On Mar. Retired Rear Adm. Scott McKinley who served as the third chief of the division from 2012 to 2016 noted, There is a powerful story in these reservists who provided this critical manpower bridge for the Coast Guard. Located in Bahrain, a small country in the Arabian Gulf, members of PATFORSWA are already attuned to understanding different cultures, traditions, and socioeconomic variations. Todays LANTAREA Contingency Operations Branch work effort is more highly focused on PATFORSWA support and management, however staff continue to augment their staff peers when needed to surge to meet operational demands domestically. What are the requirements to get picked up for one of these spots? New London, CT 06320-8100, Contacting us:U.S.C.G. No other location in the entire organization has the magnitude of on-call support., An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Dusty Dogs of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7 flies over the U.S. Coast Guard Island-class patrol cutter USCGC Monomoy (WPB 1326) during an exercise with the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55). Officer PATFORSWA . The DoDMERB staff is comprised of approximately 21 military and 23 civilians. Six 110-foot Island-class patrol boats the Coast Guard cutters Adak, Aquidneck, Baranof, Maui, Monomoy, and Wrangell are forward deployed to Bahrain. There are religious services provided onboard coalition bases. However, these particular coalition forces dedicated the use of their smaller vessels to protecting Kuwait, rather than operations in Iraqi territorial waters. 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[24], According to military sources, the two RCBs were on a routine transit from Kuwait to Bahrain, which serves as the home port for Task Force 56 under the Fifth Fleet. Upon arrival, personnel will be assigned individual mailing addresses for personal mail. The Navy had very limited capability in boarding, maritime Deployment to Guantanamo Bay ("GITMO") is considered an expeditionary deployment, so the requirements below do apply. 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. Such naval integration of Coast Guard forces relied upon lessons learned during Vietnam with the deployment of Coast Guard Squadron One and the end of the Cold War with Patrol Boat Squadrons Two and Four.[16]. It is not uncommon for Force Protection measures to be implemented with little notification. PATFORSWA is the Coast Guards largest unit outside the United States comprising six WPB crews, a relief crew for key personnel, and shore-side support units. %%EOF [19], Shoreside personnel augment and share responsibility for all cutter maintenance, much like a Maintenance Assistance Team and a Sector. Retired Capt. The U.S. Coast Guards Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment (RAID) Team administratively assigned to PATFORSWA, operated from 2003 through May 2015 from Camp Arifjan in Kuwait and was co-located with the headquarters of the 595th Transportation Brigade, U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC). Washington, DC 20593-7031, U.S. Coast Guard Museum robert goldman and uscgc charles moulthrope (wpc 1141) are the newest additions to patrol forces southwest asia (patforswa), which is comprised of six 110 cutters, the maritime engagement team, shore side support personnel, and is the coast guard's largest unit outside of the u.s. playing a key role in supporting navy security cooperation, Pre-Deployment Training (PDT) - Camp Lejeune, NC, Email: D05-SMB-SMTC-PATFORSWAOverseasEntry@uscg.mil, Pre-Deployment Training: In Kuwait, the exchange rate is approximately $3.54 US to 1KWD. By the end of February 2003, most PATFORSWA staff members participating in OIF had arrived in Bahrain. If you're looking. These WPBs included Adak, Aquidneck, Baranof and Wrangell. ATMs and currency exchange are available at the airport and on base. Finally, to encourage dialogue among the entire crew, the command sponsors "Shwarma Time" on Tuesday. 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. Edward H. Lundquist At 5:10p.m. the boats were approached by the two small Iranian center-console craft followed by two more boats. The advance team leased a compound that had housed a Coast Guard Port Security Unit a year earlier. summer and fall of 2002. The Kuwaiti Dinar is the primary currency off base in Kuwait. The four cutters then came under the operational command of the Navy's Task Force 60 for Leadership Interdiction Operations (LIO) in the eastern Mediterranean. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office The patrol boatcrews practice visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) techniques, maritime law enforcement, water survival, and tactical egress/emergency evacuation. Daniel W. Clark, Chief Atlantic Area Contingency Operations Branch,United States Coast Guard Reserve. These WPBs included Adak . [30], The U.S. Navy disciplined and/or reprimanded nine of the sailors involved in the incident, ranging from higher commanders to sailors present on the boats. 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. Read up on local news in NSA Bahrains Desert Times: KUWAIT FOBs: Both OCO and later EOM funding were key in establishing the staff element at Atlantic Area to support the PATFORSWA mission since that work directly supported the Coast Guards overseas missions in the CENTCOM area of operations. Among the many Coast Guard personnel, units, and cutters to deploy to the Middle East in support of OIF, NAVCENT requested Coast Guard patrol boats to augment OIF coalition naval forces in the Persian Gulf. It is a totally different side of the Coast Guard. [11] The next two replacement cutters Glen Harris and Emlen Tunnell sailed for Bahrain before the end of 2021. WPBs Bainbridge Island, Grand Isle, Knight Island and Pea Island arrived at Augusta Bay, Sicily, after a one-month transit on board BBC Spain. Mike Ferullo who served as the divisions fourth chief from 2016 to 2021 commented, When RAID was disestablished in 2015 we were able to reprogram some of their billets to plus up the Maritime Engagement Team (MET). 