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By Ocean News April 22, 2021 Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the USCGC GLEN HARRIS to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 167 th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 44 th Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program. A video of the USCGC GLEN HARRIS during its shakedown cruise can be found here. The USCGC GLEN HARRIS is the third 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, supp...

Posted: 2 months ago PATFORSWA works with Naval Forces Central Command to conduct maritime operations forwarding U.S. interests. These efforts are to deter and counter disruptive countries, defeat violent extremism, and strengthen partner nations’ maritime capabilities to secure the maritime environment in the Central Command area of responsibility. Each FRC bears the name of an enlisted USCG hero who distinguished himself or herself in the line of duty. Robert Goldman enlisted in the USCG in October 1942 as a pharmacist’s mate. In 1944 he reported for duty aboard the coast guard-manne...

US Navy/MCS2 Juan S. Sua A Navy P-8A Poseidon is shown carrying AGM-84D Harpoon missiles in photos taken in January but released this month. It's not the first time a Poseidon has been spotted with that kind of weapon, but it appears to be the first time a P-8 in the Persian Gulf has been seen with it. The US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft have started flying missions in the US 5th Fleet AOR (Area of Operations) carrying AGM-84D Harpoon missiles. Images just released by the naval service through the DVIDS network show sailors assigned to the "Fighting Tigers" of Pa...

U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon Flying Mission In Persian Gulf Region Armed With AGM-84D Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon Flying Mission In Persian Gulf Region Armed With AGM-84D Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles Sailors assigned to the “Fighting Tigers” of Patrol Squadron 8, deployed with Commander, Task Force (CTF) 57, load an AGM-84 harpoon missile onto a P-8A Poseidon aircraft in the 5th Fleet area of operations, Jan. 15. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Juan S. Sua/Released) The P-8A Poseidon aircraft of VP-8 carry AGM-84D Harpoon missiles in latest i...

US Coast Guard commissions Fast Response Cutter USCGC Charles Moulthrope WPC 1141 US Coast Guard commissions Fast Response Cutter USCGC Charles Moulthrope WPC 1141 Friday, 22 January 2021 18:46 According to information published by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) on January 21, 2021, the USCGC (United States Coast Guard Cutter) Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia's first Sentinel-class cutter, was commissioned into service at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, Thursday, January 21, 2021. (Picture source U.S. Coast Guard) The USCGC (United States ...