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Popular Mechanics
Magazine, March 2009 - Smoke on the Water
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(added 02-01-2011)
Article from Ethos
Magazine.
Finally some info coming out about the SWCC ops on the
rivers in IRAQ |
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| PBL gunner
engages targets, note 50cal m.g. blank firing adapter |
SWCC plotting
their course and taking a fix, using gps, compass, and their
DR laid out on a chart. Navigation a big part of being a
SWCC |
Special Operations Craft River (SOCR) on step and returning
fire with 7.62 mm Mini-gun |
SWCC on SOCR
"its not the boat that special, its the crewmen." |
A SOCR on
step, note camouflage compared to river bank and water
reflection |
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A pair Patrol Boat Lights (PBL) , a PBL
patrol at speed. |
SWCC gunner engages targets with the 7.62
mini gun. This weapon is the battle proven ambush breaker
and was used by MST on the Rivers of Vietnam and just as
valid today in the SBTs. |
A camouflaged PBL moves out to reveal its
position.
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SOCR coming at you throwing a huge wake shows
the horse power of the craft.
"I feel the need, the need for speed!" |
A SOCR makes Hot extraction withdrawing from
river bank |
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During Hurricane Katrina 05
SBT-22 used their boats and crews to check
homes and render assistance to stranded
citizens. |
SOCR (CCM) laydown supressive
fire as they approach river bank. |
SOCR (CCM) moves in fast for
the extraction of SEALs |
SOCR (CCM) extracts SEALs,
the yellow smoke marking a position. |
Expended 50 cal. brass and
links, can't train for real without trigger
pulling. |
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A SBT-22 (CCM) prepares for a
helo lift by CH-47 helo. This method greatly
extends the striking range of NSW forces.
This tactic was developed in Vietnam by
MST-2 using a LSSC craft. |
An Army Ch-47 lifts a SOCR. Note SWCC crewmen
climbing up a ladder into helo. |
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SOCR
under a low CH-47 during a Meats Exercise.
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A
view from the helo down the jacobs ladder to SWCC
crew on SOCR
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SWCC crewman on a SOCR
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SWCC crewman at his battle staion the 7.62 minigun.
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Stern
view of a SOCR, note BFA on 50Cal MG.
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Land
gunshoot, 50 cals off SOCRs on trailers on Range.
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SWCC
gunner fires his M240s note his T-Unit patch
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Twin
M-240 7.62 Cal. MGs |
SWCC
on SOCR going in to make a gun run |
Twin
M240s blazing with Mini Gun on SOCR in Background
doing the same.
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Another view of the Twin M240 mount. and a SWCC
waiting for his turn to shoot.
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Stern
view of a SOCR making is run in. |
Training Exercises over and this SOCR is loaded with
SWCC and SWCC Training Dept Cadre |
A
Crowded SOCR on way home full of SWCC |
SWCC
Training Department is made up of Veteran SWCC
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| Rear
of the SOCR and brown water note the tow line in
ready stored position. |
In Times of Crisis, Some Run Toward the Fight. |
GIANT
version for great printing. |
Profile of a SWCC. |
Fish eye photo on SOCR. |
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Navy Newsstand Press
Release - Naval Special Warfare Goes Hollywood
A small Hollywood army descended on Ft. Knox’s
Salt River training range Aug. 23-25.
The team, consisting of
producers, videographers, audio technicians, production assistants, agency
representatives, photographers, and even a 1980’s recreational vehicle
came to create a video that would show the world the Navy’s best kept
secret, Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC).
Original online version if still available |
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Press
Release - Naval Special Warfare Group - 4 Baghdad,
Iraq - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class John Crower became
the first Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC) to
receive the Purple Heart since the Navy formalized the Unit
in 1994. |
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The
Worldwide Special Operations Riverine Force
by
GMCS Clark Gertner
SWCC/PJ Ret
HISTORY:
Special Boat Team TWENTY-TWO (SBT-22) is the direct
descendent of Coastal River Division TWENTY-TWO, which was
commissioned on December 16, 1972. CRD-22 was located
at Point Algiers, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River,
and was situated across the river from New Orleans’ famed
French Quarter.
