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SOUTHCOM, AFRICOM Leaders Request More ISR, Patrol Assets

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SOUTHCOM, AFRICOM Leaders Request More ISR, Patrol Assets
The Coast Guard Cutter Stratton sits in the Pacific Ocean at sunset during a drug patrol Sept. 8, 2017. An increased presence of U.S. and allied forces in the Eastern Pacific Ocean coupled with increased coca production in South America has led to a significant increase in narcotics removal in the drug transit zones off South and Central America. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios.

U.S. Southern Command requires additional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets and maritime platforms to more effectively perform counter-narcotics missions, the command’s leader said Feb. 7. The command is “deficient” in its current ISR capabilities, although it works to mitigate those gaps with “different sources of intelligence,” SOUTHCOM Commander Adm. Craig Faller said Thursday during a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing. The committee sought testimony from Fuller and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser in anticipation…

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