Special Boat Squadron - TWO
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The Squadron
was first commissioned as River Squadron TWO
on 10 July 1971 with headquarters at the
U.S. Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek,
Norfolk, Virginia. This command is a
component of Naval Warfare Group TWO as part
of the Special Operations Command. On 1
March 1979, the Squadron was reorganized and
the name was changed to Special Boat
Squadron TWO in order to more clearly
delineate its' missions. The Squadron is
composed of four subordinate Special Boat
Units: Twenty, Twenty Two, Twenty Four, and
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The missions and tasks of Special Boat Squadron TWO
include the following tasks in support of warfare
and amphibious operations: coastal patrol and
interdiction; surveillance; the development, test
and evaluation of high speed combatant craft;
training of other U.S. and allied units in coastal
and riverine warfare technology; and the training of
the Fleet in fast patrol boat and anti-fast patrol
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Special Boat Squadron - 2
Unit
History
10-06-06 John
Foster I
relieved Commander Rad Nelson as
Commander Special Boat Squadron Two
on 20 August, 1979. CDR Nelson was
short-toured to make him available
to command the new diver training
command created in Panama City,
Florida. He was an outstanding
individual who preferred his salvage
diver credentials to his Seal quals.
He earned a Navy Cross in Vietnam.
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Nelson citation here.) |
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[06-06-07]
Great News for Naval Special Warfare
General Brown, CINCSOC, made the following
announcement to his commanders this morning.
We are honored to pass this information to
you and offer our sincere congratulations to
VADM Eric Olson (Class 76) who has
set another first for Naval Special Warfare.
SOF Leaders
- I am pleased to inform you that
today at approximately 1300 hours the
President will announce Adm Eric Olson
[former SBS-2 Commodore] has been
nominated to be my relief. Eric embodies all
that is SOF and has been a unifying force in
the SOF community. He is a warrior who
understands our operational missions and the
needs of the men and women who carry them
out. He also understands both indirect and
direct actions and how they will contribute
to winning the war on terror. He knows
programs and can handle the title 10 issues
with ease. He has been on the ground floor
of the growth of SOCOM in resources and
authorities. He is the right leader at the
right time. Please join me in congratulating
VADM Olson. v/r Doug Brown |
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| 10-20-06 Jim
Mitchell
The more I visit the site the more
new info I find, and I check every
few days. I found the history of
SBS-2 by John Foster, good stuff, I
even have a couple of pictures of
the PB that went to Burlington, VT
to get the gun from GE (I was the
Reserve Center Co and they moored to
our pier,) had a great time while
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an open house/"Boat Visit" ending
with charged firehoses to repeal
borders - just local peace
protesters, but fun for a while,
haha). Anyway, I attached the
pictures to go with John Foster's
history. |
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09 Apr 2007 Ted Walters
Jim; I was at NR SBU 24 from 11 Nov 1987 - July 1993 (I
think, it might have been August) when we were pooled out to
other commands by NRC Little Creek. In October 1993, I went
to Panama as a "Turista", got married and stayed with my
wife at her apartment in El Chorrillo, until December 3,
1993.
I came back and found I was attached to NAB Little Creek
Base Security Reserve Unit. I did 2 weeks ACDUTRA and then
drove up to NRC Richmond to see if I could join NR SBU 20,
and I spoke with LCDR Maguire (then NR SBU 20 CO).
I was a reserve in SBU-24 from 1987 to 1993 In 1993 I was
with Det Charlie aboard PB 758(735 was my usual boat), for
Ocean Venture 93, we brought the boats down from Little
Creek to Puerto Rico (NSWU-4) via Morehead, NC/Mayport Fl/
Freeport, Bahamas/ Crooked Island, Turks and Cacios/
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic/Roosevelt Roads PR NSWU-4.
I Started with NR SBU 20 in January 1994, until June
1994, and in that time I did an ACDUTRA with 20. I was
assigned to DET LIMA and we had Zodiac Hurricane "X" boats
(24' the Black ones). ENS (SEAL) Houck was OIC, and I was
put in their det for two weeks while they were doing
work-ups for UNITAS 94. All we really did were Zulu Five
Oscars with SEAL TEAM TWO.
Then I was recalled pending orders to SBU 26. I was
supposed to remain at NRC Richmond, then they were going to
send me to NWS Yorktown, so I had the Reserve Coordinator at
SBR-2 call up and BMCM (SEAL) Chuck Steffey to Richmond and
"ask" for me to be TAD'ed to SBR-2, as an assistant ORE
Coordinator in Training Dept.
I finally got my orders cut from Vogelmore and flew down
to Panama on 03 October 1994. I was with 26 from then until
8 December 1998. At that time I transferred back to SBU-20.
I still have some photos of SBU 26 in Ecuador, Venezuela,
and Panama. Mostly Riverine, but a few Coastal.
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Have you seen that photo of the MK V and the
60, during a fastrope exercise? Well that is my boat MK V
SOC 963 Sept. 2000 Pemblico Sound , North Carolina. I am the
belay man on that line, as Navigator, I was the free guy. Do
you remember ET1 (CC) Adkins? Well he is now the Dive
Motivator at NTC Great Lakes as a SBCS (SWCC), and he is
training my oldest son, who just graduated from NTC on March
15. Ted |
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photos provided by Lt Phil Garn.
Click on the individual image to
open a large version. |
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