ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 22, 2024) A U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 50, embarked aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), in background, intercept a self-propelled semi-submersible drug smuggling vessel in the Atlantic Ocean, March 22, 2024. Leyte Gulf is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command area of operations, employed by U.S. 4th Fleet to support joint and combined military operations, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and the Atlantic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)