Some 10,000 Marines and Sailors stretched their
logistical muscles to support and supply sea-based operations during a major
exercise to prepare naval expeditionary forces for enemy threats and a
potential future fight across an island-dotted battlespace.

During Pacific Blitz 2019, they built expeditionary
bases, cleared and repaired an airfield and seaport, resupplied units on land
and warships at sea, and created medical care, refueling and rearming
positions. The exercise, held March 12 through March 31 in Southern California,
combined two regular training events — maritime prepositioning exercise Pacific
Horizon and amphibious integration exercise Dawn Blitz.

The force-level training event for I Marine Expeditionary
Force and the Navy’s 3rd Fleet, supported by Naval Expeditionary Combatant
Command (NECC), focused on distributed maritime operations with emphasis on
expeditionary logistics and sea control. That includes operational capabilities
to refuel, resupply, repair, and rearm expeditionary forces dispersed at sea
and ashore — and likely against capable, peer-like enemy forces. Those missions
are critical to the Marine Corps and Navy concepts of Distributed Maritime
Operations (DMO), Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment (LOCE) and
Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO).

The campaign-level exercise required fleet and force
battle staffs to integrate and “action officers work through the pains of: how
do you actually do this, how do you coordinate, do our systems talk well to
each other and how do we get better at those pieces,” said Lt. Cmdr. John
Ruggiero, a lead planner at NECC headquarters in Virginia Beach, Virginia,
exercise liaison to 3rd Fleet and I MEF. Both sides want “to ensure that we
continue to build on what we’ve learned, to make sure we document what we’ve
learned and keep that going.” Lessons learned will wrap into follow-on
exercises such as Large-Scale Exercise 2020, Ruggiero said.

NECC provided something of a bridge supporting fleet and
force missions in the battlespace, where expeditionary advanced bases, advanced
naval bases, sea bases, airfields and ports provided logistical hubs to support
and sustain operational forces.

“We are constantly looking for opportunities like Pacific
Blitz where we can demonstrate this capability,” said Cmdr. Brian Cummings,
NECC explosive ordnance disposal planner and exercise liaison to 3rd Fleet and
I MEF. “When people think Navy, they think airplanes, they think carriers, they
think DDGs and they think submarines — but they’re not necessarily thinking
expeditionary teams of four to 10 people that are thinking of putting missiles
back on DDGs in disassociated locations.”

Sailors worked with 1st Marine Logistics Group to
construct advanced naval bases and facilities at simulated “islands” in the
scenario-based exercise. In a first, they removed and unpacked an Expeditionary
Medical Facility from the roll-on/roll-off cargo ship USNS Sgt. William R.
Button (T-AK-3012), set it up at an expeditionary base at Camp Pendleton,
California, and later broke it down, packed it up and reloaded it onto Button.

Navy Seabees at five sites built several berthing areas,
did concrete slab and masonry work, repaired a damaged airfield, repaired and
rebuilt a 3.5-mile gravel road and, in a proof-of-concept, built a
90,000-square-foot heavy equipment storage area with a 24-foot wide, 8-foot
tall berm.

“The best part of this exercise was all these projects were
real-world projects, with the exception of the berm … being utilized by their
customers,” said Builder 1st Class Jacob Kusay of Naval Mobile Construction
Battalion 5.

But it wasn’t just about construction. The road and berm
projects were part of the realistic battle scenarios, Kusay said, so “we set up
our own 360-degree security, maintained their own security watch 24/7 until the
project was completed.”

More than 100 Marines with Marine Aviation Logistics
Squadron 16 packed their mobile facilities onto aviation logistics ship SS
Curtiss (T-AVB-4) at Port Hueneme, California, and got underway to do aircraft
maintenance at sea, a new experience for maintainers accustomed to working in
hangars and airfields.

“That’s kind of why we do this, to operate outside our
comfort zone to expand our capabilities,” said Capt. Mark Stone, supply officer
with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing’s aviation logistics department. Stone helped
coordinate movements by boats and MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotors and CH-53E Super
Stallion heavy-lift helicopters to and from the Curtiss.

