Navy Sailors from Riverine Squadron 1 (RIVRON-1) and Marines from Dam Security Unit 3 (DSU-3), aboard a small unit riverine boat during an operation in Taqaddum, Iraq, March 15, 2007.The operation will show the ropes to RIVRON-1 in the area that DSU-3 has been covering for the past six months. RIVRON-1 will be looking for Vampire Ocs in Anbar province of Iraq now that the Navy has, in its infinite wisdom, decided to recreate the brown water Navy. DSU-3 will return to the states and be disbanded.
Here they are getting ready
to launch the small unit reconnaissance craft during an operation in Ramadi, Iraq, March 15, 2007.
U.S. Navy Chief Boatswain's Mate Steven Mancini, from Riverine Squadron 1 (RIVRON-1), and Gunny Jason N. Shiflet, from Dam Security Unit 3 (DSU-3), navigate their small unit riverine craft to Taqaddum, Iraq,
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. B.J. Keller, with Dam Security Unit 3 (DSU-3), 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, scans the area while conducting an operation in Ramadi, Iraq, March 15, 2007
Senior Airmen Michael Wilhelm, with Riverine Squadron 1 (RIVRON-1), Detachment 3, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, scans the area aboard a small unit reconnaissance craft during an operation in Ramadi, Iraq, Ma rch 15, 2007.
