John McKinley as officer-in-charge for PATFORSWA, and based on their maintenance records, selected the four 110-foot Island- Class patrol boats (WPB) Adak, Aquidneck, Baranof and Wrangell. 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The Coast Guard began its earliest preparations in the final months of 2002 and the lack of any pre-existing plan or blueprint for this sort of mission proved the Coast Guard's greatest challenge. 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. is a senior-level communications professional with more than 2023 Defense Media Network. The advance team leased a compound that had housed a Coast Guard Port Security Unit a year earlier. PATFORSWA Receives Two New Sentinel-Class U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters 25 May 2021 From U.S. 5th Fleet Public Affairs MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast response. On January 15,McKinley touched down while executive officer, Lt. Greg Magee and rest of the staff members arrived within a week. The future of PATFORSWA and the Program Managers at LANTAREA is bright. 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. But the Coast Guard lead by RADM Frederick Billard (Commandant 1924 -32 and pictured left) leveraged new technology to meet the challenge. An official message will be sent to your command via CGMS detailing your travel arrangements from the United States to the Kingdom of Bahrain. For the Coast Guard to receive Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding through the Congressional Homeland Security Appropriations Committees was key in supporting early Coast Guard operational and associated administrative efforts in CENTCOM. They also needed to meet Coast Guard requirements for operating in the area under novel circumstances and often with novel equipment. Coast Guard Academy - 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 is how that branch as supported our mission in OIF for nearly two decades. PATFORSWA Program Managers are coordinating the decommissioning and transfer of cutters Adak, Aquidneck, Baranof, Maui, Monomoy and Wrangell after decades of faithful service to our nation and they will go on in service to partner nations through our Foreign Military Sales program. An official website of the United States government, Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil. [5], There were six Coast Guard 110' Island class patrol boats assigned to PATFORSWA: Adak, Aquidneck, Baranof, Maui, Monomoy, and Wrangell. The Atlantic Area (LANTAREA) Combatant Commander Operations Branch (LANT-3R5) was formed, ultimately becoming what we know as the Contingency Operations Branch (LANT-39). We bring a non-redundant capability to the combined maritime component commanders throughout the AOR, said Coast Guard Capt. By November,McKinley led an advance team to the Arabian Gulf to determine the support facilities available in the host country. The full transition to FRCs in PATFORSWA will be completed at the end of 2022 when the last of six total, arrive in Bahrain. The MET also participates in numerous exercises critical to enhancing the interoperability of U.S. and foreign forces in the CENTCOM AOR in the realm of visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) and smallboat operations. 8. 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. 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. Admin Division: Phone (910) 440-6177. January 12, 2016, two United States Navy riverine command boats (RCBs) cruising from Kuwait to Bahrain with a combined crew of nine men and one woman on board strayed into Iranian territorial waters[20] which extend three nautical miles around Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf. PATFORSWA works with Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) in furthering their goals to conduct persistent maritime operations to forward U.S. interests, deter and counter disruptive countries, defeat violent extremism and strengthen partner nations maritime capabilities in order to promote a secure maritime environment in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. Visit the following link for more information: http://cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnreurafswa/installations/nsa_bahrain.html. 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. 5, a heavy-lift crane off-loaded the cutters taking only six hours to set them in the water. Open communication allows ideas and values from different backgrounds to be heard and appreciated. To facilitate these missions, WPBs [Island-class cutters] operate at least 1,000 hours more than state-side WPBs. The Kuwaiti Dinar is the primary currency off base in Kuwait. Kuwait is predominantly an Islamic country where over 80% of the total population and 95% of Kuwaitis practice the religion. PATFORSWA is composed of six 110-foot cutters, shoreside support personnel, and the Maritime Engagement Team. However, these particular coalition forces dedicated the use of their smaller vessels to protecting Kuwait, rather than operations in Iraqi territorial waters. The MET originally had the mission of maintaining the currency of the cutter law enforcement teams. NSA Bahrain is located in the capital of Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain, east of Saudi Arabia. ATMs and currency exchange are available at the airport and on base. NSA Bahrain held a variety of Navy posts necessary to PATFORSWA operations, including NAVCENT, the U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Destroyer Squadron 50 (DESRON 50), the operational command for Coast Guard cutter forces. endstream endobj 841 0 obj <. This staff has rarely ever been more than five to eight people at a time and only five reserve captains have served as the branch chief since 2006, one going on to be a flag officer and Senior Reserve Officer of the Coast Guard Reserve Component. This is a unit that consistently punches well above its weight class and has become a valuable arrow in the C5F quiver.. FPO AE 09834-0002. 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. Each Island-class cutter receives at least one week per month to perform all scheduled maintenance, and every 18 months the unit is sent into a dry dock to conduct more comprehensive repairs to major pieces of machinery. The MWR hosts several outings for cultural awareness and members are encourage to take advantage of their services. Working directly with the U.S. Navy but also equipped with a unique set of authorities, the Coast Guard fills a niche nicely between the diplomacy efforts of the Department of State and the purely defense operations of the Department of Defense in the Middle East. PATFORSWA: This course includes Weapons Proficiency, Water Survival Training, Combat Life Saver (CLS), CBRN, Tactical Egress and crew-served weapons familiarization. $AbyLa`| 3c By Capt. The Iranian forces made the sailors kneel with their hands behind their heads. The training regime is geared toward ensuring immediate integration into their respective crews. Personnel in Bahrain will be assigned to Government leased housing off base and will have at least one or two roommates from either the shore side support or cutter force. Initially deployed in 2003 in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, PATFORSWA is now a permanent presence based out of the Kingdom of Bahrain, providing capable littoral assets for maritime interdiction, theater security cooperation, and maritime domain awareness operations. PATFORSWA was created in November 2002 as a contingency operation to support the U.S. Navy with patrol boats. In Kuwait, the exchange rate is approximately $3.54 US to 1KWD. These WPBs included Adak . PATFORSWA is responsible for several teams that deploy to Bahrain from the United States. The Original Joker, Cesar Romer, was a star in Hollywood, but just a regular guy in the Coast Guard. They are routinely in harms way. A U.S. search-and-rescue effort was launched leading to "robust bridge-to-bridge communications" with Iranian military vessels, wherein the Iranians informed U.S. Navy cruiser Anzio at 5:15 p.m that the RCBs and their crew were in Iranian custody at Farsi Island and were safe and healthy.