SAN DIEGO (May 7, 2018) Gunner’s Mate Seaman Noah Vacha, assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 3, mans the .50-caliber machine gun aboard a Mark VI patrol boat as it escorts the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) as part of unit level training provided by Coastal Riverine Group (CRG) 1 Training and Evaluation Unit. CRG provides a core capability to defend designated high value assets throughout the green and blue-water environment and providing deployable Adaptive Force Packages (AFP) worldwide in an integrated, joint and combined theater of operations.

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