Naval Coastal Warfare
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The Naval Coastal Warfare community is a component of the United States Navy
, part of Naval Expeditionary Combat Command. It is undergoing a major overhaul and transitioning to the Maritime Expeditionary Security Force
, units affected range from Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit
's to Inshore Boat Units. http://www.necc.navy.mil "The Maritime Expeditionary Security Force’s formerly known as the Mobile Security Forces(MSF) primary mission is force protection conducted through fleet support with operations around the world. Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection missions include harbor and homeland defense, coastal surveillance, and special missions. Specialized units work together with MESF squadron staffs providing intelligence and communications. MESF units deploy worldwide to detect, deter, and defend an area, unit, or High Value Asset. Recent locations include the United States, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt.
Two Maritime Expeditionary Security Groups in San Diego and Portsmouth, Va. provide centralized planning, control, training, coordination, equipping, and integration of coastal warfare assets trained to operate in high density, multi-threat environments. Units conduct force protection of strategic shipping and naval vessels operating in the inshore and coastal assets, anchorages and harbors, from bare beach to sophisticated port facilities." Members of this community are highly encouraged to earn their Expeditionary Warfare Specialist Designation.
Source Standard Naval Distribution List or 2003 era websites.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
, part of Naval Expeditionary Combat Command. It is undergoing a major overhaul and transitioning to the Maritime Expeditionary Security Force
Maritime Expeditionary Security Force
The Maritime Expeditionary Security Force is a unit of the United States Navy within the organizational structure of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. The MESF stems from the Naval Coastal Warfare community which is transitioning to the MESF, Naval units affected range from mobile inshore...
, units affected range from Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit
Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit
A Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit is a component of the United States Navy's Force Protection Package tasked with providing seaward security to joint logistics over-the-shore operations from either a port or harbor complex or unimproved beach sites...
's to Inshore Boat Units. http://www.necc.navy.mil "The Maritime Expeditionary Security Force’s formerly known as the Mobile Security Forces(MSF) primary mission is force protection conducted through fleet support with operations around the world. Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection missions include harbor and homeland defense, coastal surveillance, and special missions. Specialized units work together with MESF squadron staffs providing intelligence and communications. MESF units deploy worldwide to detect, deter, and defend an area, unit, or High Value Asset. Recent locations include the United States, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt.
Two Maritime Expeditionary Security Groups in San Diego and Portsmouth, Va. provide centralized planning, control, training, coordination, equipping, and integration of coastal warfare assets trained to operate in high density, multi-threat environments. Units conduct force protection of strategic shipping and naval vessels operating in the inshore and coastal assets, anchorages and harbors, from bare beach to sophisticated port facilities." Members of this community are highly encouraged to earn their Expeditionary Warfare Specialist Designation.
2003 unit listing
- Naval Surface Force Pacific:
- Naval Coastal Warfare Group One (San Diego, CA);
- IUWU 101-114 (Inshore Undersea Warfare Units),
- Inshore Boat Units 11-17,
- Harbor Defense Commands 110, 111, 113, 114.
- Naval Coastal Warfare Group One (San Diego, CA);
- Commander, Naval Surface Forces AtlanticCommander, Naval Surface Forces AtlanticCommander, Naval Surface Forces, Atlantic is a post within the United States Fleet Forces Command. As Naval Surface Forces, Atlantic, it is a military formation, but the organization is often known as COMNAVSURFLANT. Its headquarters are at the Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia. The commander,...
:- Naval Coastal Warfare Group Two (Williamsburg, VA);
- Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare UnitMobile Inshore Undersea Warfare UnitA Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit is a component of the United States Navy's Force Protection Package tasked with providing seaward security to joint logistics over-the-shore operations from either a port or harbor complex or unimproved beach sites...
s 201-214, - Inshore Boat Units 21, 22, 24-28,
- Harbor Defense Commands 201, 205-8.
- Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit
- Naval Coastal Warfare Group Two (Williamsburg, VA);
Source Standard Naval Distribution List or 2003 era websites.
See also
- Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare SpecialistEnlisted Expeditionary Warfare SpecialistThe EXW qualification is a warfare qualification awarded to enlisted United States Navy personnel, and select United States Coast Guard personnel temporarily assigned to the U.S. Navy, who satisfactorily complete the required qualification course and pass a qualification board hearing...
- Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare UnitMobile Inshore Undersea Warfare UnitA Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit is a component of the United States Navy's Force Protection Package tasked with providing seaward security to joint logistics over-the-shore operations from either a port or harbor complex or unimproved beach sites...
- Maritime Expeditionary Security ForceMaritime Expeditionary Security ForceThe Maritime Expeditionary Security Force is a unit of the United States Navy within the organizational structure of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. The MESF stems from the Naval Coastal Warfare community which is transitioning to the MESF, Naval units affected range from mobile inshore...
- Expeditionary war