Coast Guard Port Security Unit 305 returns home from overseas deployment

Coast Guard Port Security Unit 305 returns home from overseas deployment
FORT EUSTIS, Va. – A Fort Eustis based Coast Guard Reserve unit returned today from a six-month deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in time to celebrate the Fourth of July with family and friends. During the deployment, Port Security Unit 305 provided seaward security at strategic port locations around the North Arabian Gulf ensuring the free flow of personnel,...

Coast Guard Reserve unit deploys to Middle East on security mission

Coast Guard Reserve unit deploys to Middle East on security mission
Cleveland – A Port Clinton, Ohio, based Coast Guard Reserve unit deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Tuesday night. Port Security Unit 309 deployed from Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base and will join with the Navy’s Maritime Expeditionary Squadron Three (MSRON 3) to form Combined Task Group 56.5, under the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command. CTG 56.5...

Clearwater based unit scheduled to return from 6 month Middle East deployment

TAMPA, Fla. – A Clearwater, Fla., based Coast Guard Reserve unit is scheduled to return Monday from a six-month deployment to the Middle East in support of Operations New Dawn and Enduring Freedom. During the deployment, Port Security Unit 307 provided seaward security at strategic port locations around the North Arabian Gulf ensuring the free flow of personnel, equipment and commerce in the region. “I’m...

Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 Returns from Middle East

SEATTLE – The Everett, Wash.,-based Coast Guard Port Secuity Unit (PSU) 313 returned, Saturday, from a six-month deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation New Dawn and Operation Enduring Freedom. During the deployment, Port Security Unit (PSU) 313 provided landward and seaward security at strategic port locations around the North Arabian Gulf ensuring the free flow of personnel, equipment...

Coast Guard Reserve unit deploys to Middle East on security mission

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – A Clearwater, Fla., based Coast Guard Reserve unit deployed Saturday to the Middle East in support of Operation New Dawn and Operation Enduring Freedom. Port Security Unit (PSU) 307 deployed from Joint Base Mcguire-Dix-Lakehurst with the Navy’s Maritime Expeditionary Squadron Two as part of Combined Task Group 56.5, under the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command....

Coast Guard Port Security Unit 301 deploys to Middle East

SEATTLE – The Everett, Wash.,-based Coast Guard Port Security Unit (PSU) 313 deployed, Thursday evening, to the Middle East in support of Operation New Dawn. PSU 313 deployed, from Fort Dix, N.J., with the Navy’s Maritime Expeditionary Squadron Three as part of Combined Task Group 56.5, under the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command. “I very much appreciate the collaborative working environment...

Video – Combined Task Group 56.5

KUWAIT – The Combined Task Group 56.5 provides port security operations for Landing Craft Air Cushion from the USS Bataan at Camp Patriot, Kuwait.

Port Security Unit 311 – Land Security in a Port Security Unit

KUWAIT NAVAL BASE, Kuwait – What does the Army do when it doesn’t have enough soldiers on hand qualified to “man” the turret guns on its HMMWVs for patrols – it calls the Coast Guard.

Port Security Unit 311 – The Mission in Kuwait

KUWAIT NAVAL BASE, Kuwait — The U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit 311, based out of San Pedro, Calif. deployed to the Kuwaiti Naval Base Dec. 4, with the Navy’s Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron One (MSRON ONE) as part of the Combined Task Group 56.5, under the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command.