In March 1979, the name was changed to
Special Boat Unit TWENTY-TWO, as part of a community-wide
realignment to reflect the community’s evolved mission
within the Special Warfare community. In 1998, the
unit was moved to the John C. Stennis Space Center, about 45
miles north-east of New Orleans.
Read More Here
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FT. KNOX, Ky.
(Aug. 25, 2007) - Special Warfare
Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) transit the
Salt River in northern Kentucky during
pre-deployment, live-fire training. SWCCs
attached to Special Boat Team (SBT) 22 based
in Stennis, Miss., employ the Special
Operations Craft Riverine (SOC-R), which is
specifically designed for the clandestine
insertion and extraction of U.S. Navy SEALs
and other special operations forces along
shallow waterways and open water
environments. U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jayme
Pastoric (RELEASED) |
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FT. KNOX, Ky.
(Aug. 25, 2007) - Special Warfare
Combatant-craft crewmen (SWCC) prepare to
get underway for live-fire patrol training
along the Salt River in northern Kentucky.
SWCCs attached to Special Boat Team 22
(SBT-22) based in Stennis, Miss., employ the
Special Operations Craft Riverine (SOC-R),
which is specifically designed for the
clandestine insertion and extraction of U.S.
Navy SEALs and other special operations
forces along shallow waterways and open
water environments. U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jayme
Pastoric (RELEASED) |
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FT. KNOX, Ky.
(Aug. 25, 2007) - A Special Warfare
Combatant-craft crewman (SWCC) mans his
GAU-17 minigun during live-fire patrol
training along the Salt River in northern
Kentucky. SWCCs attached to Special Boat
Team 22 (SBT-22) from Stennis, Miss., employ
the Special Operations Craft Riverine
(SOC-R), which is specifically designed for
the clandestine insertion and extraction of
U.S. Navy SEALs and other special operations
forces along shallow waterways and open
water environments. U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jayme
Pastoric (RELEASED)
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FT. KNOX, Ky.
(Aug. 25, 2007) - A Special Warfare
Combatant-craft crewman (SWCC) mans his
GAU-17 minigun during live-fire patrol
training along the Salt River in northern
Kentucky. SWCCs attached to Special Boat
Team 22 (SBT-22) from Stennis, Miss., employ
the Special Operations Craft Riverine
(SOC-R), which is specifically designed for
the clandestine insertion and extraction of
U.S. Navy SEALs and other special operations
forces along shallow waterways and open
water environments. U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jayme
Pastoric (RELEASED) |
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FT. KNOX, Ky.
(Aug. 25, 2007) - A Special Operations
Craft-Riverine (SOC-R) performs a crash-back
maneuver during training along the Salt
River in northern Kentucky. Special Warfare
Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) attached to
Special Boat Team 22 (SBT-22) based in
Stennis, Miss., employ the SOC-R, a craft
designed for the clandestine insertion and
extraction of U.S. Navy SEALs and other
special operations forces along shallow
waterways and open water environments. U.S.
Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist
2nd Class Jayme Pastoric (RELEASED) |
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FORT KNOX,
Ky. (Aug. 24, 2007) - Two Special Operations
Craft Riverine (SOC-R) cruise along the Salt
River during live fire training. Naval
Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC)
from Special Boat Team 22 (SBT-22) employ
the SOC-R, which is specifically designed
for the clandestine insertion and extraction
of Navy SEALs and other special operations
forces along shallow waterways and open
water environments. U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist Seaman Robyn B.
Gerstenslager (RELEASED) |
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FORT
KNOX, Ky. (Aug. 24, 2007) – A Special
Operations Craft Riverine (SOC-R) cruises
along the Salt River during live fire
training. Naval Special Warfare
Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC) from Special
Boat Team 22 (SBT-22) employ the SOC-R,
which is specifically designed for the
clandestine insertion and extraction of Navy
SEALs and other special operations forces
along shallow waterways and open water
environments. U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist Seaman Robyn B.
