230214-N-NT795-199 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 14, 2023) Quartermaster 2nd Class Mayra Cortes, a tactical craft crewman gunner assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 11, mans a 240-machine gun aboard a 34-foot Sea Arc patrol boat during a High Value Asset (HVA) escort mission exercise as part of a Maritime Expeditionary Security Force (MESF) Boat University (BU) advanced course in San Diego. MESF BU is designed to train and qualify the MESF to sustain mobilization readiness. MESF is a core Navy capability that provides port and harbor security, high value asset security, and maritim


230214-N-NT795-199 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 14, 2023) Quartermaster 2nd Class Mayra Cortes, a tactical craft crewman gunner assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 11, mans a 240-machine gun aboard a 34-foot Sea Arc patrol boat during a High Value Asset (HVA) escort mission exercise as part of a Maritime Expeditionary Security Force (MESF) Boat University (BU) advanced course in San Diego. MESF BU is designed to train and qualify the MESF to sustain mobilization readiness. MESF is a core Navy capability that provides port and harbor security, high value asset security, and maritime security in the coastal and inland waterways. ( Navy photo by Chief Boatswain’s Mate Nelson Doromal )


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Keywords: 11, bu, mesf, msron, readiness, warfighting