U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland's law enforcement team performs a joint excercise at sea with Nicaraguan Naval Forces Jan. 25, 2018, as part of an 81-day patrol conducting counter drug operations in the Eastern Pacific. During the patrol, the crew interdicted five smuggling vessels, detained 16 suspected traffickers and seized a combined 7,564 kilograms of cocaine. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt.j.g. Samuel N. Williams/Released)