Source: US Coast Guard (video statements)
Coast Guard Special Missions Training Center pre-deployment students train in various environments at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Initially deployed in 2003 in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA) is now a permanent presence based out of the Kingdom of Bahrain, providing capable littoral assets for maritime interdiction, theater security cooperation, and maritime domain awareness operations.
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