Gerstenslager (RELEASED |
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SWCCs Conduct IAD Exercise
- Special warfare
combatant-craft crew members (SWCC) assigned to Special Boat Team (SBT)
22 participated in immediate action drills (IAD),
Feb. 19-23, in preparation for the next deployment
cycle. Read more here. |
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Navy Live-Fire Range Certified for
Use The
U.S. Navy’s new live-fire range in the northwest corner of
the John C. Stennis Space Center
(SSC) acoustic buffer zone has been certified for
use of 5.6mm, 7.62mm and .50 caliber short-range
training ammunition (SRTA) by Naval Facilities
Command. SRTA has a maximum range of 700 meters.
Read more here. |
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SWCC Undergo Intensive Coxswain
Training
Crewmen from Special Boat Team 22 (SBT-22)
completed Dec. 15 a two-week coxswain training on
Mississippi's Pearl River. Coxswain training is the first of numerous steps along the way for a
special boat operator to earn his boat captain
qualification. In order to earn the title of boat
captain a special boat operator must go through a
rigorous training pipeline, which begins with
coxswain training. Read more here |
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Special boat team gets new digs
A small but
growing Navy community, Special Boat Team 22, will open a
new riverine operations site Friday at Stennis Space Center
in Mississippi. The two-building, $9.7 million complex was
built for use by the unit, which specializes in riverine
missions, often in support of SEALs.
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SWCC Named NSW SOCM of the Year
Operations Medical Association named Special Warfare Boat
Operator 2nd Class John Cowgar of Naval Special Warfare
Group 4 as the Naval Special Warfare Special Operations
Combat Medic (SOCM) of the year Dec. 17, 2008, at a ceremony
in Tampa, Fla.
Read more here |
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SOCRs heading up river. Note trees tell the season. |
SOCRs rounding the bend. |
SOCR on step and looking mean. |
Twin M240s. |
Muddy bow on SOCR, a SWCC would know what that meant. |
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SWCC re-loading 50cal. on step, note his personal loadout and
weapons. |
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SBT-22 SOCRs on step |
SOCR Gunshoot note aft 50cal blazing away. |
SWCC Training Cadre instructs underway |
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SOCR Patrol |
SOCR on Step |
SOCR in morning sun note muddy bow |
SOCR note armored Coxswain Flat |
SWCC on a mini-Gun a deadly combo |
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SOCR Patrol going up river |
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SWCC crew on SOCR
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(08-23-09)
Romanion Chief of Staff Visits -
JOHN
C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (NNS) -- Naval Special Warfare
Command hosted a visit by Romanian Navy chief of staff to Naval
Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS)
and Special Boat Team 22 (SBT-22) Aug 4-5.
MORE
HERE |
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SWCC Gunner on Mini Gun |
SBT-22 SOCR delivers a broadside |
SOCR in Action |
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SOCR bow on and on step |
SWCC passing a tow line |
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(07-31-2010) Added photos |
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SOCR - note
its low free board in water |
A
few from the coxswain and the Gunner on Mini-gun |
SWCC from SBT-22 on
SOCR |
SWCC loading up
Blank 50 ammo in 50cal MG note Blank firing adapter
on Barrel. |
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The Mini Gun the
greatest ambush breaker on the rivers |
Fish eye lens
reveals new perspective on the SOCR |
Profile of a Modern
SWCC |
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(07-31-2010)
SBT-22 Holds Change of Command
Ceremony
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JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (NNS) -- Special
Boat Team (SBT) 22 held a change of command ceremony
July 15.
Cmdr. Francis G. Franky relieved Cmdr. Robert W.
