PATFORSWA played an integral role in the rescue of the U.S. Navy Sailors. 19,OIF combat operations commenced and PATFORSWAs cutters served as the coalitions workhorses in boarding, escort and force protection duties. PATFORSWAs WPBs would dock at a pier located at the Mina Salman port facility, a 10-minute drive from the compound. Freedom. The Navy saw the Coast Guard's cutters and skilled personnel as ideally suited to Early on these reservists help the LANTAREA Cutter Forces staff who had assumed the role of managing PATFORSWA as a new collateral duty.. PATFORSWA exercises administrative control of six Coast Guard cutters in addition to performing the necessary support and training functions. The Original Joker, Cesar Romer, was a star in Hollywood, but just a regular guy in the Coast Guard. Edward H. Lundquist, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Shortly after Syria closed its borders, the Sixth Fleet released the PATFORMED cutters from operations in the Mediterranean, the cutters then returned to United States. Enlisted staff moved back and forth between duties as the Coast Guard reorganized administrative functions creating Servicing Personnel Offices (SPO) and many early mobilized reservists served support functions for SPOs, LANTAREA domestic cutter management, and for PATFORSWA in the Middle East. Heugel went on to say. In 2004, two additional WPBs, Monomoy and Maui, were brought to the PATFORSWA fleet for a total number of six Coast Guard Patrol Boats in the Persian Gulf. Adak is assigned to CTF 55, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The ATFP shore support team is tasked to provide protection to vessels in security zones and pier areas. Tour lengths for PATFORSWA are typically one year, unaccompanied and about 33% of the units staff rotate in and out every four months. The funding provided flexibility for the service to employ the reserve Component to fill a variety of new roles and missions supporting defense operations overseas. Here PATFORSWA has played a key role in regional maritime security and infrastructure protection operations, enforcing international maritime rules-based order, deterring and defeating violent extremism and strengthening partner nations maritime capabilities to promote a secure maritime environment in NAVCENTs area of operations. All apartments are furnished to include items such as bedding (sheets, blankets), cookware, and utensils but you are encourages to check with your sponsor regarding other items. Email: D05-DG-PDTTRNG@uscg.mil. They play a crucial role in maritime security, maritime . There was a verbal exchange between the Iranian and U.S personnel and the officer commanding the RCBs allowed the Iranian sailors to come aboard and take control. This includes various courses designed to simulate combat situations before completing tactical combat casualty care and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear training. Today, PATFORSWA personnel and cutters form Combined Task Group 55.1 and are part of the Navys Combined Task Force 55 under the operational and tactical control of the NAVCENT Commander. [4], Redeployment Assistance Inspection Detachments (RAID) consisted of Coast Guardsmen deployed with the U.S Army to support the shipment of materials in and out of war zones. The enlisted personnel can develop skills that may not normally be afforded to them in their rate; such as weapons qualifications, cross-deck experiences with U.S. Navy assets, and additional pipeline schools not offered to stateside billets. They provided guidance to DOD unit movement officers and hazardous materials (HAZMAT) certifiers on requirements and regulations, ensured proper container and structural integrity per the International Convention for Safe Containers, and advised DOD on proper stowage, segregation, blocking, bracing, placarding, labeling, packaging, and manifestation of containerized cargo. An official message will be sent to your command via CGMS detailing your travel arrangements from the United States to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Indeed the leadership of PATFORSWA includes officers and enlisted members from all walks of life, and visually embodies tenets from the Coast Guard Commandants Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP). They also have Dining Facilities (DFACs) where meals are provided. OIF set the stage for the Coast Guard to demonstrate our professionalism, dedication, reliability, nimbleness, adaptability, and value as a partner to the Navy and regional nations. The Mission of PATFORSWA is to train, organize, equip, support and deploy combat-ready Coast Guard Forces in support of CENTCOM and national security objectives. The LDAC and Coast Guard Enlisted Association under the direction of Petty Officer 1st Class Adrianne Danner, an information systems technician assigned to the shoreside IT division, leveraged local cuisine to bring people together and break bread. [7][8] The first two replacement cutters Charles Moulthrope and Robert Goldman passed through the Suez Canal on 7 May 2021 on their way to Manama, Bahrain. They later were escorted by a U.S. Coast Guard patrol cutter, while the U.S. Navy overwatched and supported. The PDT classes are similarly repetitive to accommodate the ebb and flow of assignments. A significant administrative lift over the past several years has been the Coast Guards transition from 110-foot Island-Class Patrol Boats in PATFORSWA to the 154-foot Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter. There