[Willie Green]

Related threads in the FR archives:

Experimental high-speed catamaran tapped for Mideast deployment (01/19/2003)
Army Pleased With Performance Of Joint Venture High-Speed Catamaran (08/21/2002)
High-Speed Catamaran Transports Marines, Cargo To Thailand In Record Time (05/02/2002)
Fast Catamaran Deploying To Persian Gulf For War-Related Ops (04/01/2002)
Rota Marines Try Out Experimental High-Speed Catamaran Ferry (03/21/2002)
USMC charters high-speed catamaran (07/09/2001)

[xJones]

ABOARD THE JOINT VENTURE, near Umm Qasr, Iraq Navy commandos have been inching their way into the Iraqi hinterland with the help of an odd-looking ship with a jaw-like bow that, three years ago, was ferrying commuters and their cars around New Zealand.

Willie, Iraq Navy commandos?

[TC Rider]

Is it just me or does this have a GI Joe flavor to it?

One big mother ship with all the little gunboats, helicopter, etc. ready to go.

I'm waiting for bad guys on jet skis with little missiles.

[IoCaster]

I'm pretty sure that I saw this one at the Bollinger yard in Amelia about 3 or 4 months ago. Very impressive looking, but I couldn't get too close to it. Very high security at the time.