Port Security Unit
JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class William Weinert
A USCG Port Security Unit (PSU) patrols the waterways and shoreline at Guantanamo Bay in a Transportable Port Security Boats (TPSB).
The TPSB is a lightweight Boston Whaler with twin 175 h.
p.
outboard engines andh mounts for belt-fed machine guns, typically 2 M240B 7.62mm medium machine guns, one each at port and starboard and 1 M2 .50 cal heavy machine gun at the bow.
Port Security Units carry out sustained force protection operations in a maritme environment.
Their mission typically involves maritime security operations along a given port and associated waterways.
They are a Coast Guard special operations unit that is under the command of the Deployable Operations Group.