Lyonnais.
more here |
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(10-26-2010)
Sean Kientz SBT-22 2004-2006
(more Sean photos at SWCC
and
SBU-12.) |
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Sean Kientz at Fort Chaffee AR |
2005 SBT sling Training Fast rope into SOCR |
MEAT's exercise Climbing the Jocobs Ladder |
Meat Ex moving in for the hook up |
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Fast rope down into boat 2005 |
Hot Extraction practice |
Task Unit 2 Salt River Heavy Weapons Training |
Cast and Recovery Phase one |
Cast and Recovery Phase two |
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Water Recovery Training |
TU work ups |
2005 Gunshoot |
Race Track Coxswain Training |
Race Track Training New Orleans |
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Target destroyed weapons shoot |
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SWCC on his 50cal |
SOCRS of SBT-22 remember the old song "Smoke on the
Water" |
The SOCR bristles with weapons its forward Mini gun
just opened up. |
In the relaxed mode |
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SWCC changing a HOT barrel on a 50 Cal |
Firing the Twin M240s 7.62 |
This SOC task Unit show a lot of pride and team
spirit with TU Patches and personal Jolly Roger |
Even
shadows can aid in hiding you craft. |
Ops on the river in winter |
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SBT-20 Rib Operating down in Stennis Miss involved
in PanaEx |
SBT-20 RIB drop off Panamanian swimmers during
exercise. |
SBT-22 SOCR in PanaEX |
Latin American student gets advise from Instructor |
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Extracting Panamanian students onto SOCR |
SBT-22 SOCR makes a fast withdrawl |
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SBT-22 in IRAQ |
SBT-22 Troop 4 |
SOCRs in the Autumn |
Kiss of the dragon |
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SOCR on white water Training |
SBT 22 launches to do white water training in CONUS |
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Ethos Issue 15
Naval Special Warfare Magazine
Added 01-27-2012 |
"Leaving
Iraq" pdf page 11 (Their page 19)
"Act of Valor"
- Review the filming the movie. pdf page 9 (Their
page 14) |
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(08-31-2012)
Marcus Caldwell SBT-22
CAC POIC, SOCR POIC |
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Setting Up Shop in IF03 |
American Flags ON SOCRs Iraq |
SWCC in IF03 note Flash suppressor on 50Cal and new
Trons for night ops. |
The Buildup in Kuwait |
"REAL" World Ops IF03 |
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Sunrise underway |
One of the MKVs from another SBT in Gulf. |
The HSV and home of a NSWTU |
Tempture tent living IF03 |
The Run up River into IRAQ |
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On the run Piers and Boats get a close look. |
Moving up river on the Bashra Run |
a beached Iraqi Patrol boat. |
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Jeremey Watson
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SWCC class in 1994 to commands SBU-12 and SBT22,
1994-2004 SWCC POIC SOCR |
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Gotta have the Group shot Troop workups |
The BOYZ will be BOYZ |
MOP suits are SOP for beginning of IF03 |
Fast Rope practice in Kuwait |
Fast Rope practice in Kuwait |
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CH53 with slung SOCR 1 |
CH53 with Slung SOCR 2 |
CH53 with slung SOCR 3 |
Fire Damage and Lessons learned |
First Operational Use of MEATS in IRAQ |
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SOCR Troop deep in the Heart of IRAQ IF03 |
Jeremy Watson |
Tribal Tas in IRAQ |
Patrol in IRAQ |
UK Marines with Iraqi POWs |
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Extract from Iraqi Mud Bank |
Tides out and MUD Sucks |
"How's that Mud?? looks like it Sucks" |
Tents and Gear |
Cammie Tent City |
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Pallet full of Guns.. who's cleaning them? |
American Humor |
The BOYZ of IF03 |
A
more casual Group shot |
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The 22 Boyz
(added 10-29-2012) |
Humor in Troop T shirt (Added
01-22-2013) |
Cold day on the river (added 04-22-2013) |
SEAL insert by SOCR
(added 07-05-2013) |
SOCRs head for range.
(added 07-05-2013) |
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(Added
02-12-2018) |
(Added
02-12-2018) |
(Added
02-12-2018) |
the cloth patches will be wore on the camouflage
uniforms
(Added
02-12-2018) |
New
SWCC pin
(Added
02-12-2018) |
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