Category: Tactics
Bangladesh Coast Guard in Boat-to-Boat Gunfight, Two Pirates Killed
A half hour of boat-to-boat shooting. That’s a long gunfight. Not sure how all of the pirates were armed, but from the photo above you can see the Bangladesh Coast Guard carries AK-47 style assault rifles as their personal weapon. If the pirates were firing improvised pipe guns like those seized after the fight I [...]
What’s the Right Way to Board a Hostile Ship?
Quickly and with overwhelming force … or not at all. This article comes from Foreign Policy, and although the information isn’t entirely accurate, it does present valid points for boarding ships that refuse to stop or who’s crews show a resistance to authority. The USCG’s own LT Paul St. Pierre was consulted by the author. [...]
Israeli Forces Board Free Gaza Flotilla
BBC Israeli commandos intercepted Gaza-bound aid ships on Monday and at least 10 pro-Palestinian activists on board were killed in bloodshed that plunged Israel into a diplomatic crisis. The convoy of six ships was organized by the Free Gaza Movement, an international group of pro-Palestinian activists, and led by a Turkish flagged cruise ship with [...]
Use of Force Continuum – Canadian Style
Before anyone gets to far into this article, I have to add my disclaimer because I know someone out there is going to flip out and start accusing me of teaching people Canada’s UOF policy in lieu of USCG policy. I am not. What I am doing is enlightening people and educating them to how [...]
Violence At Sea
**This is a pretty impressive article that was sent my way to share with the MLE community. Before any of you panic about the article, all of the information that is on here is from open sources (trial records, google, maritime legal, etc.) Enjoy. Hijacking. Mutiny. Hostage taking. Standoffs. Barricaded Suspects. U.S. Coast Guard officers [...]
Realistic Edged Weapon Defense Training
I was reading some articles today and I realized that this was a topic that I should post on. Also, I use this picture to illustrate the severity of the issue. Some people need to see images like this to understand the threat. These pictures are of a police officer who was injured by an [...]
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