Detachment 932

PRESS RELEASE

Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument at the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, California

Date of event: 10 October 2008.

Headline:  Modern Day Sailors Revisit their Heritage

Sailors from Maritime Expeditionary Boat Detachment 562 and Boat Detachment 932 currently with Boat Division 56 gathered at the Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument on 10 October 2008 and became acquainted with the Brown Water Navy of the 1960’s and 1970’s.  These sailors are reservists from throughout the country who are training and getting ready for deployment to the Middle East.

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Caption: Virg Erwin, Vice President of the Swift Boat Sailors Association and a Director of the Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument Fund, briefs sailors on what service in the Brown Water Navy was like “back then.”

The reservists from Boat Detachments 932 and 562 brought along one of their modern-day boats so the early Brown Water Navy sailors could see the boats being used in current warfare environments.

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Caption: Master Chief Boatswains Mate (retired) Everett Jones, who was the Boat Captain of a Mobile Riverine Force craft, in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, tours a new Maritime Expeditionary craft.

The deploying reservists are a component of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, under which the Maritime Expeditionary Security Force (MESF) provides “layered” defense in an integrated coastal and landward security environment. Their security capabilities include mobile and fixed defensive operations; visit, board, search and seizure of suspect craft; and security in support of the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander.

 

 

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Caption: The deploying reservists pose in front of a Vietnam era mobile riverine force craft. This boat is one of three Brown Water navy craft on display at the Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument.

Additional information on the Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument at the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, California can be viewed at the web site: www.vummf.org.

Caption: The Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument

 

 

Senior Chief Jeno and the men and Women of Detachment 932