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SPECBOATU 22 (Coastal River Division
- 22) Unit
History
10-05-06
John Foster
I relieved Bob Cushing as Commander,
Coastal River Division Twenty-Two on
5 November, 1977. He had commanded
the unit since August of 1974. At
that time, the division had two Mark
3 patrol boats (65 footers), three
PCF (Swift Boats), seven PBRs, five
Mini-ATCs (armored troop carriers),
and an assortment of outboard craft.
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Mini-ATC's on
Pearl River |
PBR near
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Change of Command brochure from John Foster |
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(03-10-08)
Vince Muscarello, CDR (Ret). I
was Engineer and Engineering Training Officer in SBR-2 at
NAB Little Creek , and Naval Special Warfare Fleet
Introduction Team OIC & Executive Office SBU-22 from 1992 –
1998 at New Orleans, LA. I was also the Facilities Officer
and negotiated the move to Stennis Space Center as well as,
designed the current facilities layout.
I retired and am now an
Educator. I am an administrator with Corpus Christi ISD. I
have every year since I have been with the District
coordinated Veteran’s Day events. I remember taking our
boats and equipment all over to display and promote Special
Ops. Sure would like to get a Boat Unit to come to Corpus.
Look forward to sharing
memories. I have some pictures of the Unit. We took a
Command picture in Jackson Square when Rich Loth was CO. We
use to do some runs through the French Quarters and down St.
Charles Street for our 6+ mile runs.
Vince
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Born on the Bayou
"Extracted"
from AllHands Magazine, March
2000
On the swamps and rivers of
southern Mississippi, the “River
Rats” of Special Boat Unit 22 are
training to ensure that there's no
hiding from the brown-water Navy .
Read the
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From John
McGuckin -This is
the type of training that we conducted on
the Pearl River in the good old days. We
used 20 ea. 20 lb. C-4 charges strung
together with primacord across the river.
Notice the gun smoke from the lead boat as
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<-After a hard day of blowing
up stuff, there's nothing like a fish fry. |
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| CAC
practicing with SEALs |
3s CAC from SBU-22 on step and
combat ready |
PBRMKII and SEALs |
a PBL from SBU-22 det 122 in Alaska with SEAL
Team 5 |
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| 10-06-06
My name is Thomas R Walker ( Tommy
) BMCS (sw) (cc) RET. I served in SBU 22
as (Active Duty) Combat Craft Dept Head from
August '84 thru September ' 87.
more here |
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| 02/02/07
Michael Vredenburg
Hello - I was with SBU-22 from 1993 to 1995.
I remember quite well lots of the guys, both
SELRES and active, who were there at the
time, and wonder if any are members on your
site. I have a few pics, not many, and
mainly of the stupid little PBL. . .
more here |
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| (01-05-08)
James Truehart, GMGC - USNR-Retired
Just stumbled onto your website and wanted
to get in on the "action". I was a
member of the unit as a Reservist. I was a
plank owner of Special Boat Unit 22
(formerly Coastal River Division 22) in
Algiers, La. more here |
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SBU-22 Photos |
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inserts SEALs in Alaska |
While SEALs swim in
the PBL provides cover SBU-22 det 122 |
Getting SEALs in the
Boat is harder than getting them out. SWCC provide
cover fire if needed SBU-22 det 122 |
PBL early model, Boatguys love
the night life. |
a wet PBL Patrol |
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| a 3boat PBL patrol on step and
covering the river banks. |
if you loose your boat, your
cover boat won't leave you behind |
Boatguys suppress fire with
M-60mgs |
SBU-22 patch |
Stern view of PBL on step |
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| The old and the new at SBU-22 a
PBR and 2 CACs |
PBL Patrol on Step |
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