U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ward (WPC-1130) crew members retrieve bales of cocaine discovered drifting in international waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean August 22, 2019. The crew also intercepted some 3,000 pounds of cocaine from a suspected smuggling vessel on July 16. Ward, a Fast Response Cutter, was commissioned in March and was in the region on its first counter smuggling patrol in the eastern Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)