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Iraqi Marines conduct training with coalition forces to conduct visit, board, search and seizure operations. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Smith, U.S. Naval Forces, 5th Fleet Public Affairs. PERSIAN GULF — Coalition forces are training Iraqi Marines to take over the mission of providing security to Iraqi territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. Mobile Security Detachment (MSD) 24 has been conducting a dual mission aboard Iraq’s Khwar Al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT) and Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) in the Persian Gulf. MSD 24 provides security for the platforms as part of the coalition’s Combined Task Force (CTF)...

PERSIAN GULF (NNS) -- The U.S. Coast Guard’s Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 102 is teaching Iraqi marines valuable skills that will help them protect Iraqi infrastructure and territorial waters in the future. Embarked aboard USS Ogden (LPD 5) in the North Persian Gulf as part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 158, the eight-man Coast Guard team routinely trains the Iraqi marine platoons in Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations through a series of almost daily staged events. “We are basically teaching them use of force, tactical procedures in terms of boarding ships and how to handle a...