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CORONADO, Calif. (NNS) -- Approximately 200 Sailors from Inshore Boat Unit (IBU) 14 and Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit (MIUWU) 101 returned March 4 from an eight-month deployment in the Persian Gulf region. IBU 14, based in St. Louis, and MIUWU 101, based in Everett, Wash., are reserve units assigned to Naval Coastal Warfare Group (NCWG) 1. These Reservists were activated for one year, which consisted of a two-month training cycle, the eight-month deployment, one month of administrative work and one month of terminal leave. While in the Middle East, these Sailors used specialized patrol boats to prevent attacks on...

Naval Coastal Warfare Reserve Units Deploy to Persian GulfStory Number: NNS040312-06Release Date: 3/12/2004 9:45:00 AM By Journalist 2nd Class Susan Van Veen, Mobile Public Affairs Team 119NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND (NNS) -- More than 350 Sailors and Coast Guardsmen and women making up Reserve units of Naval Coastal Warfare Group (NCWG) 1 left Naval Air Station North Island for the Persian Gulf March 7. The command will be on an eight-month deployment as part of the Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation of forces and in support of the global war on terrorism. “This is my second mobilization, and I...