no idea coming out of the camp that I would be on such 01:55.690 --> 02:00.688 a giants in being able to travel across the ocean the most eminent 02:00.707 --> 02:06.460 as a cruise ship so actually working on a giant pestle has been 02:06.520 --> 02:11.100 amazing and the crew has been more than welcoming in really is 02:11.130 --> 02:13.960 a family as generic as that. Sounds 02:16.098 --> 02:19.270 and it's been worth it waking up in the middle the night to go 02:19.490 --> 02:25.720 cats go fasts and knowing they were making a huge impact on this 02:25.964 --> 02:28.450 war has been really amazing.