1. Guardians of the Gulf: The Coast Guard in Operation Iraqi Freedom First Overseas Combat Deployment of USCG Patrol Boats Since Vietnam Response to a Request for Forces from Central Command Depth of water in Northern Arabian Gulf Placed Limitations on Reach of Larger Naval Combatants No Navy Patrol Boat Capability

2. USCG Forces in the Northern Arabian Gulf 4 110-Foot WPBs USCGC BOUTWELL USCGC WALNUT 2 LEDETs 3 Port Security Units

3. March 20 th : Initial Combat Operations Commenced Early Morning Al Faw Peninsula Gas and Oil Platforms

4. WPBs and PSUs Support GOPLATS Operations ADAK (WPB 1333) BARANOF (WPB 1318)

5. PSU 313 and Force Protection on Oil Terminals

6. March 21 st : “Five-Inch Friday”

7. Iraqi Patrol Boat Destroyed

8. Capturing Iraqi Maritime POWs Crew of Destroyed Iraqi PB-90 Three Republican Guard Warrant Officers

9. Downed Royal Navy Helicopters

10. Iraqi Mine Laying Tugs

11. Khawr Abd Allah Waterway

12. March 22nd: Minesweeping Operations

13. March 23 rd : PSU 311 in Umm Qasr, Iraq

14. March 28 th : First Humanitarian Aid Vessel into Iraq

15. Early April: Weapons Cache and Suicide Boat

16. April: Walnut ATON Work

17. Maritime Interception Ops

18. Mission Success PSUs WPBs PATFORSWA WALNUT BOUTWELL

19. Conclusion