MRCG – MRHS Operating Event 2013
The 18th Annual Muster of the West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group has just concluded on May 4th, 2013. The meeting was set up at the California National Guard base ...
MRGC-MVCC Battalion Communications Center
UPDATED: 4/22/13 Battalion Communications Center – Military Vehicle Collectors of California Rally’s: A periodic display of Military Communications Equipment at the MVCC events. Some interesting “Joint Operations” were held at ...
Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 103
UPDATED 4/24/13 See Comments Section “Eternal Vigilance Is The Price Of Safety” MIUW? Wazzat? Modern day coast watchers? And MORE? Some selected adventures of the MIUWtants of: Mobile Inshore Undersea ...
Fast Patrol Torpedo Boats / PTF-17
PTF-17, PTF’s in general and Coastal River Division 21 Ops: Updated – March 27, 2013 First, a little background: During most of their service in Vietnam the PTF’s operated as ...
Coastal River Division 21 Comm Center
CRD21 Comm Center: Well, lets start here because this is one place the boats communicated with (and this site is about Combat Comms!). We built a shore Comm Center in ...
PTF Firepower
Gunnery exercises aboard PTF’s. (Bad Guys take note…) Here’s a “shot” of GMG2 “Bobby” and GMG2 (SEAL) “Bob” preparing to fire an 81 mm mortar flare round. The Browning M2 ...
Coastal River Division 21 / Ops
On 16 June, 1973, CRD21 was Commissioned at the Great Lakes Naval Base near Chicago as the US Navy began to turn its attention to NATO operations in Europe. CRD21 ...
SEAL Training Ops at Coastal River Division 21
Coastal River Division 21 had a small SEAL detachment assigned to our Operations Department during its years at Great Lakes. Led by LT “Lee” and 4 – 5 senior enlisted ...
AN/GRC-109 “Special Forces” Radio Set
UPDATED 5/13/13: Probably my favorite radio set. The “COOL METER” is Pegged on this one… Used extensively from the early 1960′s through the 1970′s and beyond by US military Special ...
SCR-284 Radio Set
UPDATED Feb 5, 2013 The SCR-284 was used extensively during WWII. The basic component is the BC-654-A receiver transmitter. Designed as a portable field radio, the complete field set could ...