7 October 2009: Norfolk, Va. - The guided-missile frigate USS "Hawes" (FFG 53) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk after a six-month deployment in the Caribbean and western Atlantic Ocean supporting Operation Carib Venture. This marks Hawes' first counter narcotics deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. Hawes also participated in several multi-national exercises with maritime forces from Great Britain, Canada, the Netherlands, France, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Colombia.