WEBVTT 00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:26.390 >> The source in-transit zone. 00:00:26.390 --> 00:00:29.650 The wild and lawless open ocean of the Caribbean 00:00:29.650 --> 00:00:31.160 and Eastern Pacific Ocean, 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:32.870 where smugglers of illegal narcotics 00:00:32.870 --> 00:00:34.300 and immigrants attempt 00:00:34.300 --> 00:00:36.550 to transit their illicit cargo from Central 00:00:36.550 --> 00:00:39.520 and South America north to the United States. 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:42.900 This expanse of endless ocean is the place 00:00:42.900 --> 00:00:46.150 where the pirates of the twenty-first century make their first moves 00:00:46.150 --> 00:00:48.320 to unload their booty of uncut cocaine 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:50.190 and heroin, marijuana, 00:00:50.190 --> 00:00:53.090 or illegal migrants to the next stop along the line 00:00:53.090 --> 00:00:54.910 of the international criminal chain. 00:00:55.790 --> 00:00:57.310 This is also where U.S. Customs 00:00:57.310 --> 00:01:00.660 and Border Protection meets them head on, stopping them, 00:01:00.660 --> 00:01:03.120 and breaking links in that chain one by one. 00:01:03.900 --> 00:01:05.660 The tool of choice 00:01:05.660 --> 00:01:07.840 - the P3 Orion Aircraft, 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:09.940 CBP's eyes over the ocean. 00:01:15.630 --> 00:01:18.020 >> We're in the heart of the hunting ground, 00:01:18.020 --> 00:01:20.170 per se, of looking for drug runners, 00:01:20.170 --> 00:01:22.560 this location offers us a great opportunity 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:24.750 to be able to go out, to prosecute, 00:01:24.750 --> 00:01:27.360 be able to come back, refuel, go back out if necessary. 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:33.930 >> Most of the conveyances we follow nowadays 00:01:33.930 --> 00:01:35.780 are going to be surface conveyances, 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:37.780 either small vessels, high-speed vessels, 00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:39.480 so we call them "Go Fast." 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:41.340 They're modified fishing boats; 00:01:41.850 --> 00:01:44.310 two, three, sometimes even single engine. 00:02:43.990 --> 00:02:48.750 >> The P-3 aircraft is flown by very experienced CBP pilots. 00:02:49.650 --> 00:02:51.750 They guide this aircraft over the ocean 00:02:51.750 --> 00:02:53.350 to a designated target 00:02:53.350 --> 00:02:55.900 search area commonly referred to as "the box." 00:02:55.900 --> 00:03:00.310 And behind them is a massive array of sensory equipment, 00:03:00.310 --> 00:03:03.280 which is the technological heart of the P-3 mission. 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:06.080 Now, once the aircraft reaches the box, 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:09.290 CBP officers and agents, 00:03:09.290 --> 00:03:11.040 who are detection experts, 00:03:11.040 --> 00:03:15.040 use that powerful radar to search for, pinpoint, 00:03:15.040 --> 00:03:17.950 trap and monitor any suspicious targets 00:03:17.950 --> 00:03:20.680 that they find in the air and on the ocean. 00:03:22.320 --> 00:03:23.860 >> You know, when you get a good case 00:03:23.860 --> 00:03:26.980 and you bring home that knowledge that you did something 00:03:26.980 --> 00:03:28.800 to stop bad people 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:30.820 from bringing bad things into our country, 00:03:30.820 --> 00:03:33.440 I feel very, very happy about what I'm doing. 00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:35.980 If anything looks suspicious, 00:03:35.980 --> 00:03:38.960 and that's just according to knowledge 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:40.620 that we've gained throughout the years, 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:44.700 of what looks legitimate and what's not looking legitimate. 00:03:45.760 --> 00:03:48.440 Also aircraft, aircraft usually give themselves away 00:03:48.440 --> 00:03:53.700 by not doing what they're telling everybody that they're doing, 00:03:53.700 --> 00:03:58.490 or going into areas of possible suspect activity. 00:03:58.490 --> 00:04:01.620 >> The P-3 platform comes with two kinds of radar; 00:04:01.620 --> 00:04:06.190 one is an airborne, early detection radar system 00:04:06.760 --> 00:04:11.450 that was put on top of a P3 that came from an E2. 00:04:12.930 --> 00:04:15.820 The other radar system is a surface search radar, 00:04:15.820 --> 00:04:17.930 primarily, 00:04:17.930 --> 00:04:20.380 that looks for the vessels and vessel traffic 00:04:20.380 --> 00:04:22.830 that is approaching from the littoral waters 00:04:22.830 --> 00:04:26.400 of our Central and South American countries. 00:04:26.400 --> 00:04:30.160 Combined, they do a very thorough job of looking for air 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:34.780 and surface targets as they approach from those countries 00:04:34.780 --> 00:04:36.620 and destined for the United States. 00:05:25.770 --> 00:05:28.490 >> U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Air 00:05:28.490 --> 00:05:31.390 and Marine operation's P-3 program. 00:05:31.980 --> 00:05:38.390 Watching, stopping and protecting the United States of America, 24-7. 00:05:45.410 --> 00:05:47.440 To learn more about a career with Air 00:05:47.440 --> 00:05:48.990 and Marine Operations, 00:05:48.990 --> 00:05:53.540 visit CBP.gov/Careers.