{"id":37024,"date":"2020-09-18T17:29:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T17:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/18\/dont-call-it-coastal-riverine-forces-anymore\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:59:46","slug":"dont-call-it-coastal-riverine-forces-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/09\/18\/dont-call-it-coastal-riverine-forces-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t call it \u2018Coastal Riverine Forces\u2019 anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Farewell, Coastal Riverine Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hail, Maritime Expeditionary Security Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/necc\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=_blank>Navy\u2019s Expeditionary Combat Command<\/a> announced this week that it is changing the name of the sea service arm tasked with all facets of riverine warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Navy has a long history operating in littorals and inland waterways, the Coastal Riverine Forces were <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170705140527\/http:\/\/www.navy.mil\/submit\/display.asp?story_id=57052\" target=_blank>established in 2005<\/a>, in part to combat insurgents using such waters in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s now the umbrella organization for training and deploying sailors specializing in riverine ops, littoral missions and port security, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2014\/09\/18\/navy-opens-more-riverine-jobs-to-women\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/riverinesjpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy opens more riverine jobs to women<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Twenty-one new jobs are open to women looking to join the brown-water Navy, further diminishing the number of combat &#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the so-called \u201cgreat power competition\u201d that has seen the U.S. military pivot back to preparing for war against conventional forces after two decades of asymmetric campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere led to the change in the force\u2019s name, NECC spokeswoman Lt. 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Joseph DiGuardo<\/a>, commander of NECC, said in a statement. \u201cWe must continuously evolve to meet the needs of the Navy and the Nation for Great Power Competition, crisis and conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MESF is comprised of two groups based in San Diego and Virginia Beach, respectively, with detachments and deployed units across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riverine warfare has a long history in the Navy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/research\/library\/online-reading-room\/title-list-alphabetically\/r\/riverine-warfare-us-navys-operations-inland-waters.html\" target=_blank>dating back to the Revolutionary War<\/a>, when American sailors in row galleys engaged the formidable warships of the hated British overseers operating in colonial waterways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modern American riverine warfare came of age during the Vietnam War, as patrol boats and river assault craft combed the Mekong Delta and other vital waterways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere water is, sailors will go,\u201d the late Adm. 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