Best kept secret in the Navy

[franco90]

Wait a second.

#1 I was the one who said the coast guard DOES deploy to Iraq.

#2 I am active duty AF.

Maybe I should clarify. I don't think we do much JUNGLE RIVER fighting. If we do, sorry I'm wrong.

ALEX
I apologized I came out the wrong way to you ....

[franco90]

Good One young Sailor remember we are part of Navy ...the Men's department

[TwistyTunedE30]

yea, all you marine are doing a great job...

[franco90]

Wow....as much of a fan of the marines as I am, that is pretty lame how you would correct me on something like that. No biggie, however I think it would be pretty sick to be a part of a riverine fighting force, maybe someday I can go TAD to a SWCC unit and check it out.

WOW I see you change your Post ......but Marine is a tittle
United States Marine Corps

[TwistyTunedE30]

Marines is a title not a name

Wow....as much of a fan of the marines as I am, that is pretty lame how you would correct me on something like that. No biggie, however I think it would be pretty sick to be a part of a riverine fighting force, maybe someday I can go TAD to a SWCC unit and check it out.

[Coco Savage]

... for good reason ...

too limit people thus forcing them to post 4 times in a row...yes great reason ;)

[andyman2487]

posts do have character limits ;)

... for good reason ...

[Coco Savage]

Did you really just make 4 posts in a row?

Yes, yes you did.

posts do have character limits ;)

[alexw]

wow Alex come 2 Iraq and you will see small small crafts in action YES Coast Guard do deployed in Combat Zones like Iraq........................If you never served SHUT THE FUCK UP.....

Wait a second.

#1 I was the one who said the coast guard DOES deploy to Iraq.

#2 I am active duty AF.

Maybe I should clarify. I don't think we do much JUNGLE RIVER fighting. If we do, sorry I'm wrong.

[Julien]

I was going to post up a gay video... but there is too much tension in this thread already.

Julien

[geoffp]

that was a cool video, didn't know the Navy had that unit. neat stuff.

Coastie here, and people are always surprised to hear that there are in fact Coastie's over in the middle east. we are part of the armed services, which many people forget. a buddy of mine actually got asked if he was paid to be in the Coast Guard, hahaha.

i'll have to look up some more info on that Navy unit, those guys look like a bunch of badasses!! cool stuff, thanks for sharing!

[Danny]

Did you really just make 4 posts in a row?

Yes, yes you did.

[franco90]

https://www.piersystem.com/external/index.cfm?cid=651&fuseaction=EXTERNAL.docview&pressid=37752

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Document Number: 163
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Press Release Date: May 7,2004

Contact: Lt. Cmdr Jeff Carter
(202) 267-1933

COAST GUARDSMAN KILLED IN IRAQ BURIED AT ARLINGTON



WASHINGTON – Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal was buried with full military honors today at Arlington National Cemetery. Bruckenthal, a 24 year-old damage controlman from Smithtown, N.Y., died from injuries sustained while defending the Iraqi Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal April 24.

“Nathan Bruckenthal was an outstanding Coast Guardsman who exemplified our core values of honor, respect and devotion to duty,” said Adm. Thomas H. Collins, commandant of the Coast Guard. “His life, so accomplished and full of promise, was cut short defending our nation, his fellow service members, and the Iraqi people. We shall not forget his sacrifice.”

Bruckenthal, the first Coast Guardsman killed in combat since the Vietnam War, was assigned to Tactical Law Enforcement Team South in Miami, Fla., and deployed with Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia aboard the USS Firebolt.

This was Bruckenthal’s second deployment to the Arabian Gulf for Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Combat Action Ribbon following his first deployment and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.



Fact sheet on Operation Iraqi Freedom

Fact sheet on the U.S. Coast Guard

Photo's of Petty Officer Bruckenthal's funeral service can be viewed by clicking on the links below.

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. (May7,2004) --- Pall bearers carry the casket of DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal during his interment ceremony. Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guard casualty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. USCG photo by PA1 Sarah Foster-Snell


ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. (May 7, 2004) --- Pall bearers carry the casket of DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal during his interment ceremony. Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guard casualty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. USCG photo by PA1 Sarah Foster-Snell -- 002


ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. (MAY 7, 2004) --- Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thomas H. Collins offer words of comfort while presenting the national ensign to Patti Bruckenthal, DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal's widow. Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guard casualty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. USCG photo by PA1 Sarah Foster-Snell

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. (MAY 7, 2004) --- A lone Coast Guard Auxiliarist plays taps during the funeral of DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal at Arlington National Cemetery. DC3 Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guard casualty during Operation Iraqi Freedom . USCG photo by PA1 John Gaffney

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. (MAY 7, 2004) --- Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thomas H. Collins offer words of comfort while presenting the national ensign to Patti Bruckenthal, DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal's widow. Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guard casualty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. USCG photo by PA2 Fa'iq El-Amin


ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. (May 7, 2004) --- Coast Guard Cmdr. Glenn Grahl, Commanding Officer of TACLET-South stands in front of Commandant Adm. Thomas H. Collins during the interment ceremony of DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal. Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guard casualty during Operation Iraqi Freedom. USCG photo by PA2 Fa'iq El-Amin.