[26] By the time a search-and-rescue effort got under way (it included sending a U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard vessel inside Iranian territorial waters over concern U.S. sailors could have been lost overboard), the sailors were already ashore. In 2010, a 12-member Maritime Engagement Team (MET) joined PATFORSWA. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Bryce Bruns. Unlike any other unit in the Coast Guard, PATFORSWA experiences a 100 percent crew turnover annually through three transfer seasons. On Mar. We have never been more in demand than we are today and with that opportunity comes the continued challenge of sourcing that demand. 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. Its three stories high and offers 2,000 square feet of interior space to simulate shipboard inspections. Topics such as weapons qualifications, tactical combat casualty care, improvised explosive devices, emergency egress, and a plethora of administrative requirements have been taught and delivered over the years. This shore-side support staff would also include engineers from the Mobile Support Unit (MSU), a reserve unit organized to support the patrol boats. Your report date will be coordinated by the PATFORSWA Command via the PATFORSWA Administration Officer and SMTC. PATFORSWA works with Naval Forces Central Command to conduct maritime operations forwarding U.S. interests. (NAVCENT) requested U.S. Coast Guard support for a mission termed Operation Iraqi PATFORSWA works with Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) in furthering their goals to conduct persistent maritime operations to forward U.S. interests, deter and counter disruptive countries, defeat violent extremism, and strengthen partner nations maritime capabilities in order to promote a secure maritime environment in the CENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR). LANTAREA created a second shore detachment for patrol boat operations in the Mediterranean; designated it Patrol Forces, Mediterranean (PATFORMED); and selected four more patrol boats for Mediterranean service. of Iraq are subject to heavy silting and strategists believed that Iraq's primary threat to American 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 NAVCENT's area of operations. 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. See the useful information link on this site for more information. The unit also supports other U.S. Coast Guard deployable specialized forces operating throughout the CENTCOM area of responsibility. Theres also a real 60-foot dhow fishing vessel with more than 20 hidden compartments to challenge boarding parties. Early on these reservists help the LANTAREA Cutter Forces staff who had assumed the role of managing PATFORSWA as a new collateral duty.. PATFORSWAs command staff arranged for housing, transportation, communications, computer connectivity, workspace and all other support functions. Syria, however, agreed to seal its borders, cutting off the escape route through its territory to the Mediterranean coast. The Bahraini Dinar is the primary currency off base in Bahrain. CDR Hood and his wife Arlene are both natives of central Connecticut, and high school sweethearts. So far in FY 2017, the MET has engaged with more than 1,300 personnel from 40 countries. 2703 Martin Luther King, Jr., Ave, SE Officer PATFORSWA . Duration: 5 Weeks In addition, all members gain a greater understanding for DOD, joint capabilities, and national strategic objectives for the region. 15 Mohegan Ave Further demonstrating their commitment to DIAP principles, members of PATFORSWA opted to attend the 48th National Naval Officer Associations virtual symposium titled, Inclusion and Diversity, A Catalyst for Maritime Superiority, despite the time difference between Bahrain and the East Coast. As the Coast Guards operational contributions in the Middle East shifted over time, so did the programmatic staff support back at LANTAREA. RELIGION Members of the U.S. Coast Guards Patrol Forces Southwest Asia conduct container climbing during a visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) demonstration at their training facility in Manama, Bahrain. From entering the main building of PATFORSWA to sailing aboard the cutters, and spending time with the shoreside component, one can easily see the DIAP permeates throughout this Coast Guard unit. Personnel will be provided a cell phone for official use only. Similarly, the shoreside component of PATFORSWA, which comprises the Maritime Engagement Team and support personnel, promote DIAP initiatives. My understanding is that each 110' has two LTJG slots (OPS and XO) and one LT slot (CO). summer and fall of 2002. The last time the Coast Guard deployed patrol boat forces to a combat theater was in support of the Vietnam War. The PATFORSWA assignment process is all-volunteer and competitive. By comparison, stateside crews have less pipeline training, do not receive any combat training, and do not have the same expectation of being fully functional immediately upon reporting to their new unit. 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. The Coast Guard's goal was to ensure that hazardous material was properly prepared for shipment and re-entry to U.S. ports. For more information on things to do in the Bahrain visit the MWR Bahrain website: MONEY robert goldman and charles moulthrope are the newest additions to patrol forces southwest asia (patforswa), which is comprised of six 110' cutters, the maritime engagement team, shore side. In fact, as part of their pre-deployment training, all incoming PATFORSWA members receive cultural awareness instruction. Shwarma is a traditional Middle Eastern street food of thinly sliced meat and vegetables in a leavened bread. 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. PSC 851 BOX 110 Email: D05-SMB-SMTC-PATFORSWAOverseasEntry@uscg.mil. thereby freeing naval assets to conduct offensive combat operations. Upon receiving orders to PATFORSWA, each candidate is required to successfully complete a variety of pre-deployment training developed to best prepare him or her for the Coast Guard's most dynamic and high-threat operating area. 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