Rise and Fall of the Brown Water Navy: Changes in United States Navy Riverine Warfare Capabilities from the Vietnam War to Operation Iraqi Freedom
Jason B. Scheffer
Broschiertes Buch

Rise and Fall of the Brown Water Navy: Changes in United States Navy Riverine Warfare Capabilities from the Vietnam War to Operation Iraqi Freedom

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The US is currently involved in a counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq, and similar to the counterinsurgency campaign conducted almost thirty years ago in Vietnam, riverine warfare is an important part. Current riverine forces include the Navy's Special Boat Team Twenty-Two and the Marine Corps' Small Craft Company. Both, however, are merely a shadow in comparison to their Vietnam predecessors, and for one, their days are numbered. The US Navy did not possess any inland patrol forces prior to the Vietnam War and had only a handful of coastal patrol boats, despite the lessons of her past and of h...