U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Michael Bates, assigned to the guided missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36), directs Underwood sailors and Coast Guardsmen assigned to Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 107 as they ride in a rigid hull inflatable boat to recover packages of contraband jettisoned by a fleeing speed boat Aug. 3, 2012, in the Caribbean Sea during Operation Martillo. The sailors and Coast Guardsmen recovered 49 bales of narcotics dumped from a speed boat into the sea after Underwood sighted and pursued the vessel. Operation Martillo is a joint, interagency and multinational collaborative effort to deny transnational criminal organizations air and maritime access to the littoral regions of the Central American isthmus. Underwood deployed to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Southern Seas 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Frank J. Pikul)