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. (MAY 7, 2004) --- Pall bearers carry the casket of DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal during his interment ceremony. Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guard casualty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. USCG photo by USCG photo by PA2 Fa'iq El-Amin


ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. (MAY 7, 2004) --- Pall bearers fold the national ensign during DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal's interment ceremony. Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guard casualty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. USCG photo by PA2 Fa'iq El-Amin

[franco90]

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/coastguard/a/uscgwar.htm

Aug 6 2004
The U.S. Coast Guard is an active player in the war on terror, both in Southwest Asia and on the home front, according to Adm. Thomas H. Collins, commandant of the Coast Guard.
Collins said the "fifth armed service," and the only one to fall under the Department of Homeland Security, is making its largest commitment to port- security operations since World War II. At the same time, the Coast Guard has deployed its largest contingent of Coast Guard members and assets overseas since the Vietnam conflict, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

At the height of the conflict, Collins said the Coast Guard deployed 1,200 men and women, 11 ships and a port-security unit to the theater to conduct maritime-interception operations and coastal-security patrols. The port- security unit and five — soon to be six — patrol boats remain on duty in the northern Arabian Gulf, where they work closely with the Navy and Marine Corps under the command of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.

"In terms of the overall Department of Defense footprint, ours is fairly small," Collins acknowledged. "But we're putting our competencies to certain niche areas on the 'away game.'"

In this capacity, crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Adak captured the first maritime prisoners of war in the conflict. Coast Guard patrol boats and law enforcement detachments helped intercept and seize Iraqi mine-laying vessels, ensuring waterways weren't threatened and relief ships could safely deliver their cargo to the port of Umm Qasr. In addition, the Coast Guard provided port security in key logistics ports in Kuwait and Iraq and at Iraqi oil terminals in the northern Arabian Gulf.

Meanwhile, on the home front, Collins said, the Coast Guard's coastal and port- security mission "has been taken off the back burner and put on the front burner with the flames turned up."

In support of this mission, the Coast Guard has conducted more than 35,000 port-security patrols and 3,500 air patrols. Coast Guard teams have boarded more than 2,500 "high-interest vessels," interdicted more than 6,200 illegal migrants, and created and maintained more than 115 maritime-security zones.

In addition, the Coast Guard established new maritime safety and security teams to respond to terrorist threats or incidents in domestic ports and waterways, and sea marshals to prevent ship hijackings. "These are 100-person teams that can surge into ports or other high-risk areas when called and provide additional force structure (and) security presence for deterrence," Collins said.

To keep up with these missions, Collins said the Coast Guard is expanding its force to about 41,000 men and women in uniform, with most of its new capability to be dedicated to security missions. In addition, he said, the Coast Guard has called close to 50 percent of its 8,500 Selected Reserve members to active duty.

The commandant said these enhancements, "developed for the country in very, very short order," are helping to close security gaps that make the United States vulnerable to attack.

The Coast Guard's enhanced security capability got put to the test in late July when a Coast Guard security team boarded a Turkish ship Collins said had a history of "security discrepancies" near Philadelphia. After the ship's captain told Coast Guard inspectors that a bomb was onboard the vessel, a Coast Guard security team escorted it away from port and ultimately expelled it from U.S. waters.

The ship's captain was taken into custody and charged with criminal behavior. "We take that stuff very, very seriously," Collins said.

The Coast Guard celebrated its 214th birthday Aug. 4.

[franco90]

I actually spoke to a coastie about this the other day, I was told that the selection process for them going over seas to participate in the ground war is rather intensive and most people who want to go cant for one reason or the other. Long story short they are there, however not the same numbers as air force,sailors , marines and army.

I remeber meeting some of the SWCC guys when my dad was stationed in coronado. Pretty cool guys and they have some nasty boats, pretty interesting to see a fucking 20'+boat parachute out of the back of a c130 in view from the beach.

Marines is a title not a name