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. This is how that branch as supported our mission in OIF for nearly two decades. 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. The MET conducts both Title 10 subject-matter expertise exchanges and Title 22 formal training. Duration: 5 Weeks The mission of PATFORSWA is to equip, deploy, and support mission-ready Coast Guard forces to conduct maritime operations across the Middle East for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). In the meantime the following is the general mailing address: BAHRAIN: 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. Many of our crew members have personal laptops and hand held devices for communicating with family stateside. [12] After the arrival of Glen Harris and Emlen Tunnell but before the arrival of John Scheuerman and Clarence Sutphin Jr., the cutters Maui, Monomoy and Wrangell were decommissioned on 22 March 2022. Many of our crew members have personal laptops and hand held devices for communicating with family stateside. I seem to recall sometime last summer (2021), that the first ones were escorted across the pond by a 270. 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 Islam is the state religion of Bahrain, representing more than 80% of the population. PATFORSWA makes up part of the coalition forces that conduct Maritime Security Operations in the Persian Gulf. The Iranian forces made the sailors kneel with their hands behind their heads. ATTN: Member Name/Department 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. 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. 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. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bill Dodge. Tour lengths for PATFORSWA are typically one year, unaccompanied and about 33% of the units staff rotate in and out every four months. Freedom. The Navy saw the Coast Guard's cutters and skilled personnel as ideally suited to This mission required the cutters to cut off a waterborne escape route for Iraqi leaders fleeing through Syria and into the Mediterranean. As the cutter crews, support staff, and special teams in Bahrain have swelled to over 300 people total, program staff back at LANTAREA serve as the lead coordinators with key stakeholders that deal in human resource issues. Similarly, the shoreside component of PATFORSWA, which comprises the Maritime Engagement Team and support personnel, promote DIAP initiatives. hbbd``b` S.-qc@?` 6 of Iraq are subject to heavy silting and strategists believed that Iraq's primary threat to American This fact may be one reason why diversity and inclusion practices organically exist throughout PATFORSWA, from the shoreside component to the six 110-foot Island-class cutters. 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. So far in FY 2017, the MET has engaged with more than 1,300 personnel from 40 countries. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Bryce Bruns. 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. Teasing apart the web of duties and responsibilities the LANTAREA PATFORSWA Program Managers have, there are predominantly two major lines of effort. Admin Division: Phone (910) 440-6177. 2703 Martin Luther King, Jr., Ave, SE PATFORSWA is responsible for several teams that deploy to Bahrain from the United States. While the 110-foot Island-class cutters back home are being decommissioned and replaced by the fast response cutter (FRC), the PATFORSWA 110s are continuing to be expertly maintained to ensure they continue to support regional strategic objectives. PATFORSWA is the Coast Guard's largest unit outside the United States comprising six WPB crews, a relief crew for key personnel, and shore-side support units. There is a Navy Federal Credit Union at NSA Bahrain. Adak is assigned to CTF 55, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Islam is the state religion of Bahrain, representing more than 80% of the population. The naval command cancelled this mission when Turkey would not support the use of its territory for supplying a northern front in Iraq. 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. operations involving Iraq and, in September 2002, United States Naval Forces Central Command Launched in the summer of 2020, the DIAP is the Coast Guards holistic effort to identify and mitigate bias, work together to nurture a sense of community, and continue improving our culture toward bolstering the Services diversity and inclusion initiatives. Although the patrol force desperately needs the increased operational capabilities that FRCs would provide in the CENTCOM AOR, the Island class will continue to serve for the foreseeable future. The U.S. Coast Guard's Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment (RAID) Team administratively assigned to PATFORSWA, operated from 2003 through May 2015 from Camp Arifjan in Kuwait and was co-located with the headquarters of the 595th Transportation Brigade, U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC). 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. 