Round shaped, brass colored coin, 2-1/4 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • Inshore Boat Unit 15
Location
Coin Location: 21F10
Homebase: Corpus Christi, Texas
Deployment: Kuwait
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 2
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Narrative

Round shaped, brass colored coin, 2-1/4 inches in diameter.

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Inshore Boat Unit 15 supplies men and boats to conduct antiterrorism operations for U.S. maritime assets in littoral regions world-wide. These operations include force protection, harbor defense, protection of Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) ships, and coordination with Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Units (MIUW) for surveillance

operations. IBU 15 is a commissioned unit located in Corpus Christi, Texas and manned by three officers and 30 hard charging full time and selected reservist Sailors