MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard unit to return home following 9-month deployment

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U.S. Coast Guard 7th District PA Detachment Tampa Bay Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment Tampa Bay 727-212-7163 PA Detachment Tampa Bay online newsroom

Coast Guard unit to return home following 9-month deployment

 

Editor’s Note: Media are invited to attend the homecoming event where more than 300 family members
will reunite with their loved ones Monday at 5:45 p.m. Please contact Lt. Cmdr. Donnie Brzuska at (727)
212-7163 to RSVP.

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Members from Coast Guard Port Security Unit (PSU) 307 will return home to
Clearwater Monday at 5:45 p.m. following a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

During the deployment, unit operations focused on seaward security, providing more than 30,000 hours
of around-the-clock waterside and shore side anti-terrorism and force protection defense security to
Department of Defense assets and personnel at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

“I could not be more proud of the crew of Port Security Unit 307 for their highly successful deployment,
where they flawlessly executed their mission with skill and precision,” said Cmdr. Gregory S. Rogers, PSU
307’s commanding officer. “Our members excelled in every task that was assigned and proved their
ability to execute complex operations and training in a joint operating environment.”

PSU 307 also escorted marine traffic in and out of port and enforced the naval defense sea area security
zone around the base. Unit personnel worked closely with service members from Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay Security Forces, Marine Corps Security Forces Company, and Air Force and Army
personnel conducting interagency operations and training at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

“Our personnel lived up to the Coast Guard’s core values of Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty and
truly set the example. It is my privilege to have served with this outstanding crew!” said Rogers. “I want
to thank our families, because without their support this deployment have been impossible. We have
now completed our mission and it is now time spend valuable time with our families.”

Commissioned in 1999, PSU 307 is one of eight U.S. Coast Guard port security units located across the
United States. PSUs are Coast Guard Reserve-staffed units and deployable specialized forces assigned to
the commander of Coast Guard Pacific Area in Alameda, California. PSUs support our Nation with well-
equipped, trained, and organized expeditionary forces who can rapidly deploy worldwide for anti-
terrorism and force protection operations or point defense of high value assets.

PSU 307 has an extensive operational history. They have deployed to the Middle East four times since
2001 in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Following the terrorist attacks of
Sept. 11, 2001, PSU 307 secured Boston Harbor and protected U.S. naval vessels in Providence, Rhode
Island. The unit also conducts humanitarian service missions, including deployments to New Orleans in
the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Haiti following the earthquake in 2010, Puerto Rico following
Hurricane Maria in 2017, and New Orleans following Hurricane Ida in 2021.

As both a federal law enforcement agency and an armed force, the Coast Guard is uniquely positioned
to conduct defense operations in support of combatant commanders on all seven continents. The
service routinely provides forces in joint military operations worldwide, including cutters, boats, aircraft,
and deployable specialized forces. 

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