FRIDAY FOTO (April 21, 2017)
April 21, 2017 at 12:37 am Leave a comment
Semper Paratus.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Rob Simpson)
We bet the last thing most 4GWAR visitors thought when they first saw this photo was Coast Guard. But these are some of the people who put the “Guard” in Coast Guard. They are U.S. Coast Guard port security personnel.
They are preparing their weapons and body armor for a training exercise during Operation Pacific Reach 2017 earlier this month (April 3) in Pohang, South Korea.
The exercise — in the latest global hot spot — is designed to ensure readiness and sustain the capabilities strengthening the U.S.-South Korea alliance. Coast Guardsmen were slated to serve as part of a combined task group conducting port, waterway and coastal security operations to protect assets and personnel. (See the photo below.)
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Rob Simpson)
This is more like it. This photo shows Coast Guardsmen conducting an area familiarization patrol aboard a 32-foot transportable port security boat during Operation Pacific Reach.
To see more photos from this exercise, click here.
Entry filed under: amphibious warfare, Asia-Pacific, Coast Guard, Counter Insurgency, Counter Terrorism, FRIDAY FOTO, National Security and Defense, Naval Warfare, Photos, Skills and Training, Technology, Weaponry and Equipment. Tags: 32-foot transportable port security boat, FRIDAY FOTO 2017, Operation Pacific Reach, port security, South Korea, training, U.S. Coast Guard.
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