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STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (March 4, 2009) Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen assigned to Special Boat Team (SBT) 22 conduct live-fire drills at the riverine training range at the John C. Stennis Space Center. SBT-22 operates the special operations craft-riverine and is the only U.S. special operations command dedicated to operating in the riverine environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class RJ Stratchko/Released)
 
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A senior Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC) gives advice to another SWCC during two weeks of coxswain training at Special Boat Team 22 Dec. 5, 2008, at Stennis Space Center, Miss. The training is the first step of many for up-and-coming boat captains to familiarize them with the Special Operations Craft-Riverine (SOC-R). SBT-22 is the U.S. Special Operations Command's premier riverine command, focusing on insertion and extraction of SEALs and other special operations forces in special operations around the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robyn Gerstenslager/Released)

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A Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC) hands off a tow line on a Special Operations Craft-Riverine (SOC-R) during two weeks of coxswain training at Special Boat Team 22 Dec. 5, 2008, at Stennis Space Center, Miss. The training is the first step of many for up-and-coming boat captains to familiarize them with the Special Operations Craft-Riverine (SOC-R). SBT-22 is the U.S. Special Operations Command's premier riverine command, focusing on insertion and extraction of SEALs and other special operations forces in special operations around the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robyn Gerstenslager/Released)

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A Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC) speaks to another SWCC during coxswain training at Special Boat Team 22 Dec. 5, 2008, at Stennis Space Center, Miss. The training is the first step of many for up-and-coming boat captains to familiarize them with the Special Operations Craft-Riverine (SOC-R). SBT-22 is the U.S. Special Operations Command's premier riverine command, focusing on insertion and extraction of SEALs and other special operations forces in special operations around the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robyn Gerstenslager/Released)

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A Special Operations Craft-Riverine (SOC-R) performs a crash-back, where the craft comes from its top speed to a stop in one hull-length, during coxswain training at Special Boat Team 22 Dec. 5, 2008, at Stennis Space Center, Miss. The training is the first step of many for up-and-coming boat captains to familiarize them with the Special Operations Craft-Riverine (SOC-R). SBT-22 is the U.S. Special Operations Command's premier riverine command, focusing on insertion and extraction of SEALs and other special operations forces in special operations around the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robyn Gerstenslager/Released)
 
Been out for a long time. Can someone tell me what is the piece on the helmet is for that is being held on with the Petzl elastic band? Some kind of infrared marker?
 
SOC-R's were designed primarily for insertion and extraction. They are not an offensive weapon. Speed is life and the more weight the longer it takes to get on step. Top speed is usually not an issue but if you've been discovered you need to leave quickly! Since they operate in a river environment, safety is usually just around the next turn....unless they've allowed you to pass before you're engaged. SWCCC's usually operate under the rule that "some's good and more's gooder" so lots of ammo cans are carried, usually on the deck when they go out. The good news is as the guns are fired, the boat gets lighter. Gun's aft cover your six as you leave, gun forward protects the operators as they insert. Great boat and Yanmar's are bullet proof engines....almost.

Rat is right about the constant comm's with all on the boat. The only clue to violent maneuvers comes from the helmsman. J-turns, bucket stops and all evasive maneuvers are spoken via intercomm first.........if he's not too busy. The old adage one hand for the ship (boat) and one hand for yourself helps. Nobody ever get's complacent on a SOC-R (or a MK V or NSW RIB) unless they want to get thrown or injured.

Mike

I was at 22. The secret is....hold on!!! No really, their is constant comms, either yelling or through headsets with the gunners.

The reason for only one GAU is primarily weight and ammo expenditure. We have a 4500 round can up front which can be emptied in no time at all. I use to have a spare 240 strapped to the center console so I could replace the GAU in case it went down. Anyone who has ever had to operate the GAU knows how temperamental it is.

Their was a time when we got to fuck around with some dual 240 mounts. 240's mounted side by side. That was a kick as set-up. You could not only "talk" with the other gunners, but "talk" with yourself. Rat of fire was not quite as fast as the GAU, but cranked up twin 240's can hammer it home.

I will brag a bit a say that some of the finest, if not the finest machine gunners in the US Military are at 22.

We fire stingers as well!!!:D

Rata
 
JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (Aug. 4, 2009) Romanian Chief of Staff Adm. Gheorge Marin and members of his staff ride in a special operations craft-riverine during a visit to the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School. Marin is the Romanian military equivalent to the U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Kathryn Whittenberger/Released)

JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (Aug. 4, 2009) Romanian Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Gheorge Marin fires an M-240B machine gun during a visit to the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School. Marin is the Romanian military equivalent to the U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Kathryn Whittenberger/Released)
 
OHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (Aug. 16, 2009) Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen (SWCC) from Special Boat Team 22 operate a special operations craft-riverine (SOC-R) during the filming of a scene in a upcoming major motion picture. The movie is due in theaters in 2010. (U.S. Navy photos by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Kathryn Whittenberger/Released)
 
The name of the film is "I Am That Man".
Here is more on it.
http://www.navy.mil/search/print.asp?story_id=47169&VIRIN=74209&imagetype=1&page=1

Apearantly, some SEALs get the call to hunt a bad guy and fly from a Gator Freighter to the swamps where SWCCs are waiting to give them a boat ride to the swamps where this shady character is on the lamb.

The movie will show a bunch of aspects of the Navy (Bonham Richard, SWCC, a mythical ST, helicopter sqdn.) and gives 22 some love in there too. There wasn't any SWCC's that got a speaking part but hopefully they have an actor give a voice to SWCCs. It'd be a bad idea to mic up a SWCC, unless it was Rated R for heavy and excessive bad language.
 
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