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>> CBP Air

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and Marine Operations

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performs a unique
law enforcement mission

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that is specifically suited

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to achieve a secure maritime border.

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With Marine agents
and vessels stationed

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from San Diego
to Puerto Rico,

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AMO has the distinct task

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of protecting the many vast waterways

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along our nation's borders.

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These uniquely qualified

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and highly experienced agents

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operate on the coastal waters

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as well as the high seas,

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securing our nation's borders

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from threats approaching
the United States.

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Each agent undergoes
rigorous training

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in the safe operation

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of high speed interceptors,

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pursuit techniques,

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and boarding tactics,

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all underpinned by
the Air and Marine

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Operations' goal of interdiction

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from superior seamanship.

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But their capabilities go beyond
their technical skills.

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Their broad arrest authority,

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skills in all aspects
of investigations

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and their deep connection

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and partnership with
many federal,

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state and local law
enforcement agencies

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is unparalleled in
the maritime environment.

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CBP Air and Marine Operations
in the maritime environment

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has several unique capabilities.

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One, I think,
is our ability

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to operate autonomously
in small units,

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and to respond to
threats immediately;

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the second is our vast
array of authorities

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in which we're empowered
by Congress to operate.

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>> Turn around! Hands up! Turn around!

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>> We also come with a set of skills,

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law enforcement skills and backgrounds

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that make us unique,

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so we can bring
those skillsets,

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not just to operate the boat,

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but to do advanced things
such as advanced interdictions,

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detecting, deterring,

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working with local partners

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with a Marine task force
for investigations.

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>> You know, the dynamics
of the job change every day.

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We could be doing
a surveillance one day;

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we could be in plain
clothes working

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in an unmarked boat.

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The flexibility that our job
provides us is just one more tool

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that we have to do things

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differently than other agencies.
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[INAUDIBLE]!

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>> Aside from being a mariner
and an investigator,

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one of my other roles is,

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I'm actually a center operator
aboard different aircraft

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that the agency has,

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so I'm able to be underway
on the vessel one day

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and be up in the air the next day,

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and might be working on doing

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an investigation a third day.

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>> You know the guy up in the plane,
you know him by first name.

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He knows the guy
driving the boat by first name.

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And it's because we work
together all the time.

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And nobody else
has that relationship

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between their services
and their agencies like we do.

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>> When you look at
the quality of our agents,

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most of our agents
come onboard the job

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already have come
from a career in the past.

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They already have the maturity
level that they need.

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This is why they're
entrusted by the agency

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to make those hard decisions,

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to make the decisions
to fire warning shots

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or disabling fire
at a boat

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20 miles off shore
in the middle of the night.

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That's why the senior
leadership of Air

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and Marine entrust these agents
to make those decisions,

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because they've demonstrated
that they have the maturity level

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and the expertise
to do that type of mission.

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>> Our goal as a Marine
interdiction agent

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is to get the entire organization,

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not just the single smuggler on the boat

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with the one load of drugs;

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we want to get the resources
that are supporting him.

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>> If we didn't have
each other's resources,

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we would not be able to disrupt
and dismantle those organizations.

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We have to bring all the forces to bear,

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whether it's just
the criminal investigators,

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or the Air Marine operators

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who have these tools
at their disposal, boats

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as well as aircraft,
that we can identify,

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disrupt and dismantle
these organizations.

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>> Where we differ from many is,

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since we have agents
onboard the boats,

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we can start interviews
immediately off shore.

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We can begin the phone tag process

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where we're getting
other agencies onboard,

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ICE, DEA,

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we can get the U.S. Attorney's office

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on board.
It's a huge thing.

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You know, we can continue
the case on from there.

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We can facilitate a controlled delivery.

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We can roll right into shore to
wherever they were supposed to go.

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We can roll with a case

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from the time it was interdicted

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until the last person is arrested.

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>> Target's at the parking lot.

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>> Point five on the water, echo.