are religious services onboard NSA Bahrain. RELIGION To support operations, the PATFORSWA staff arranged housing and a base of operations. operations involving Iraq and, in September 2002, United States Naval Forces Central Command Benjamin Berg, incoming commander of Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA) gives remarks during a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, June 16. This jack of all trades willingness to assume new roles to fill personnel gaps remains today a typical trait of mobilized Coast Guard reservists. While assigned to CTF 55, the individual units under the PATFORSWA umbrella execute operations in support of Combined Maritime Task Forces 150, 151, and 152. The non-Muslims are almost entirely non-citizens, and among immigrants, many are. The MET originally had the mission of maintaining the currency of the cutter law enforcement teams. We bring a non-redundant capability to the combined maritime component commanders throughout the AOR, said Coast Guard Capt. NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (June 16, 2021) Capt. They also provide security for internal unit functions such as the Command Center, Communications Center, berthing areas, mail delivery, Entry Control Points (ECPs), Vehicle Control Points (VCPs) and traffic control/vehicle movement. Located in Bahrain, a small country in the Arabian Gulf, members of PATFORSWA are already attuned to understanding different cultures, traditions, and socioeconomic variations. If you are not contacted by a sponsor, please call: 011-973-3930-1088. We have never been more in demand than we are today and with that opportunity comes the continued challenge of sourcing that demand. First and foremost is to provide dedicated and exceptional customer service to our Coast Guard men, women, and assets in PATFORSWA so they can accomplish the mission asked of them by NAVCENT. It conducts law enforcement training for vessel and shore-side personnel associated with partner nations in the region and coalition-nation vessels. 8. ATTN: Member Name/Department [27] Kerry stated that in his other phone calls about the situation he "made it crystal clear" how serious it was and that "it was imperative to get it resolved." Officer PATFORSWA . Coast Guard men and women assigned to PATFORSWA have a wide variety of opportunities open to them, and the highest assignment priority, upon successful completion of their tour. The two patrol boats joined the Higgins Surface Action Group, and subsequently launched 23 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles against chemical weapons sites in Syria. PATFORSWA is composed of six 110-foot cutters, shoreside support personnel, and the Maritime Engagement Team. There is a Navy Exchange, commissary, gym, food court, basketball court, movie theater, softball field, outdoor sand volleyball court, library, bowling alley, fitness pool, post office, dry cleaner, and Navy College. PATFORSWA is composed of six 110-foot cutters, shoreside support personnel, and the Maritime Engagement Team. McKinley met with the staff of Task Force 55 and DESRON 50 with which the cutters would operate. Deck The deck department provides coordinates all port operations. In October, LANTAREA created a shore detachment to oversee personnel, supply and maintenance requirements for patrol boat operations in the Persian Gulf. These include entities such as Headquarters Office of Cutter Forces (CG-751) and associated divisions, Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) and a myriad of contractors. In the meantime the following is the general mailing address: BAHRAIN: Commander Destroyer Squadron 50 and Commander Task Force (CTF) 55 which is actually the same organization exercises operational and tactical command over PATFORSWA. These efforts are to deter and counter disruptive countries, defeat violent extremism, and strengthen partner nations' maritime capabilities to secure the maritime environment in the Central Command area of responsibility. All Coast Guard Active Duty and Reservists who go on expeditionary deployments that last more than 30 days must complete the following Deployment-Related . The Pentagon oversaw the escort on high alert. In addition, PATFORSWA began 24-hour force protection at its compound. In the CENTCOM AOR, Carlson said the Island class almost exclusively executes Title 10 missions. Sector Jacksonville Prevention Department Information Page, National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC), Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB), Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil. Primarily working in Afghanistan, they helped Department of Defense (DOD) and State Department personnel prepare their equipment, vehicles, and supplies for redeployment. They are exposed to a vastly different culture and gain a greater appreciation for how people live outside the United States, said Carlson. This included a full time supervisor which we hadnt had before. In response to the continued shifting requirements to meet our national objectives in the Middle East, the Coast Guard continues to follow on the RAID team legacy with the Navy requesting to provide special, enhanced Coast Guard experience to bring to bear on the problem sets of the day in support of NAVCENT missions. Doug Heugel who served as the divisions first chief from 2006 to 2010 described the early mobilizations to fill staff roles in the LANTAREA Combatant Commander Operations Branch, these mobilizations