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. Duration: 5 Weeks. The main body touched down on February 26, including four WPB crews; four Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) members assigned to each cutter; and the main contingent of support staff for PATFORSWAs Bahrain base. The service's Atlantic Area Command (LANTAREA), headquartered in Portsmouth, Virginia, created a shore detachment to support its cutter operations overseas. Members assigned to LANTAREA were responsible for the training, medical readiness, and administration requirements of members deploying to the the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of operations. [6] The Coast Guard made plans to base six new Sentinel-class cutters in Bahrain to replace the aging Island-class cutters. The present-day Contingency Operations Branch (LANT-39) formed out of the need to provide contingency support to a few cutters deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. We bring a non-redundant capability to the combined maritime component commanders throughout the AOR, said Coast Guard Capt. LANTAREA assigned a commanding officer of PATFORSWA and selected four 110-foot Island-class patrol boats (WPBs) for the mission based on their superior maintenance records. Manama is the capital of the Kingdom of Bahrain and is a very westernized city in the Middle East. Retired Capt. Through recent digitization efforts at the National Archives by NOAA, muster rolls documenting service of African American sailors, including US Revenue Cutterman, are available online for all with internet access. The Long Blue Line: LANTAREAs PATFORSWA Managersover 15 years of leadership! The Navy saw the Coast Guards cutters and skilled personnel as ideally suited to naval operations supporting OIF. trained in these operations. PSC 851 BOX 110 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. FPO AE 09834-0002. In early 2003, an advance team arrived in Bahrain to set-up PATFORSWA. This jack of all trades willingness to assume new roles to fill personnel gaps remains today a typical trait of mobilized Coast Guard reservists. The U.S. Navy moved of the 5th Fleet from Yemen to Bahrain in the wake of the October 2000 terrorist bombing of the USS Cole by Muslim militants associated with the al-Qaida organization. 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. The RAID team assisted the SDDC units assigned to CENTCOM with redeployment of containerized Department of Defense cargo and hazardous materials. 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 Guards most dynamic and high-threat operating area. Coast Guardsmen fill critical roles on ever-changing special teams such as the Combined Task Force 150, the Advanced Interdiction Team, and the MET. For more information on things to do in the Bahrain visit the MWR Bahrain website: MONEY 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. You should be counseled on PCS travel entitlements and final PCS orders will be processed by your departing Servicing Personnel Office (SPO). We need to be able to trust each other, and these types of conversations allows the unit as a whole to embrace our differences, as well as find common ground.. The mission of PATFORSWA is to train, organize, equip, support, and deploy combat-ready Coast Guard forces in support of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and national security objectives. 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 maritime conditions of Iraq and the Persian Gulf can greatly limit the operations of most naval vessels and warships. Willie Carmichael, assumed command of PATFORSWA in July of 2020, and was pleased with the sense of community represented within this one-of-a-kind unit. Training continues to be a constant hum in preparation for deployment and while members are deployed in CENTCOM and the movement of personnel in and out of theater through assignments is a primary driver of administrative needs. 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. 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. Their efforts saved DOD tens of millions of dollars in transportation costs due to cargo delays resulting from improper processing. To support operations, the PATFORSWA staff arranged housing and a base of operations. Due to this and the Coast Guard's expertise in littoral and shallow-water operations, a large part of the request by United States Central Command (CENTCOM) centered on the Coast Guard's smaller patrol boats. A sponsor will be assigned to you, will contact you upon notification of your orders and assignment and ensure you are provided housing, transportation and guidance upon arrival. As you step into the building, the one thing that you notice immediately is the air conditioning. 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. To most observers, the Boat Division remains the most visible element of a PATFORSWA. Mailing address: Telephone FY 2023 Special Duty Pay and Assignment Pay FY 2023 (1 Oct 22 to 30 Sep 23) Special Duty Pay & Assignment Pay ALCOAST 359/22 provides Fiscal Year 2023 Special Duty (SDP) and Assignment Pay (AP) authorizations. Since then the mission has grown, and is now used to share the Coast Guard core law enforcement competencies with our coalition partners throughout the region and into the European Command and Africa Command AORs, Carlson said. As the Coast Guards operational contributions in the Middle East shifted over time, so did the programmatic staff support back at LANTAREA. This shore-side support staff would also include engineers from the Mobile Support Unit (MSU), a reserve unit organized to support the patrol boats. The AIT is a 12-man Coast Guard deployable specialized forces (DSF) team that rotates into the theater for six-month deployments. An official website of the United States government, Sector Jacksonville Prevention Department Information Page, National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC), Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB), Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil. Two members of the PATFORSWA crew, the previously mentioned Danner, and Petty Officer 1st Class Sharina Komen, an electricians mate aboard Maui, started a chapter of the Coast Guard Womans Leadership Initiative (WLI) in March 2020. The military is represented by members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. 