The Marine Corps relies on Curtiss and SS Wright (T-AVB-3)
on the East Coast to provide at-sea intermediate-level maintenance of rotary
and fixed-wing aircraft. Marines repaired, tested or maintained aircraft parts
brought to the ship. Those they couldn’t fix were sent to the depot for
overhaul. Marines “repaired a significant amount of components for us to get
back to MALS-16 to support the flight line,” Stone said. By the end of the
exercise, Marines on the ship had fixed or repaired 134 components, Maj. James
Moore, MALS-16 operations officer, said in an email.

Pacific Blitz provided a rare, hands-on training in an
expeditionary ordnance reload operation typically handled by Navy Munitions
Command teams. It was the first time Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1 did the
rapid resupply mission, a new capability the Navy is weighing expanding since
the future distributed battlespace may require other units to rapidly resupply
and reload warships.

Sailors used a forklift and crane to load an SM-2 missile
into a vertical launch system tube on guided-missile destroyer USS Michael
Murphy (DDG-112) March 13 at Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, California.

“It gave us a great overview, start to finish, of how
would we do this down range as far as transportation, getting equipment
supplies and ordnance from point A to point B,” said Chief Aviation Ordnanceman
Raymond Gibree, senior adviser with the reload team.

“We garnered a tremendous amount of experience with the reps
and sets we got, under the oversight of NMC,” Gibree said. “We are expected to
do this mission in many different locations, under many different circumstances
and under permissive, hostile and uncertain areas.”

The scenario
included transporting the team on two Navy ships and utility landing craft to
reach Michael Murphy. It helped “make sure we can provide that capability to
the fleet in more locations, more responsive to their requirements,” Ruggiero
said, “wherever they happen to be.”

NORFOLK,
Va. — Military Sealift Command’s last champion class T-5 petroleum tanker, USNS
Lawrence H. Gianella (T-AOT 1125), completed its final underway mission for the
U.S. Navy by sailing down the Elisabeth River to downtown Norfolk, Virginia, in
support of National Maritime Day on May 23.

Christened
April 19, 1986, Gianella’s primary role has been to perform point-to-point
delivery of petroleum products to Department of Defense storage and
distribution facilities worldwide.

“USNS
Lawrence H. Gianella is the last and longest serving U.S. government-owned
champion class T-5 tanker,” said Matthew Sweeney, Military Sealift Command
tanker project officer. “As the longest serving T-5 tanker she moved more
petroleum for the U.S. military than any other vessel in U.S. military
history.”

Gianella “was
the last of five T-5 tankers built,” said Capt. Robert J. Mills III, USNS
Lawrence H. Gianella’s ship master since 1998. “The Gianella is a liaison
between commercial petroleum terminals and Department of Defense fuel
facilities around the world.”

The other
T-5 tankers in the U.S. Navy’s inventory were the MV Gus. W. Darnell
(ATO-1121), USNS Paul Buck (T-AOT 1122), USNS Richard G. Matthiesen (T-AOT
1124) and the USNS Samuel L. Cobb (T-AOT 1123).

“Military
Sealift Command operated its T-5 tankers in each of its five area commands, MSC
Atlantic, MSC Pacific, MCS Central, MSC Far East and MSC Europe and Africa,” Mills
added.

USNS Gianella
is the last noncombat logistics force petroleum tanker in MSC service capable
of providing underway replenishment-at-sea services with combatants using the
modular fuel distribution system (MFDS), according to Sweeney.

“Fuel is
the lifeblood of the U.S. Navy’s combatant fleet,” Mills said. “USNS Lawrence
H. Gianella is able to restock MSC’s fleet oilers and Navy combatant ships
while at sea using its two refueling stations. We would pull into port and
bring fuel to our fleet oilers so that they could remain at sea.”

Over the
course of USNS Lawrence H. Gianella’s service, the ship has provided direct
support to the warfighters in multiple wars.

