FRIDAY FOTO (January 17, 2014)

Not Cars, Flying Boats

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Dietrich

U.S. Sailors with Coastal Riverine Squadron 1 assemble a modular ramp before unloading a pair of 34-foot patrol boats from an Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo plane at Camp Lemonnier in the East African nation of Djibouti, January 12, 2014.

CRS-1 will provide security and protection of strategic shipping and naval vessels operating in coastal areas and port facilities to ensure uninterrupted flow of cargo and units to combatant commanders. – See more at: http://www.noodls.com/view/9587E07C4F917D087DB20E372F2F3262743C32F3#sthash.3ikyhFtG.dpuf

CRS-1 will provide security and protection of strategic shipping and naval vessels operating in coastal areas and port facilities to ensure uninterrupted flow of cargo and units to combatant commanders. – See more at: http://www.noodls.com/view/9587E07C4F917D087DB20E372F2F3262743C32F3#sthash.3ikyhFtG.dpuf

In addition to training with the Air Force, CRS-1 conducts anti-terrorism, force protection and personnel recovery missions in the Horn of Africa area of operations.

Coastal Riverine Squadrons, formerly known as Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadrons, were established in the wake of terrorist attacks abroad, in particular the 2000 bombing of the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67). Coastal Riverine Squadrons provide rapidly deployable defense personnel and assets for force protection and anti-terrorism operations.