[sci.military] Coasties in Gulf

cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold) (11/22/90)

From: cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold)
> From: budden@trout.nosc.mil (Rex A. Buddenberg)
> 
> To complete the deployment record, there are indeed Coast Guardsmen
> involved in Sesert Shield.  But many are not in organized USCG
> formations, so they don't show up in the reports.

The 9th CG District Reserve units on the Great Lakes are organized as
deployable Port Security Units.  Each PSU has three force elements:
boat crews equipped with Napco Raiders (heavily armed Boston Whaler),
Explosive Loading Advisory Teams (ELAT), and Fuel Transfer Safety
Teams (FTST).  To date, the boat crew elements of PSU Milwaukee have
been deployed.  They are providing security in the harbors where unloading
of the heavy equipment and ammunition are taking place.