“During
the Iran-Iraq War in 1988, USNS Gianella supported U.S. fleet and convoy
operations in the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf by providing fuel consolidation
(CONSOL) support to MSC fleet oilers,” Sweeney said. “The ship also provided
CONSOL and petroleum logistics support for Operation Desert Shield, Operation
Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.”

As an ice-class
oil tanker USNS Lawrence H. Gianella has performed numerous Arctic and
Antarctic resupply missions since the mid-1980s.

JACKSONVILLE,
Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returned home May 27 to Naval
Station Mayport following a nine-week counter-drug patrol in the eastern Pacific,
the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release.

The Valiant
crew patrolled more than 14,000 nautical miles in the eastern Pacific in
support of Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S).

While on
patrol, the crew interdicted two go-fast smuggling vessels, seized 2,718 pounds
of cocaine worth over $41 million and apprehended three suspected drug
smugglers. The crew ensured the safe and efficient transfer of all suspected
smugglers, evidence and narcotics to the United States for future prosecution.

“The
noteworthy results of Valiant’s patrol underscore what a well-trained crew can
accomplish with a still highly-capable 51-year-old Coast Guard cutter,” said
Cmdr. Matthew Waldron, Valiant’s commanding officer.

While on a
port of call in Chiapas, Mexico, a contingent of the Valiant crew dedicated a
day to a local surf mission, cleaning beaches and playing soccer and volleyball
with local children. Its navigation through the Panama Canal earned the crew
the “Order of the Ditch” nautical certificate.

The Valiant
is a multimission 210-foot medium-endurance cutter. Missions include search and
rescue, maritime law enforcement, marine environmental protection, homeland
security and national defense operations.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Ceremonies and a flyaway May 23 at Eglin Air
Force Base, Florida, marked the deactivation of the Navy’s first F-35C fleet
replacement squadron and its consolidation with the second F-35C FRS as the
service moves to conduct all F-35C flight training at one base.

Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, the “Grim Reapers,” officially
will be deactivated on July 1, but the deactivation ceremonies were held May
23. The squadron flew out its last F-35Cs on that date to Naval Air Station Lemoore,
California, the home of VFA-125, the FRS that is training future F-35C pilots
and conducting transition training of VFA squadrons to the F-35C.

Reactivated in 2012 at Eglin AFB, VFA-101 has been training
instructor and test pilots to fly the F-35C Lightning II strike fighter. The
Navy decided to reactivate VFA-125 at NAS Lemoore to become an F-35C FRS.
VF-125 conducted the transition of the first fleet F-35C squadron, VFA-147,
which took the F-35C to Initial Operational Capability in February. VFA-147 is
scheduled to deploy on board USS Carl Vinson in 2021.

Although it is not of the lineage of World War II’s Fighter
Squadron 10 (VF-10), VFA-101 adopted the Grim Reaper traditions of the famous
squadron. VF-10 flew the F4F Wildcat and later F6F-3 Hellcat off USS Enterprise
(CV-6) in the Pacific during WWII. The squadron later deployed twice into
combat on board USS Intrepid (CV-11) in 1945, first with F4U-1D and later F4U-4
Corsair fighters. VF-10 was deactivated in 1945.

VF-101 was activated in 1952 at NAS Cecil Field, Florida, and took
on the nickname and traditions of VF-10 “Grim Reapers.” VF-101 flew F4U-4 Corsairs
in the Korean War and went on to operate the F2H Banshee, F4D Skyray, F3H
Demon, F-4 Phantom II and the F-14 Tomcat. VF-101 was deactivated in September
2005.

The squadron was reactivated in May 2012 as the F-35C FRS.
According to a May 23 release from the Joint Strike Fighter Wing, VFA-101 trained
more than 75 Navy and Marine Corps F-35C pilots, accepted more than 30
aircraft, trained more than 1,200 F-35C maintainers and flew nearly 11,000
flight hours.

“The contributions that VFA-101 has made to the F-35C community
will not diminish as this program grows,” VFA-101’s commanding officer, Cmdr.
Adan Covarrubias, said in the release. “The original cadre of maintainers and
pilots have left a legacy that is evidenced in all aspects of this community. Their
influence will continue long after the squadron’s doors are closed.”