8. The PATFORSWA assignment process is all-volunteer and competitive. 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). Commander Destroyer Squadron 50 and Commander Task Force (CTF) 55 which is actually the same organization exercises operational and tactical command over PATFORSWA. endstream endobj startxref Cell phones are the primary means of communications in Bahrain and are used to receive updated AT/FP text alerts. PATFORSWA has a well supplied machine and workshop allowing engineers and damage control personnel to fabricate necessary items to facilitate emergency repairs and reduce logistical delay for specialized parts. Cutters Wrangell, Adak, Aquidneck, and Baranof were prepared for their new roles as the first Coast Guard PATFORSWA patrol boats to serve under NAVCENT operational and tactical control in OIF. Your report date will be coordinated by the PATFORSWA Command via the PATFORSWA Administration Officer and SMTC. It designated this detachment as Patrol Forces, Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA). The current Commodore, Capt. 15 Mohegan Ave In this instance, this handful of reservists serve as the HR Division to facilitate all personnel support needs to ensure the operational commitment is fulfilled at PATFORSWA. Upon arrival, personnel will be assigned individual mailing addresses for personal mail. The Navys forces were located at the port city of Manama, Bahrain, mainly at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, requiring PATFORSWA staff to locate their base of operations in that area. Personnel will be provided a cell phone for official use only. They also regularly augment other teams and assets in theater and perform boardings in the Persian Gulf, train foreign military units throughout the region, and conduct demonstrations for visiting VIPs. Email: D05-DG-PDTTRNG@uscg.mil. Their primary focus in the AOR is enforcing maritime law, monitoring pattern-of-life activities of local merchant and fishing fleets, and detecting and countering illicit smuggling of lethal aid and narcotics. The all-reserve component staff of LANT-39 will be properly relieved in the summer of 2022 by a wholly active duty and civilian workforce codifying the truly enduring mission of PATFORSWA and the Coast Guards prominent role in the Middle East theater of operations. %PDF-1.5 % Patfor is interesting. The non-Muslims are almost entirely non-citizens, and among immigrants, many are Muslims. This duty also entails coordinating site visits by hundreds of essential Coast Guard and interagency partner staff, distinguished visitors and contractors who support PATFORSWA and the NAVCENT mission sets. On Mar. In 2010, a 12-member Maritime Engagement Team (MET) joined PATFORSWA. As the largest outside continental US (OCONUS) Coast Guard command, PATFORSWA has wholeheartedly embraced these lines of effort. If you would like to view the status of your application click here or point your browser to dodmerb.tricare.osd.mil . Program staff help travelers comply with CENTCOM country clearance requirements and help control purpose-based meaningful visits for mission accomplishment while maintaining superior working relationships with NAVCENT. 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. 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). 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. The USCGC Clarence Sutphin is the final of six FRCs to be home-ported in Manama, Bahrain, which will replace the aging 110' Island Class patrol boats, built by Bollinger Shipyards 30 years ago, supporting the Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA), the U.S. Coast Guard's largest overseas presence outside the United States. PATFORSWA played an integral role in the rescue of the U.S. Navy Sailors. [1][2][3] The crew from Sapelo, originally intended to serve as a relief for individuals on board deployed cutters, were not needed in that role. 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. U.S. naval forces could only occupy a 400-meter stretch of their piers 900-meter length, so vessel shifting also became a regular task for the WPB crews. Internet access is usually available at your residence but you can also bring your own wireless router. NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY (NSA) BAHRAIN Primarily working in Afghanistan, they helped Department of Defense (DOD) and State Department personnel prepare their equipment, vehicles, and supplies for redeployment. We have never been more in demand than we are today and with that opportunity comes the continued challenge of sourcing that demand. An official message will be sent to your command via CGMS detailing your travel arrangements from the United States to the Kingdom of Bahrain. $AbyLa`| 3c It designated this detachment as Patrol Forces, Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA). Coast Guard Academy - Pre-Deployment Training: PATFORSWA Cutter Crew: This course includes Weapons Proficiency, Water Survival Training, Combat Life Saver (CLS), CBRN, Tactical Egress and crew-served . Cutter Forces staff of the LANTAREA Operations Directorate initially improvised a training program and syllabus for the cutter and support crews. In fact, as part of their pre-deployment training, all incoming PATFORSWA members receive cultural awareness instruction. The Atlantic Area Combatant Commander Operations Branch (LANT-3R5) under the Operations Directorate was created in May 2006 due to this need. Exercise Spartan Kopis is a Task Force (TF) 55-led exercise between the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard in order to increase tactical proficiency, broaden levels of cooperation, enhance mutual capability and support long-term security and stability in the region. Like to view the status of your application click here or point your browser to dodmerb.tricare.osd.mil your. 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