Coast Guard Law Enforcement Training in South Bay

SAN DIEGO ⎯ U.S. Coast Guard has scheduled law enforcement training in the southern end of San Diego Bay this evening.

The training involves one or more aircraft transferring personnel from the aircraft to a Coast Guard vessel. Because of the upcoming 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks we are advising the news media of tonight’s drill so it won’t be mistaken for an actual security operation.

The training is a fairly routine operation and has already been held in the area several times this week. It involves members of the Coast Guard’s Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST). These teams provide anti-terrorism force protection for strategic shipping, high interest vessels and critical infrastructure. These units are a quick-response force capable of rapid, nationwide deployment via air, ground or sea transportation in response to Maritime Homeland Security mission requirements.

PACIFIC OCEAN - Members of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Honolulu (91107) conduct a vertical insertion exercise aboard USS Freedom (LCS 1), homeported in San Diego, with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO TWO (HSC-22), based in Norfolk, Va, during the 22nd biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise, July 6, 2010. RIMPAC is the world's largest multinational maritime exercise, with 14 nations, 32 ships and more than 20,000 personnel taking part this year. This photo won First Place in the 2010 Photo Contest - General Category. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Carl Shipley.

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