PHOTO RELEASE 2: U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER RETURNS FROM INNOVATIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT MISSION, MARCH 10, 2009
HONOLULU -- The crew of the 378-foot high endurance cutter Rush, home ported in Honolulu, returned home last week after a ground-breaking six-week law enforcement patrol through the South Pacific.
The Rush's crew conducted joint law enforcement operations with three embarked Kiribati law enforcement officials under a new diplomatic ship rider agreement between the U.S. and Kiribati governments. In this photo, Rush boarding team members pose with the Kiribati ship riders and other members of the Kiribati National Police and the Kiribati Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resource Development.
The bilateral agreement has drawn attention at the highest level of the Department of Homeland Security for its success and was mentioned by the Coast Guard Commandant in a recent "State of the Coast Guard" address.
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