A vid covering the Riverines during Bold Alligator.
I still don't understand the mission set. They train with allied Marines in raid type operations but claim to be distinct and have a different mission set from US Marines.
I don't get it.
What do these guys do? It would appear to be a mix of Marine Corps boat company ops in the context of raids, a bit of Harbor Security from the Master at Arms and a dose of SWCCs in the way that they outfit there boats.
What confuses me is that last fall when at Lejeune I met with a riverine squadron only to discover they were Navy not Marines.
ReplyDeleteThey explained that the Corps had decided to transition out of the role, as it wasn't really a Marine function. So the Navy was running the boats taking responsibility for infiltrating, exfiltrating Marines in addition to their normal patrol duties.