Riverine Command Boat is Proving Worth in Persian Gulf Blue Water

The Navy’s Riverine Command Boat (RCB) is proving to be a versatile addition to the fleet and is expanding its portfolio of roles in deployments to the Persian Gulf.

LT Bryce Brown, who recently returned from a seven-month deployment to the Persian Gulf with Coastal Riverine Squadron Four, and whose platoon operated three RCBs, said, “The RCB is primarily a riverine craft, but we’ve proven the capability to take it out into the blue water and fill a gap.

We did a lot of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions and force protection missions. A big piece of what we focused on is integrating ourselves in with the larger Navy fleet assets.”

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