Admiral: LCS will hunt drug smugglers
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz  
A littoral combat ship is slated to deploy to the waters of U.S. Southern Command this year to battle drug smugglers, its top officer told lawmakers Thursday.
SOUTHCOM commander Adm. Craig Faller declared America’s opioid epidemic “a national security crisis†during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services committee and said an LCS will patrol South American and Caribbean waters to interdict illicit narcotics.
While 2017 and 2018 were record years for drug seizures in his command, Faller said much work remains to be done.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/02/07/admiral-lcs-will-hunt-drug-smugglers/
