Vice Adm. Fred Midgette, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area discusses the drug interdiction patrol of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett with the crew March 31, 2017 in Seattle. The Coast Guard conducts counternarcotics operations as part of a U.S. government effort to dismantle transnational organized crime networks throughout South, Central and North America. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ayla Kelley.