KEY WEST,
Fla.— The Coast Guard interdicted 10 Cuban migrants and two suspected smugglers
on May 21 about 12 miles off Villa Clara Province, Cuba, the Coast Guard 7th
District said in a release.

Coast Guard
7th District watchstanders received notification of an illegal departure of a
30-foot go-fast vessel with 12 people aboard in the vicinity of Villa Clara
Province.

A Coast Guard
Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft crew located the vessel and
vectored the Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evans (WPC-1110) crew to the location,
where the crew embarked 10 males and two females. The Evans crew repatriated
the 10 Cuban migrants back to their home. The two suspected smugglers were
transferred into Homeland Security Investigations custody.

“The
Coast Guard maintains a focused and coordinated effort with multiple agency
assets to interdict any attempt to unlawfully immigrate by sea to the United
States,” said Rear Adm. Peter J. Brown, commander of Coast Guard 7th District.

The 7th
District, based in Miami, Florida, oversees all Coast Guard operations in South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands.

Brown is also
the director of Homeland Security Task Force Southeast, a standing multiagency
team that unifies the whole of government effort to monitor, identify, mitigate
and respond to large-scale migration events.

About 290
Cuban migrants have tried to illegally enter the U.S. by sea in fiscal year
2019 compared to 384 in fiscal 2018. These numbers represent the total number
of at-sea interdictions, landings and disruptions in the Florida Straits, the
Caribbean and Atlantic.

Once aboard a
Coast Guard cutter, all migrants receive food, water, shelter and basic medical
attention.

HONOLULU —
The U.S. Coast Guard conducted an aids-to-navigation and waterways assessment
in the Federated States of Micronesia in support of improved maritime safety
and defense readiness in May, the Coast Guard 14th District said in a release.

The U.S.
Coast Guard Cutter Sequoia, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Guam,
completed surveys in Yap, Chuuk and Phonpei. While in Yap, the Sequoia’s crew
hosted local officials and U.S. Ambassador Robert Riley. In Pohnpei, the
Sequoia crew hosted tours for the public.

The ports
and waterways of Micronesia are essential to maritime commerce and U.S. defense
readiness. A large number of commercial, military and private vessels use these
routes.

“The
U.S. Coast Guard, in a joint effort with U.S. Embassy Phonpei, U.S. Pacific
Fleet, the Department of the Interior, and the Federated States of Micronesia,
is working to improve the readiness and safety of maritime navigation
systems,” said Rear Adm. Kevin Lunday, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard’s
14th District. “Our work together is essential to strengthening the U.S.
relationship with the Federated States of Micronesia, improving regional
maritime governance, and ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific.”

Improved
navigation systems promote maritime governance in the South Pacific, essential
for economic prosperity and a free and open Indo-Pacific.

The Federated States of
Micronesia, with a population of 105,000 people and more than 600 islands, is made
up of four states: Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk and Yap.

WASHINGTON — The
U.S. Senate has confirmed Adm. Bill Moran to become the 32nd chief of naval
operations (CNO).

The chief of
naval personnel, Vice Adm. Robert Burke, also was confirmed for promotion to
admiral and appointment as the next vice chief of naval operations (VCNO), the
Office of the Navy Chief of Information said in a release.

“I am deeply
humbled and honored to be given the opportunity to continue to serve as our
Navy’s next chief of naval operations,” Moran said in a statement released
after his confirmation May 24.

“[CNO] Adm. [John]
Richardson and his wife, Dana, are an amazing team that has consistently
advocated on behalf of our Sailors and their families. My wife, Patricia, and I
are grateful for their service to our Navy and our nation. I look forward to
the honor of leading the men and women of the world’s greatest Navy in service
to our nation.”

Acting
Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan announced President Donald J. Trump’s
nomination of Moran and Burke on April 11.

Moran will be
the first naval aviator to become the Navy’s top officer since Adm. Jay L.
Johnson, who served as CNO from 1996 to 2000. In the years since, three surface
warfare officers and two submariners have served as CNO, according to another Navy
press release.