included enlisted reservists in the yeoman and storekeeper rat[ings] as well as an O-5 branch chief and O-3 staff officer. PATFORSWA was created in November 2002 as a contingency operation to support the U.S. Navy with patrol boats. Although various Coast Guard units and personnel had served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the 1990s, deployment of the service's island-class patrol boats overseas would represent the first combat deployment of Coast Guard patrol boats since the Vietnam War. In the meantime the following is the general mailing address: Personnel will be provided a cell phone for official use only. Command Master Chief Evan C. Burch Command Master Chief, PATFORSWA (Photo) Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Kristin Antonides of Port Security Unit 309 paints the quarters building in her spare time. The team moved between Forward Operating Bases, making them among the few Coast Guardsmen to have been so far forward with the U.S. Army in a combat zone. It designated this shore detachment Patrol Forces, Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA). thereby freeing naval assets to conduct offensive combat operations. Commander The Advanced Interdiction Team (AIT) is deployed for six-month periods from the Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) in Chesapeake, Virginia. These efforts include a weekly eagles and anchors meeting that was established earlier in summer 2020, and "real talk with the deputy," where all paygrades are encouraged to present any issues directly to leadership. Islam is the state religion of Bahrain, representing more than 80% of the population. On January 15,McKinley touched down while executive officer, Lt. Greg Magee and rest of the staff members arrived within a week. TACLET SOUTH. In Kuwait, the exchange rate is approximately $3.54 US to 1KWD. PATFORSWA also has a Maritime Engagement Team (MET) that conducts Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) expertise exchanges, and engagement activities with U.S. and partner nation maritime forces. PATFORSWA also includes the Maritime Engagement Team, and robust shoreside support, maintenance, and logistics components. Three transit trips with major cutter escort will have covered more than 30,000 nautical miles and included numerous international engagements with partner nations along the way when the mission is fully complete this fall. Manama is the capital of the Kingdom of Bahrain and is a very westernized city in the Middle East. Shwarma is a traditional Middle Eastern street food of thinly sliced meat and vegetables in a leavened bread. 117 talking about this. At the command cadre level, we encourage the Leadership and Diversity Advisory Council (LDAC), to find creative ways to bring members together and promote comradery despite the isolating effects of COVID. 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Their mission was to assist the Department of Defense with the safe re-deployment of containerized cargo as well as the storage and segregation of hazardous materials. What are the requirements to get picked up for one of these spots? They would face plenty of challenges with summertime temperatures averaging well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit and periodic sandstorms that deposited brown grit on all exposed surfaces. Edward H. Lundquist LANTAREA assigned an officer in charge (OIC) of PATFORSWA and selected four 110-foot Island-class patrol boats (WPBs) for the mission based on their superior maintenance records. of Iraq are subject to heavy silting and strategists believed that Iraq's primary threat to American NSA Bahrain is located in the capital of Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain, east of Saudi Arabia. [23], The IRGC stated that they released the sailors after their investigation concluded the illegal entry into Iranian water was not the result of a purposeful act.[28], United States Central Command stated, "A post-recovery inventory of the boats found that all weapons, ammunition and communication gear are accounted for minus two SIM Cards that appear to have been removed from two handheld satellite phones. Six 110-foot Island-class patrol boats the Coast Guard cutters Adak, Aquidneck, Baranof, Maui, Monomoy, and Wrangell are forward deployed to Bahrain. McKinley became a fulltime liaison officer to DESRON 50 and Magee became assistant operations officer for DESRON 50 in addition to their duties as PATFORSWAs commander and executive officer. By Capt. As the Coast Guards operational contributions in the Middle East shifted over time, so did the programmatic staff support back at LANTAREA. Personnel will be provided a cell phone for official use only. If you're on a cutter, you will be underway a decent amount of time, and sailing and maintaining the aging 110's can be a lot of work. Teams are trained with mannequins, mechanical breaching gear, non-gun and air-soft training weapons, and contraband detection kits. RAID supported Operation Iraqi Freedom and later Operation New Dawn with some of the most inland combat zone deployments for the U.S. Coast Guard. That would mean their crews were assigned as "pre-comm" details in 2021, and i really do not know if the Academy assigns new O-1's to Pre-Comm details. They also needed to meet Coast Guard requirements for operating in the area under novel circumstances and often with novel equipment. These teams support the combined maritime forces operating in CENTCOM enforcing international law and