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Guardians of the Gulf: The Coast Guard in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Guardians of the Gulf: The Coast Guard in Operation Iraqi Freedom. First Overseas Combat Deployment of USCG Patrol Boats Since Vietnam Response to a Request for Forces from Central Command Depth of water in Northern Arabian Gulf Placed Limitations on Reach of Larger Naval Combatants

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Guardians of the Gulf: The Coast Guard in Operation Iraqi Freedom

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  1. Guardians of the Gulf: The Coast Guard in Operation Iraqi Freedom • First Overseas Combat Deployment of USCG Patrol Boats Since Vietnam • Response to a Request for Forces from Central Command • Depth of water in Northern Arabian Gulf Placed Limitations on Reach of Larger Naval Combatants • No Navy Patrol Boat Capability

  2. USCG Forces in the Northern Arabian Gulf • 4 110-Foot WPBs • USCGC BOUTWELL • USCGC WALNUT • 2 LEDETs • 3 Port Security Units

  3. March 20th: Initial Combat Operations • Commenced Early Morning • Al Faw Peninsula • Gas and Oil Platforms

  4. WPBs and PSUs Support GOPLATS Operations • ADAK (WPB 1333) • BARANOF (WPB 1318)

  5. PSU 313 and Force Protection on Oil Terminals

  6. March 21st: “Five-Inch Friday”

  7. Iraqi Patrol Boat Destroyed

  8. Capturing Iraqi Maritime POWs • Crew of Destroyed Iraqi PB-90 • Three Republican Guard Warrant Officers

  9. Downed Royal Navy Helicopters

  10. Iraqi Mine Laying Tugs

  11. Khawr Abd Allah Waterway

  12. March 22nd: Minesweeping Operations

  13. March 23rd: PSU 311 in Umm Qasr, Iraq

  14. March 28th: First Humanitarian Aid Vessel into Iraq

  15. Early April: Weapons Cache and Suicide Boat

  16. April: Walnut ATON Work

  17. Maritime Interception Ops

  18. Mission Success • PSUs • WPBs • PATFORSWA • WALNUT • BOUTWELL

  19. Conclusion

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