LEADER 03201nam 2200433 450 001 9910794236803321 005 20220619163525.0 010 $a1-68247-302-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000011624845 035 $aEBL5335503 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL5335503 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5335503 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011624845 100 $a20220619d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRed crew $efighting the war on drugs with Reagan's coast guard /$fJim Howe 210 1$aAnnapolis, Maryland :$cNaval Institute Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-68247-555-7 330 $a"Red Crew is a first-hand account of U.S. Coast Guard anti-smuggling operations during the early years of the nation's maritime war on drugs. Jim Howe describes his experience as the executive officer of a specialized drug-hunting crew that sailed in then-state-of-the-art "surface effect ships," a small flotilla of high-speed vessels pressed into the drug war on short notice. In the early 1980s, South Florida and the Caribbean were awash in illicit drugs, with hundreds of smuggling organizations bringing huge loads of marijuana, and later cocaine, into the United States. To fight this epidemic, the Reagan administration led a massive effort to disrupt shore-side gangs while bolstering interdiction activity at sea. To increase the number of days at sea for each surface effect ship, a "multi-crewing" concept was employed, with four teams of sixteen sailors--the Red, Blue, Green, and Gold Crews--rotating among three hulls. Through its first-person narrative, Red Crew offers a rare glimpse into the day-to-day pressures, challenges, failures, and successes of Coast Guard cuttermen as they carried out complex and dangerous missions. Red Crew provides a unique historical view of the early days in the Coast Guard's war on drugs, and is the only book-length history of the diminutive, one-of-a-kind surface effect ship fleet. "--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Red Crew is a first-hand account of U.S. Coast Guard anti-smuggling operations during the early years of the U.S. maritime war on drugs. Jim Howe describes his experience as the executive officer of a specialized drug-hunting crew that sailed in then-state-of-the-art "surface effect ships," a small flotilla of high-speed vessels pressed into the drug war on short notice. Through its first-person narrative, Red Crew offers a rare glimpse into the day-to-day pressures, challenges, failures, and successes of Coast Guard cuttermen as they carried out complex and dangerous missions"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAeronautics in police work$zUnited States 615 0$aAeronautics in police work 676 $a363.284 686 $aHIS027150$2bisacsh 700 $aHowe$b Jim$f1961-$01556794 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794236803321 996 $aRed crew$93819749 997 $aUNINA