The Coast Guard's Dry War

February 2, 2002

U. S. Coast Guard Port Security Units
Port Security Unit 309

(formerly PSU 302)
Port Security Unit 303
Port Security Unit 305



Before any of the PSUs deployed to the desert they began with training at Camp Blanding, Florida. BMC Freddy W. Harris, USCGR gives us that story. © 1999 Click here. This file requires Adobe Acrobat reader.

Boog's Desert. Captain David L. Powell, USCGR (ret) provides us with images of PSU 303B during their tour in Desert Storm.
All photos, unless otherwise noted, are copyrighted.


 


Camp Blanding
The Raiders
The Port
The People
Unit Log



High Speed Patrol.

The Coast Guard protected the shipping at the primary seaports during Operation Desert Storm. These patrol boats were on duty twenty-four hours a day.
(USCG photo)

 

Big Ships, Little Boats.
This was the Coast Guard's fifth war where it was responsible for the safety of shipping in a war zone. Constant patrols meant safety for the merchant fleet supplying the war. (USCG photo)
Sand To Sand.
The Coast Guard trained at Camp Blanding, Flordia, prior to deployment. Weapons instructor GM1 Jeff O'Connell waits for the next group of trainees to learn how to rock n' roll. (Photo donated by Jeff O'Connell)

Watch on Watch.

A Coast Guard Port Securityman keeps watch from a bunker in Saudi Arabia. (USCG photo)

 
     
 

War and MERCY.

A Coast Guard 22-foot (#224417) Raider patrols a harbor protecting vital war materials and support units in Saudi Arabia. (USCG photo)

 
     




COAST GUARD WARRIORS--PART OF THE MIX