1 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:26,390 >> The source in-transit zone. 2 00:00:26,390 --> 00:00:29,650 The wild and lawless open ocean of the Caribbean 3 00:00:29,650 --> 00:00:31,160 and Eastern Pacific Ocean, 4 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:32,870 where smugglers of illegal narcotics 5 00:00:32,870 --> 00:00:34,300 and immigrants attempt 6 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:36,550 to transit their illicit cargo from Central 7 00:00:36,550 --> 00:00:39,520 and South America north to the United States. 8 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,900 This expanse of endless ocean is the place 9 00:00:42,900 --> 00:00:46,150 where the pirates of the twenty-first century make their first moves 10 00:00:46,150 --> 00:00:48,320 to unload their booty of uncut cocaine 11 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,190 and heroin, marijuana, 12 00:00:50,190 --> 00:00:53,090 or illegal migrants to the next stop along the line 13 00:00:53,090 --> 00:00:54,910 of the international criminal chain. 14 00:00:55,790 --> 00:00:57,310 This is also where U.S. Customs 15 00:00:57,310 --> 00:01:00,660 and Border Protection meets them head on, stopping them, 16 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:03,120 and breaking links in that chain one by one. 17 00:01:03,900 --> 00:01:05,660 The tool of choice 18 00:01:05,660 --> 00:01:07,840 - the P3 Orion Aircraft, 19 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,940 CBP's eyes over the ocean. 20 00:01:15,630 --> 00:01:18,020 >> We're in the heart of the hunting ground, 21 00:01:18,020 --> 00:01:20,170 per se, of looking for drug runners, 22 00:01:20,170 --> 00:01:22,560 this location offers us a great opportunity 23 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,750 to be able to go out, to prosecute, 24 00:01:24,750 --> 00:01:27,360 be able to come back, refuel, go back out if necessary. 25 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,930 >> Most of the conveyances we follow nowadays 26 00:01:33,930 --> 00:01:35,780 are going to be surface conveyances, 27 00:01:35,780 --> 00:01:37,780 either small vessels, high-speed vessels, 28 00:01:37,780 --> 00:01:39,480 so we call them "Go Fast." 29 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,340 They're modified fishing boats; 30 00:01:41,850 --> 00:01:44,310 two, three, sometimes even single engine. 31 00:01:47,790 --> 00:01:50,730 32 00:01:51,570 --> 00:01:53,720 33 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,810 34 00:01:55,810 --> 00:01:56,340 35 00:01:56,340 --> 00:01:59,020 36 00:02:21,670 --> 00:02:23,150 37 00:02:23,150 --> 00:02:25,120 38 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,420 39 00:02:28,420 --> 00:02:30,360 40 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:31,610 41 00:02:31,610 --> 00:02:34,410 42 00:02:34,410 --> 00:02:36,220 43 00:02:36,220 --> 00:02:38,220 44 00:02:43,990 --> 00:02:48,750 >> The P-3 aircraft is flown by very experienced CBP pilots. 45 00:02:49,650 --> 00:02:51,750 They guide this aircraft over the ocean 46 00:02:51,750 --> 00:02:53,350 to a designated target 47 00:02:53,350 --> 00:02:55,900 search area commonly referred to as "the box." 48 00:02:55,900 --> 00:03:00,310 And behind them is a massive array of sensory equipment, 49 00:03:00,310 --> 00:03:03,280 which is the technological heart of the P-3 mission. 50 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,080 Now, once the aircraft reaches the box, 51 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,290 CBP officers and agents, 52 00:03:09,290 --> 00:03:11,040 who are detection experts, 53 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:15,040 use that powerful radar to search for, pinpoint, 54 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,950 trap and monitor any suspicious targets 55 00:03:17,950 --> 00:03:20,680 that they find in the air and on the ocean. 56 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:23,860 >> You know, when you get a good case 57 00:03:23,860 --> 00:03:26,980 and you bring home that knowledge that you did something 58 00:03:26,980 --> 00:03:28,800 to stop bad people 59 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,820 from bringing bad things into our country, 60 00:03:30,820 --> 00:03:33,440 I feel very, very happy about what I'm doing. 61 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,980 If anything looks suspicious, 62 00:03:35,980 --> 00:03:38,960 and that's just according to knowledge 63 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:40,620 that we've gained throughout the years, 64 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,700 of what looks legitimate and what's not looking legitimate. 65 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,440 Also aircraft, aircraft usually give themselves away 66 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,700 by not doing what they're telling everybody that they're doing, 67 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:58,490 or going into areas of possible suspect activity. 68 00:03:58,490 --> 00:04:01,620 >> The P-3 platform comes with two kinds of radar; 69 00:04:01,620 --> 00:04:06,190 one is an airborne, early detection radar system 70 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:11,450 that was put on top of a P3 that came from an E2. 71 00:04:12,930 --> 00:04:15,820 The other radar system is a surface search radar, 72 00:04:15,820 --> 00:04:17,930 primarily, 73 00:04:17,930 --> 00:04:20,380 that looks for the vessels and vessel traffic 74 00:04:20,380 --> 00:04:22,830 that is approaching from the littoral waters 75 00:04:22,830 --> 00:04:26,400 of our Central and South American countries. 76 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,160 Combined, they do a very thorough job of looking for air 77 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,780 and surface targets as they approach from those countries 78 00:04:34,780 --> 00:04:36,620 and destined for the United States. 79 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,820 80 00:04:52,820 --> 00:04:56,880 81 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,260 82 00:04:59,260 --> 00:05:01,140 83 00:05:01,140 --> 00:05:04,960 84 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:05,820 85 00:05:05,820 --> 00:05:08,100 86 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:10,890 87 00:05:10,890 --> 00:05:12,630 88 00:05:12,630 --> 00:05:15,760 89 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,410 90 00:05:18,410 --> 00:05:22,120 91 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:23,730 92 00:05:23,730 --> 00:05:25,770 93 00:05:25,770 --> 00:05:28,490 >> U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Air 94 00:05:28,490 --> 00:05:31,390 and Marine operation's P-3 program. 95 00:05:31,980 --> 00:05:38,390 Watching, stopping and protecting the United States of America, 24-7. 96 00:05:45,410 --> 00:05:47,440 To learn more about a career with Air 97 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:48,990 and Marine Operations, 98 00:05:48,990 --> 00:05:53,540 visit CBP.gov/Careers.