Coast Guard Port Security Unit conducts a casing of the colors ceremony

Coast Guard Port Security Unit conducts a casing of the colors ceremony
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan and Cmdr. James Lovenstein, Port Security Unit (PSU) 305’s commanding officer, roll the unit guidon as Master Chief Petty Officer Thomas Lepage, PSU 305’s command master chief, extends it during the unit’s casing of the colors decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, June 13, 2023.   (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer...

Coast Guard Port Security Unit returns deployment to Guantanamo Bay

Coast Guard Port Security Unit returns deployment to Guantanamo Bay
USCG photo by PA3 KrystynaFile photo of a PSU 305 boatcrew during the first of 5 tours in Guantanamo Bay. USCG photo by PA3 Krystyna Johnson. Johnson PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Port Security Unit (PSU) 305 service members are scheduled to return home Thursday following a 9-month deployment to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, where the unit served as the Maritime Security Detachment (MARSECDET) in...

Coast Guard Port Security Unit 311 returns from 9 month deployment

Coast Guard Port Security Unit 311 returns from 9 month deployment
Family members gather for the arrival of Coast Guard members assigned to Port Security Unit 311 on March 11, 2019.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Emaia Rise) SAN PEDRO, Calif.— Members of San Pedro-based Coast Guard Port Security Unit 311, returned home April 11 following a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global...

Coast Guard Port Security Unit returns home after 9-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Coast Guard Port Security Unit returns home after 9-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
A Coast Guardsmen, who is assigned to Port Security Unit 309, hugs his family upon arrival on July 29, 2018.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Emaia Rise PORT CLINTON, Ohio – Members from Coast Guard Port Security Unit 309 returned to Port Clinton, Saturday, July 29, following a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. During their...

Coast Guard unit to receive DoD Reserve Family Readiness Award

Coast Guard unit to receive DoD Reserve Family Readiness Award
Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Shreaves, who is assigned to Port Security Unit 305, hugs his family after returning home Sunday, November 12, 2017. (U. S. Coast Guard photograph by Auxiliarist Trey Clifton) ALAMEDA, Calif. — A Coast Guard reserve unit is scheduled to receive a Department of Defense Family Readiness Award March 23 during a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington. Port Security Unit...

Port Security Unit 307 returns home from 9-month deployment

Port Security Unit 307 returns home from 9-month deployment
A Port Security Unit 307 member embraces his wife and newborn child after returning home from a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Feb. 27, 2017.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Clearwater, Florida, Coast Guard unit returned home after a nine-month deployment providing security for the Military Commissions hearings for 9/11 attackers...

Kiln, Mississippi-based Coast Guard unit deploys to Guantanamo Bay

Kiln, Mississippi-based Coast Guard unit deploys to Guantanamo Bay
NEW ORLEANS — Seventy-four members of the Kiln, Mississippi-based Coast Guard Port Security Unit 308 have deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to support Operation Enduring Freedom, Monday. Members of PSU 308 will be working to maintain a continuous maritime force protection presence in the Naval Defensive Sea Area of Guantanamo Bay. The unit will directly support the commander of Joint Task Force...

Coast Guard anti-terrorism team returns home from Guantanamo Bay in time for Thanksgiving

Coast Guard anti-terrorism team returns home from Guantanamo Bay in  time for Thanksgiving
NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans based U.S. Coast Guard anti-terrorism team is scheduled to return home Wednesday from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after a six-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. During the deployment, Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans members formed the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Maritime Security Detachment and were responsible for securing the port and waterways...

Coast Guard maritime anti-terrorism unit to return home after 6-month deployment

BOSTON — A Boston-based maritime anti-terrorism unit is returning home Tuesday just in time to spend Thanksgiving with their families after a six-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Members of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston (91110) are scheduled to land at Hanscom Air Force Base from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. During the deployment, MSST members...