Navy crew behind massive cocaine bust awarded Coast Guard ribbon

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It’s not often that a Navy crew gets awarded a Special Operations Service Ribbon by the Coast Guard. Then again, it’s not often that a Navy crew seizes $350 million worth of cocaine in a trans-Atlantic drug bust.

The Gold Crew of expeditionary mobile base Hershel “Woody” Williams, which helped conduct the bust in April off the west coast of Africa, was recognized with the Coast Guard decoration at a ceremony Aug. 22.