Moran, a
native of Newburg, New York, also would be the first CNO since Adm. Thomas H.
Moorer, who served from 1967 to 1970, to have been a patrol plane pilot. Moorer
flew PBY Catalina aircraft in World War II. Moran is a P-3 Orion pilot.

At the time
of Moran’s nomination, Richardson said that Moran “is an amazing leader and
good friend. He has been central to the Navy adopting a fighting stance in this
‘Great Power Competition.’ As I turn over and go ashore, I will rest easy
knowing that, pending confirmation, Adm. Moran has the watch.”

Moran served
in Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44) in Brunswick, Maine, and twice as an instructor
pilot in VP-30 in Jacksonville, Florida. He commanded VP-46 and later Patrol
Reconnaissance Wing Two in Hawaii. He also served on the staff of commander,
Carrier Group 6, aboard USS Forrestal (CVA-59).

As a flag
officer, he has served as commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group; director,
Air Warfare (N98) on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations; and most
recently as the 57th chief of naval personnel, according to his official
biography. Ashore, he served as executive assistant to the chief of naval
operations; executive assistant to Commander, U.S. Pacific Command; deputy
director, Navy staff; and assistant Washington placement officer and assistant
flag officer detailer in the Bureau of Naval Personnel.

Moran
graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1981 and a
master’s from the National War College in 2006.

Burke is a
nuclear submariner who has served onboard USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632), USS
Maryland (SSBN-738) and USS Bremerton (SSN-698), according to his official
biography.

He commanded
USS Hampton (SSN-767) and later became commodore of Submarine Development
Squadron 12. Burke was recognized by the United States Submarine League with
the Jack Darby Award for Leadership in 2004 and the Vice Admiral James Bond
Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership in 2005.

His staff assignments
include tours as an instructor and director for the Electrical Engineering
Division at Naval Nuclear Power School; junior board member on the Pacific
Fleet Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board; submarine officer community
manager/nuclear officer program manager; senior Tactical Readiness Evaluation
Team member at Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; the deputy
director for Operations, Strategy and Policy Directorate (J5) at U.S. Joint
Forces Command; division director, Submarine/Nuclear Power Distribution
(PERS-42); and director, Joint and Fleet Operations, N3/N5, U.S. Fleet Forces
Command.

Burke’s
assignments as a flag officer include deputy commander, U.S. 6th Fleet;
director of operations (N3), U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa; commander,
Submarine Group 8; and director, Military Personnel Plans and Policy (OPNAV
N13). He assumed duties as the Navy’s 58th chief of naval personnel on May 27,
2016.

Burke, from Portage,
Michigan, holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from
Western Michigan University and the University of Central Florida,
respectively.

ECUADOR — The
crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL-753) interdicted 22 Ecuadorian
nationals last week in possession of illegal firearms in the eastern Pacific
Ocean and delivered them to Ecuadorian authorities, the Coast Guard 7th
District said in a release.

A Hamilton
law-enforcement team boarded the Ecuadorian long-line fishing vessel, Erika
Fernanda, in a known smuggling area during a patrol.

Multiple
violations and two illegal automatic weapons were located onboard. The crew of
the Erika Fernanda and evidence collected was transferred to the Ecuadorian
Coast Guard near the Port of Manta.

“This case
highlights the value and benefits of the close partnerships the U.S. Coast
Guard has with our allies in Central and South America.” said Capt. Mark
Gordon, commanding officer of the Hamilton.

“The ability
to work with our counterpart foreign agencies is critical to combatting common
challenges such as illegal narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and illegal
and unreported fishing. The success of this case is a result of years of robust
collaboration between the State Department, DHS, Ecuador and the U.S. Coast
Guard.”

Hamilton is deployed
on a counter-narcotics patrol in the eastern Pacific. The cutter is one of two
418-foot national security cutters homeported in Charleston, South Carolina.

MIAMI — The
Coast Guard interdicted 50 migrants May 21 about 46 miles north of Cap-Haïtien,
Haiti, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release.

