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110813-G-ZQ587-001-Welcome Home PSU 313 

SEATTLE - Coast Guard Port Security Unit (PSU) 313, out of Everett, Wash., is welcomed home at Seattle Tacoma International Airport after a six month deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation New Dawn and Operation Enduring Freedom on Aug. 13, 2011. PSU 313 provided landward and seaward security at strategic port locations around the Northern Arabian Gulf ensuring the free flow of personnel, equipment and commerce in the region. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler.

110813-G-BV859-077 PSU 313 homecom

SEATTLE - An Everett, Wash., based Port Security Unit (PSU) 313 member holds his child after returning home from an extended deployment to the Middle East, Aug. 13, 2011. While deployed, PSU 313 members provided harbor defense and security to ports, seaward approaches, and waterways within U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility and ensuring the free flow of personnel, equipment and commerce in the region. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson.

110813-G-BV859-066 PSU 313 homecoming 

SEATTLE - An Everett, Wash., based Port Security Unit (PSU) 313 member holds his daughter after returning home from an extended deployment to the Middle East, Aug. 13, 2011. While deployed, PSU 313 members provided harbor defense and security to ports, seaward approaches, and waterways within U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility and ensuring the free flow of personnel, equipment and commerce in the region. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson.

110813-G-BV859-031 PSU 313 homecoming 

SEATTLE - An Everett, Wash., based Port Security Unit (PSU) 313 member holds his daughter after returning home from an extended deployment to the Middle East, Aug. 13, 2011. While deployed, PSU 313 members provided harbor defense and security to ports, seaward approaches, and waterways within U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility and ensuring the free flow of personnel, equipment and commerce in the region. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson.

110813-G-BV859-103 PSU 313 homecoming 

SEATTLE - An Everett, Wash., based Port Security Unit (PSU) 313 member holds his daughter after returning home from an extended deployment to the Middle East, Aug. 13, 2011. While deployed, PSU 313 members provided harbor defense and security to ports, seaward approaches, and waterways within U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility and ensuring the free flow of personnel, equipment and commerce in the region. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson.

110813-G-BV859-288 PSU 313 homecoming 

SEATTLE - An Everett, Wash., based Port Security Unit (PSU) 313 member embraces his wife after returning home from an extended deployment to the Middle East, Aug. 13, 2011. While deployed, PSU 313 members provided harbor defense and security to ports, seaward approaches, and waterways within U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility and ensuring the free flow of personnel, equipment and commerce in the region. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson. 

110813-G-BV859-267 PSU 313 homecoming 

SEATTLE - Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hoyt, a Maritime Enforcement Specialist, leads the Everett, Wash., based Port Security Unit (PSU) 313 through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport gates to the unit's families who were waiting inside the terminal, Aug. 13, 2011. Hoyt's twin daughters, who he has never seen, were born while PSU 313 was on an extended deployment to the Middle East. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson.

110813-G-ZQ587-7308-Welcome Home PSU 313 

SEATTLE - Coast Guard Port Security Unit (PSU) 313, out of Everett, Wash., is welcomed home at Seattle Tacoma International Airport after a six month deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation New Dawn and Operation Enduring Freedom on Aug. 13, 2011. PSU 313 provided landward and seaward security at strategic port locations around the Northern Arabian Gulf ensuring the free flow of personnel, equipment and commerce in the region. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler. 

SEATTLE – The Everett, Wash.,-based Coast Guard Port Secuity Unit (PSU) 313 returned, Saturday, from a six-month deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation New Dawn and Operation Enduring Freedom.

During the deployment, PSU 313 provided landward and seaward security at strategic port locations around the North Arabian Gulf ensuring the free flow of personnel, equipment and commerce in the region.

“I am extremely proud of the men and women under my Command during this highly successful deployment,” said Coast Guard Cmdr. James B. Andrews, commanding officer of PSU 313.  They performed their duties with the utmost professionalism and devotion to duty.”

CLICK HERE for the full media advisory, which provides a complete description of PSU 313's missions in the Arabian Gulf.

Media inquiries should contact Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson at (202) 631-3313 or michael.a.anderson@uscg.mil; or the 13th Coast Guard District Public Affairs Office at (206) 220-7237.