Captain Lee Petty, USCGCoast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia

(CG PATFORSWA)

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Mission

Background

Support to CTF 152

AGENDA

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U.S. COAST GUARD MISSIONS

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Maritime, Multi-Mission, Military

Aids to Navigation Safety

Search & Rescue

Marine Safety

Ice Operations

Drug Interdiction Security

Migrant InterdictionPorts, Waterways, & Coastal Security

Defense Readiness

Foreign Fisheries

Marine Environmental ProtectionStewardship

Domestic Fisheries

PATFORSWA MISSION

To train, organize, equip, support and deploy combat-ready Coast Guard Forces in support of CENTCOM, Commander Fifth

Fleet, and national security objectives.

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BACKGROUND

• WPBs deployed to South Vietnam in 1965

• Missions: Maritime Intercept Operations, Naval Gunfire Support, Ordnance Handling, LORAN Stations, Combat Search & Rescue

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BACKGROUND

• WPBs deployed to Bahrain in 2003

• Missions: Maritime Security Operations and Maritime Infrastructure Protection

• PATFORSWA became a permanent unit in April 2006

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SUPPORT TO CTF 152

• Maritime Infrastructure

Protection

• High Value Unit Protection

• Visit, Board, Search, & Seizure

Operations

• Maritime Interception Operations

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• Search & Rescue

110’ Island-Class Patrol Boats CG Advanced Interdiction Teams (AITs)

QUESTIONS?

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