Highlights the role of United States Coast Guard in Operation Desert Storm. Coast Guards protect the ports in Persian Gulf with the help of a Boston Whaler. Men patrol the area off the coast off Saudi Arabia in patrol boats. BM1 Bob Fong explains the importance of patrolling. Coast Guards look for suspicious objects in the sea. BM2 Joe Gosh explains how patrolling party conducts a search on vessels underway at sea. A patrolling party checks the identity proofs of locals on board a private boat.
Highlights the role of United States Coast Guard in Operation Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia. Coast Guards Maritime Security system (MARSEC) guards the coasts in Saudi Arabia. Coast Guards look through binoculars to ensure constant surveillance. PS1 Jeff Clereck talks how men guard the coasts even under extreme climatic conditions. MARSEC also ensures security of military bases. Men check identity cards, use mirrors to check for bombs and check boxes loaded in trucks. SN Kevin Artis speaks about the toughness of the job performed by these men.
Highlights the role of United States Coast Guard in Operation Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia. Importance of maintaining a high morale among men at the war front. A Coast Guardsman plays with a dog on board a ship. MCPO (Master Chief Petty Officer) Bill Vahey explains the importance of boosting the morale of Coast Guard personnel through mail and good food. Men watch television, read and write mail. PSC Henry Kohnert also emphasizes upon the importance of mail as a morale booster for men at the war front. Special groups and youngsters send encouraging mails to Coast Guards. A 70 feet long mail sent by children displayed and men look at the mail. Men eat food around a table, a radar boat underway at sea. PAC Mike Price eats a meal. Coast Guards eat ready to eat MRE food from a packet. An officer in a television interview praises the MRE food and promotes it. Men of Security unit 301 eat food prepared by their own cooks.
Highlights the role of United States Coast Guard personnel in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Cargo unloaded and an officer briefs men. Decorated Christmas trees. Various Coast Guard personnel express their views about celebrating Christmas away from home. LCDR Gary Anderson stands outside a door with numerous Christmas cards. A Christmas Eve party. Men drink and enjoy, music played on a tape recorder as Santa Claus gives away gifts. Some Coast Guards on duty on Christmas Eve as they patrol the coast in a radar boat. Men on duty on Christmas Day where as some men joke and enjoy. MK1 John Gaida and MCPO John Vaney express their commitment to duty even at Christmas time.
Highlights the role of United States Coast Guard in Operation Desert Storm, while stationed in Saudi Arabia. A tank, a plane in flight and a patrol boat underway at sea. Port Security units of Coast Guards on duty. A gunner on duty. Coast Guard personnel build tent city using wooden logs at Jubail in Saudi Arabia. PS1 Jim Cudney speaks about the construction of tent city.
Highlights the role of United States Coast Guard in Operation Desert Storm, while stationed in Saudi Arabia. Mechanics work on a radar boat as they check the boat thoroughly. Man with a mask works on a boat. A crack on a boat being placed on a trailer with the help of a crane. Men repair the boat. DC1 Jim Young explains the repair work done on the boat.