sanctions, conduct pattern of life multi-national vessel boardings on the high seas, facilitate deployed Coast Guard members required tactical training, and provide a myriad of subject matter expert exchange opportunities to enhance partner nation interoperability in the Middle East. The AIT is a primary contributor to the Combined Maritime Forces CTF 150 and CTF 152 operations. This is how that branch as supported our mission in OIF for nearly two decades. The nature of developing CENTCOM and Coast Guard-specific required training for Coast Guard members to deploy to NAVCENT resulted in a growing workload on the existing staff. This open dialogue among our members increases communication and understanding amongst each other as we are stationed so far away from friends and family, said Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Pique, a storekeeper and the LDAC chair. We continue to fight an uphill battle internally and externally to ensure we receive the requisite resources to do important missions safely and effectively such as those PATFORSWA is tasked with. Coordinated procurement and moving parts and supplies, equipping crews with the latest national defense equipment, and maintaining of a constant supply of weapons and ammunition are examples of routine requirements that program managers address. By the end of February 2003, most PATFORSWA staff members participating in OIF had arrived in Bahrain. CELL PHONES These WPBs included Adak, Aquidneck, Baranof and Wrangell. You will find all the amenities of any other big city, keeping in mind that it is still a foreign country and in the Middle East with a different culture. PATFORSWA also supports the advanced interdiction team, a 12-person detachment comprised of Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) personnel. While they are deployed as CTU 55.1.8, PATFORSWA acts as administrative control for the team, liaising on their behalf with U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F), and CTF 55. A special FRC Transition Team assisted with the monumental task of coordinating the Coast Guard acceptance, commissioning, and transit of each of the six new FRCs to Bahrain. The WPB's primary mission had been to escort U.S. Navy supply vessels and Military Sealift Command ships out of Souda Bay, Crete, the eastern Mediterranean's logistics port for American and NATO forces. These WPBs included Bainbridge Island, Grand Isle, Knight Island and Pea Island.[17]. As a result, the Coast Guard's Port Security Units (PSUs), Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDETs), National Strike Force (NSF), cutters and a variety of other units and personnel deployed overseas to support military operations in OIF. The Maritime Engagement Team (MET) conducts subject-matter expertise exchanges with the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Oman) as well as with other coalition and allied forces. It is recommended you bring a set of towels, your own sheets (if you choose to), and warm weather clothes (it does get chilly here). Training topics include mission planning; boarding procedures; law enforcement case package preparation; defensive tactics; use of force; escorts and detainee processing; close quarters combat; tactical combat casualty care; hidden compartments; hazardous situations; confined spaces; and smuggling trends. Historian's Office, An official website of the United States government, The Long Blue Line: Americas First Fleet. They have the ability to immediately deploy to any asset within the NAVCENT AOR and conduct non-compliant or opposed boardings of vessels suspected of conducting smuggling or piracy operations. Cody Mitchell, operations officer aboard Maui. To prepare PATFORSWA members for deployment, LANTAREA built the PATFORSWA staff around a core group of the seventeen-member crew from the 110-foot cutter Sapelo. PATFORSWA members also equipped the compound with berthing, a lounge area, parking for its trailers, offices for each department, sand bags for force protection and camouflage netting to provide shade from the sun. The command's mission is to train, equip, deploy and support combat-ready Coast Guard forces conducting operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) in the Naval Forces Central Command's area of responsibility. The DoDMERB staff is comprised of approximately 21 military and 23 civilians. The mission is different and exciting at times, but can be boring too. Deployment to PATFORSWA is excluded from the requirements below. During this time they drifted into Iranian waters. The naval command cancelled this mission when Turkey would not support the use of its territory for supplying a northern front in Iraq. They inspected nearly 20% of all containers, approximately 2.2 million pieces of equipment, that were moved out of Iraq. This maintenance plan has extended the operational life of these assets by several years. These courses and more are aimed at preparing the candidates for CENTCOM deployment. In October, the services Atlantic Area Command (LANTAREA), headquartered in Portsmouth, Virginia, created a deployable detachment to oversee personnel, supply and maintenance needs for patrol boat operations in the Arabian Gulf. Our team is composed of the top performers in each given specialty and are entrusted with highly sensitive information and expected to perform at the highest operational level. Churches and other religious places of worship may also be found out in town. 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