At about 5:35
p.m. May 21, the Coast Guard Robert Yered (WPC-1104) crew detected an
overloaded 30-foot panga vessel and launched a small-boat crew to investigate.
The crew then boarded the vessel and discovered 36 Haitian males and 14 Haitian
females.

The Robert
Yered crew safely embarked the migrants and sank the vessel to prevent a hazard
to navigation. The Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC-617) crew transferred the
50 Haitian migrants back to their country of origin.

“Bottom
line is these voyages put lives at unnecessary risk,” said Capt. Jason
Ryan, Coast Guard 7th District chief of enforcement. “These voyages often
involve ill-advised agreements with smugglers on poorly equipped, makeshift
vessels that are prone to capsizing, leading to loss of life.”

Approximately
2,474 Haitian migrants have attempted to illegally enter the U.S. via the
maritime environment since May 20 in fiscal year 2019 compared to 2,727 Haitian
migrants in fiscal year 2018. These numbers represent the total number of
at-sea interdictions, landings and disruptions in the Florida Straits, the
Caribbean and Atlantic.

Once aboard a
Coast Guard cutter, all migrants receive food, water, shelter and basic medical
attention.

The Robert Yered is a
154-foot Sentinel-class cutter homeported in Miami, Florida. The Vigilant is a
210-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Port Canaveral, Florida.

SAN JUAN,
Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard repatriated 66 migrants on May 23 to a Dominican navy
vessel in waters off the Dominican Republic following the interdiction of three
illegal migrant vessels in the Mona Passage earlier that week, the Coast Guard
7th District said in a release.

Two of the
interdicted migrants, one Haitian and a Dominican man, remain in federal
custody facing possible prosecution by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the
District of Puerto Rico on potential charges of attempted illegal re-entry into
a U.S. territory.

The
interdictions are the result of ongoing efforts in support of Operation Unified
Resolve, Operation Caribbean Guard and the Caribbean Border Interagency Group
(CBIG).

“I’m
extremely proud of my crew and the collaboration with our Caribbean Border
Interagency Group partners,” said Cmdr. Michael A. Nalli, commanding officer of
the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC-907).

“Our
collective efforts led to the successful interdiction of three grossly
overloaded, unseaworthy vessels and the safe recovery of all 68 migrants. Crossing
the Mona Passage in these makeshift vessels is an extremely dangerous voyage,
where the migrants risk losing their lives or the life of a loved one.”

While on a
routine patrol in the Mona Passage on May 21, crews of Customs and Border
Protection DHC-8 maritime patrol aircraft detected the two migrant vessels
transiting without navigational lights. The first boat was located 43 nautical
miles north of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, while the second was detected about 15
nautical miles northwest of Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico.

Coast Guard watchstanders
in Sector San Juan diverted cutter Escanaba to interdict the suspect vessels.
Shortly thereafter, and with the cutter boat’s assistance, the Escanaba
interdicted a 20-foot makeshift boat with 19 adult migrants onboard. The
Escanaba crew embarked 14 men and five women who claimed Dominican nationality.

Following the
first interdiction, the Escanaba proceeded to intercept the second migrant
vessel. Once on scene, the Escanaba crew and a CBP Caribbean Air and Marine
interceptor surface unit stopped a 25-foot makeshift boat with 21 adult
migrants onboard. The Escanaba crew embarked 18 men and three women of
Dominican nationality.

A third
migrant vessel was detected the night of May 21 by the crew of a CBP DHC-8
maritime patrol aircraft about 20 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla. Escanaba’s
crew interdicted the 30-foot makeshift boat and safely embarked 28 adult
migrants, 21 men and seven women of Dominican nationality as well as a Haitian
man.

Once aboard a
Coast Guard cutter, all migrants receive food, water, shelter and basic medical
attention.

The Escanaba
transferred custody of the two migrants facing federal prosecution to the Coast
Guard Cutter Richard Dixon (WPB-1113) for further transfer to Ramey Sector
Border Patrol agents in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.