A Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit (MIUWU) was a component of the
United States Navy
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's
Force Protection Package
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tasked with providing seaward security to joint logistics over-the-shore operations from either a port or harbor complex or unimproved beach sites. The mobile inshore undersea warfare unit often made up of
Seabee
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rates is equipped with mobile logistics,
radar
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,
sonar
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, and communications equipment located within mobile elements, such as a tent, specially modified
HMMWV
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, or truck-mountable container.
Units
* Group One (West)
** MIUWU 101 - Seattle WA
** MIUWU 102 - Spokane WA
** MIUWU 103 - San Francisco CA
** MIUWU 104 - San Jose CA
** MIUWS Unit 11 - Long Beach CA
** MIUWS Unit 12 - Long Beach CA
** MIUWS Unit 13 - Long Beach CA
** MIUWU 106 - San Diego CA
** MIUWU 107 - San Diego CA
** MIUWU 108 - Corpus Christi TX
** MIUWU 109 - Dallas TX
** MIUWU 110 - Portland O
** MIUWU 112 - St. Louis MO
** MIUWU 113 - Oklahoma City OK
** MIUWU 114 - Whiteman AFB MO
* Group Two (East)
** MIUWU 201 - Perrysburg OH
** MIUWU 202 - Newport RI
** MIUWU 203 - Bronx NY
** MIUWU 204 - Fort Dix NJ
** MIUWU 205 - Charleston SC
** MIUWU 206 - Norfolk VA
** MIUWU 207 - Jacksonville FL
** MIUWU 208 - Hialeah FL
**MIUWU 209 - Mobile Ala.
** MIUWU 210 - Fort McHenry MD
** MIUWU 211 - Charlotte NC
** MIUWU 212 - Gulfport MS
** MIUWU 213 - Milwaukee, WI
** MIUWU 214 - Buffalo NY
See also
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United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
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Naval Coastal Warfare
The Naval Coastal Warfare community is a component of the United States Navy, part of Naval Expeditionary Combat Command. The Maritime Expeditionary Security Force (MESF), formerly known as the Mobile Security Forces (MSF), has the primary missio ...
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Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare Specialist
The EXW qualification (referred to as Expeditionary Warfare Specialist) is a warfare qualification awarded to enlisted United States Navy personnel assigned to U.S. Navy expeditionary combat units, who satisfactorily complete the required qualif ...
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Maritime Expeditionary Security Force
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Expeditionary war
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References
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Military units and formations of the United States Navy
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