Members of the United States Navy are currently training more than 100 of their Dominican counterparts on the use of “swift boats” to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and illegal migration. The Navy personnel are part of the crew of the HSV-2 Swift, a very high-speed vessel with a triple hull. The ship is docked at the Don Diego port facilities in Santo Domingo. The two-week training session is the use of high-speed boats is part of the Lasting Friendship Program according to Donald Bullen, the Charge d’Affaires at the United States Embassy. Next Thursday, the Dominican Navy will receive two fast boats to reinforce patrols along the country’s coastal waters. Recently appointed Navy Chief of Staff, Admiral Julio Cesar Ventura Bayonet praised the training and the arrival of the new ships. He said that the new equipment would help in the fight against drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.