C005594

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

Journal - Page 117 - Line 1

Since its inception in July 1948, Naval Beach Group ONE and its subordinate commands have participated in a variety of amphibious operations. Commander, Naval Beach Group One functions under two distinct missions. During amphibious assaults, he provides personnel to support and operate causeway lighterage, side loading warping tugs. LCACs, LCUs, and LCM-8s, buoyant ship to shore bulk fuel systems, beach traffic control, and beach salvage equipment. The second mission is under the Maritime Preposition Force (MPF) concept which uses the equipment and supplies prepositioned on board forward deployed Maritime Preposition Ships (MPS). Commander, Naval Beach Group ONE forms and commands the Naval Support Element (NSE) and is airlifted into an objective area to establish camp support, conduct ship-to-shore movement, beach party operations and debarkation operations in support of the offload of each MPF ship.