Keywords: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM DVIDS1105782.jpg en UMM QASR Iraq March 11 2004 - Royal Marine Rory Macpherson 22 from Essex England l and Damage Controlman 2nd Class Brian Callon 33 from Indianapolis Ind c of U S Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 203 discuss plans to search a 250-foot container ship suspected of oil smuggling with conflicting claims of registry while a member of the newly formed Iraqi Riverine Patrol Service IRPS assists with shipboard security This was the first combined operation in the Iraqi Port of Umm Qasr involving the U S Coast Guard the British trained Iraqi Riverine Patrol Service Royal Marines and Royal Navy Members of LEDET 203 searched the vessel while the British trained IRPS Royal Marines and Royal Navy provided security Coast Guard LEDETs frequently deploy aboard U S Navy ships and they are considered specialists in vessel boardings and shipboard investigations The Chesapeake Va based LEDET 203 is deployed to the North Arabian Gulf to assist coalition forces as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom USCG photo by PA1 Matthew Belson 2004-03-11 https //www dvidshub net/image/1105782 1105782 2013-12-12 12 02 UMM QASR IQ PD-USGov United States Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |