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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Bryan M. Cochran, right, speaks during

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Bryan M. Cochran, right, speaks during

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Bryan M. Cochran, right, speaks during the change of command ceremony for Riverine Squadron 3 in Yorktown, Va., June 26, 2009. Cmdr. Gregory M. Sandway was relieved by Cochran. (U.S. Navy photo ... More

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 fires a

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 fires a

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 fires a .50 caliber machine gun at a target off the coast of Virginia Beach Va. during a live-fire exercise on board a Riverine Command Boat, March 13. RIVRON 2 is con... More

Rear Adm. Michael Tillotson, left, commander of Navy

Rear Adm. Michael Tillotson, left, commander of Navy

Rear Adm. Michael Tillotson, left, commander of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Capt. Dale Fleck, commodore of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2, Cmdr. Christopher Merwin, commander of Explosive Ordnance D... More

Capt. Christopher Halton, commodore of Riverine Group

Capt. Christopher Halton, commodore of Riverine Group

Capt. Christopher Halton, commodore of Riverine Group 1, left, explains to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus the advantages of using unmanned aerial vehicles during a visit to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Cree... More

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 load a Riverine

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 load a Riverine

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 load a Riverine Command Boat into an Air Force C-5 Galaxy for the first time in history, Feb. 25, on the AMC flight line at Naval Station Norfolk. The RCB will be deliv... More

Commander, First Naval Construction Division, Rear

Commander, First Naval Construction Division, Rear

Commander, First Naval Construction Division, Rear Adm. Mark A. Handley, speaks to Seabees and their spouses at the Hampton Roads 2010 Seabee Birthday Ball. Seabees in Hampton Roads celebrated their 68th birthd... More

A Dutch marine (left), from the Royal Netherlands Marine

A Dutch marine (left), from the Royal Netherlands Marine

A Dutch marine (left), from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, along with sailors from Riverine Squadron 3, unties his team’s raft prior during the six kilometer amphibious march along the island of Curacao, J... More

Members of NATO reserve force interact with an explosive

Members of NATO reserve force interact with an explosive

Members of NATO reserve force interact with an explosive ordnance disposal manned transportable robot during a tour of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. The NATO personnel visited NECC to meet with sailors fro... More

Chief Petty Officer Nicholas Howell  (left) and Petty

Chief Petty Officer Nicholas Howell (left) and Petty

Chief Petty Officer Nicholas Howell (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Sheldon Oga, both from Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3, look for a place to insert a ground patrol while aboard a Riverine Assault Boat durin... More

Capt. Christopher Halton, commodore of Riverine Group

Capt. Christopher Halton, commodore of Riverine Group

Capt. Christopher Halton, commodore of Riverine Group 1, (right) explains to Rear Adm. Kurt Tidd, commander U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command, U.S. 4th Fleet (center) and Rear Adm. Patricia E. Wolfe, commander... More

A Dutch Marine, right, from the Royal Netherlands Marine

A Dutch Marine, right, from the Royal Netherlands Marine

A Dutch Marine, right, from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps directs sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 during a come alongside maneuver next to the Royal Netherlands ship HNLMS Pelikaan, June 28. Sailors from ... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Raymond Delossantos, gunner's

Petty Officer 3rd Class Raymond Delossantos, gunner's

Petty Officer 3rd Class Raymond Delossantos, gunner's mate, from Riverine Squadron 3, negotiates an obstacle during a physical training evolution with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, June 27. Sailors from R... More

Sailors and equipment assigned to Navy Expeditionary

Sailors and equipment assigned to Navy Expeditionary

Sailors and equipment assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command's adaptive force package are unloaded from a landing craft utility assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) after being underw... More

Cmdr. Eric Bray renders honors at the conclusion of

Cmdr. Eric Bray renders honors at the conclusion of

Cmdr. Eric Bray renders honors at the conclusion of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 12 change of command ceremony Feb. 10, during which he relieved Cmdr. Christopher Merwin.

BMC (SW) Richard Glessner, with Maritime Expeditionary

BMC (SW) Richard Glessner, with Maritime Expeditionary

BMC (SW) Richard Glessner, with Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 6, directs a convoy of Navy security patrol boats to be loaded on USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43). MSRON-6 is deploying to assist in re... More

Riverine Squadron 3, US Navy Photogrpah

Riverine Squadron 3, US Navy Photogrpah

Sailors assigned to Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the Royal Netherlands marine corps perform a right echelon maneuver in riverine assault boats during a three-week cross-training exercise to exchange tac... More

EODMU 2 use the new PMK, Virginia Beach

EODMU 2 use the new PMK, Virginia Beach

Petty Officer 3rd Class Matt Miga, explosive ordnance disposal technician, left, and Petty Officer 2nd Class John Piowaty, explosive ordnance disposal technician, both from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Un... More

A visitor from the U.S. Air Force Air War College tries

A visitor from the U.S. Air Force Air War College tries

A visitor from the U.S. Air Force Air War College tries on a MK-21 diving helmet during a visit to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. Students at the school visited NECC to familiarize themselves with the capab... More

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3, board a Royal Netherlands

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3, board a Royal Netherlands

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3, board a Royal Netherlands Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel, during a troop transfer at sea exercise, June 23. Sailors from RIVRON 3 are cross-training with elements of the Roya... More

Buck Brownell (left) hands a bag of non-perishable

Buck Brownell (left) hands a bag of non-perishable

Buck Brownell (left) hands a bag of non-perishable food items to Lester Longley, senior chief master-at-arms, both from Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, during a Feds Feeds Families donation event, Aug. 4. NE... More

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the Royal Netherlands marine corps, cheer for Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Owusu, electrician’s mate, after he jumps into the water at the start of a six kilo... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Graham (right), from

Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Graham (right), from

Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Graham (right), from Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3, briefs marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps on formation boat drills March 22. Sailors from RIVRON 3 and marines from... More

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 fires a

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 fires a

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 fires a duel mounted .50 caliber machine gun at a target off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va. during a live-fire exercise on board a Riverine Command Boat, March 13. R... More

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 2, demonstrate combat

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 2, demonstrate combat

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 2, demonstrate combat boat maneuvers for the Chief of Staff of the Royal Norwegian Navy, March 16. Rear Adm. Haakon Bruun-Hanssen and his staff visited NECC to meet with sailors ... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Graham, a boatswain's

Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Graham, a boatswain's

Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Graham, a boatswain's mate, right, assigned to Riverine Squadron 3, calls out formation orders over the radio to marines from the Royal Netherlands marine corps during riverine com... More

Sailors and equipment from Navy Expeditionary Combat

Sailors and equipment from Navy Expeditionary Combat

Sailors and equipment from Navy Expeditionary Combat Command’s Adaptive Force Package disembark a Landing Craft Utility Boat, assigned to USS Wasp, after being underway in advance of Hurricane Irene. AFP brings... More

Rear Adm. Kurt Tidd, commander of U.S. Naval Forces

Rear Adm. Kurt Tidd, commander of U.S. Naval Forces

Rear Adm. Kurt Tidd, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command, U.S. 4th Fleet, talks to expeditionary sailors during a visit to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Sept. 20.

Sailors with Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron

Sailors with Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron

Sailors with Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 6 and USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) work together to load MSRON-6 equipment prior to deploying to Haiti to assist in relief efforts. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

A beach reconnaissance team from the Royal Netherlands

A beach reconnaissance team from the Royal Netherlands

A beach reconnaissance team from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps demonstrate how they insert and secure a beach from a sea based command for sailors from Riverine Squadron 3, June 23. Sailors from RIVRON 3 a... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Yancey Barnes, from Navy Cargo

Petty Officer 1st Class Yancey Barnes, from Navy Cargo

Petty Officer 1st Class Yancey Barnes, from Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1, explains the capabilities of Navy Expeditionary Logistic Support Group, to Rear Adm. Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, chief of staff of the Roya... More

Sailors and equipment from Navy Expeditionary Combat

Sailors and equipment from Navy Expeditionary Combat

Sailors and equipment from Navy Expeditionary Combat Command’s Adaptive Force Package disembark a Landing Craft Utility Boat, assigned to USS Wasp, after being underway in advance of Hurricane Irene. AFP brings... More

Navy Diver 1st Class James Goodman, from Mobile Diving

Navy Diver 1st Class James Goodman, from Mobile Diving

Navy Diver 1st Class James Goodman, from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, demonstrates to U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen the capabilities of a Transportable Recompression Chamber used by Navy Divers, dur... More

Sailors assigned to Riverine Squadron 3 train marines

Sailors assigned to Riverine Squadron 3 train marines

Sailors assigned to Riverine Squadron 3 train marines from the Royal Netherlands marine corps to operate riverine craft in formation during a three-week cross-training exercise to exchange tactics and refine skills.

Kenyan Navy Lt. Col. Thomas Nganga (left) discusses

Kenyan Navy Lt. Col. Thomas Nganga (left) discusses

Kenyan Navy Lt. Col. Thomas Nganga (left) discusses Riverine Capabilities with a sailor from Riverine Squadron 1, during a demonstration of Riverine capabilities after a boat ride on a Riverine Patrol Boat. Riv... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Frank Moreno, aviation machinist

Petty Officer 1st Class Frank Moreno, aviation machinist

Petty Officer 1st Class Frank Moreno, aviation machinist mate, left, and Seaman Jon Castillo, gunner's mate, from Riverine Squadron 3, negotiate an obstacle during a physical training evolution with the Royal N... More

Cmdr. Peter Berning, chief staff officer for Riverine

Cmdr. Peter Berning, chief staff officer for Riverine

Cmdr. Peter Berning, chief staff officer for Riverine Group 1, explains the mission and capabilities of Riverines to members of the Michigan Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve during a visit to Navy Expe... More

Navy Diver 3rd Class Patrick Lane, from Mobile Diving

Navy Diver 3rd Class Patrick Lane, from Mobile Diving

Navy Diver 3rd Class Patrick Lane, from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, demonstrates equipment used by Navy Divers to U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen during their visit to the Hampton Roads area. Fifteen midsh... More

Steelworker Petty Officer 3rd Class Ben Hickok, with

Steelworker Petty Officer 3rd Class Ben Hickok, with

Steelworker Petty Officer 3rd Class Ben Hickok, with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7, stabilizes a two-by-four while a member of the Philippine Army 54th Engineering Brigade drills a hole while building a... More

Sailors assigned to Riverine Squadron 2, explain their

Sailors assigned to Riverine Squadron 2, explain their

Sailors assigned to Riverine Squadron 2, explain their capabilities and mission to members of NATO reserve force during a tour of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. The NATO personnel visited NECC to meet with ... More

A sailor from Riverine Squadron 1 Exchanges Ideas for

A sailor from Riverine Squadron 1 Exchanges Ideas for

A sailor from Riverine Squadron 1 Exchanges Ideas for operations on a Riverine combat boat with officers from Africa Partnership Station at the conclusion of a boat ride. Riverine Group 1 hosted 30 officers fr... More

Kenyan Navy Lt. Col. Thomas Nganga (center) observes

Kenyan Navy Lt. Col. Thomas Nganga (center) observes

Kenyan Navy Lt. Col. Thomas Nganga (center) observes Quartermaster 3rd Class Stephen Cool-lartique (left) and Hull Technician 1st Class Kevin McClure both with Riverine Squadron 1 operate a Riverine Patrol Boat... More

Sailors with Riverine Squadron 2 fire at targets off

Sailors with Riverine Squadron 2 fire at targets off

Sailors with Riverine Squadron 2 fire at targets off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va., during a live-fire exercise on board Riverine Command Boats, March 13. RIVRON 2 is conducting unit level training in order ... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Graham (right), from

Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Graham (right), from

Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Graham (right), from Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3, calls out formation orders over the radio, while marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps react to his instruction during ... More

Returning to Norfolk, US Navy Photogrpah

Returning to Norfolk, US Navy Photogrpah

Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Mathias, intelligence specialist, assigned to Riverine Squadron 1, sits with his son at the Naval Station Norfolk air terminal after returning from a six-month deployment to Iraq.... More

A sailor assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 fires

A sailor assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 fires

A sailor assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 fires a .50- caliber machine gun at a target aboard a Riverine Command Boat off the coast of Virginia during a live-fire exercise. RIVRON 2 is conducting unit l... More

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 load a Riverine

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 load a Riverine

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 load a Riverine Command Boat into an Air Force C-5 Galaxy for the first time in history, Feb. 25, on the AMC flight line at Naval Station Norfolk. The RCB will be deliv... More

Seaman Jon Castillo, gunner's mate, from Riverine Squadron

Seaman Jon Castillo, gunner's mate, from Riverine Squadron

Seaman Jon Castillo, gunner's mate, from Riverine Squadron 3, climbs a hanging pallet during a water obstacle course physical training evolution with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, June 27. Sailors from RI... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jarmarcus Collins (right),

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jarmarcus Collins (right),

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jarmarcus Collins (right), a boatswains mate from Riverine Squadron 3, assists a Dutch marine, from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, perform basic maintenance on an outboard motor, Ju... More

A Dutch Marine, right, from the Royal Netherlands Marine

A Dutch Marine, right, from the Royal Netherlands Marine

A Dutch Marine, right, from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps directs sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 during a come along side maneuver with the Royal Netherlands ship HNLMS Pelikaan, June 28. Sailors from RI... More

Camp Trident Summer Camp - Navy Expeditionary Combat Command

Camp Trident Summer Camp - Navy Expeditionary Combat Command

Michael Albritton navigates a kayak during a confidence building evolution at Camp Trident summer camp. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Chief Petty Officers Association chose to sponsor Albritton based on the... More

52nd Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show

52nd Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show

Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Bechtel, explosive ordnance disposal technician, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2, helps a guest into an EOD bomb suite during the 52nd Naval Air Station Ocean... More

Seabees dedicate new headquarters facility

Seabees dedicate new headquarters facility

Carol Curtis, president of Noah Enterprises; Capt. Paul Odenthal, executive officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic; Rear Adm. Mark Handley, commander, First Naval Construction Divis... More

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 mans a .50

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 mans a .50

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 mans a .50 caliber machine gun off the coast of Virginia Beach Va. during a live-fire exercise on board a Riverine Command Boat, March 13. RIVRON 2 is conducting unit ... More

Sailors from Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 patrol the

Sailors from Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 patrol the

Sailors from Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 patrol the Elizabeth River in a Riverine Patrol Boat during a Final Exam Problem exercise, Feb. 2. RIVRON 3 participated in a two-week field exercise that tested sailo... More

Navy Diver 1st Class John Neal, left, and Navy Diver

Navy Diver 1st Class John Neal, left, and Navy Diver

Navy Diver 1st Class John Neal, left, and Navy Diver 1st Class Joshua Keller, both with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, prepare to pump sea water into the forward compartment of the former U.S. Coast Guard bu... More

Sailors from Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines

Sailors from Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines

Sailors from Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, watch as Petty Officer 2nd Class Gates Kobuszewski jumps from a cliff at the start of the six kilometer amphibious ... More

Marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps train

Marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps train

Marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps train with sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 on the capabilities of Riverine Boats, March 23. Sailors from RIVRON 3 and Marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine C... More

Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security

Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security

Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Group 2 and Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 2, participate in a simulated training mission on a Laser Shoot Littoral Combat Simulator. The simulator ... More

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps swim two kilometers during a six kilometer amphibious march along the island of Curacao, July 5. The amphibious march consis... More

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 re-loads

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 re-loads

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 re-loads a .50 caliber machine gun off the coast of Virginia Beach Va. during a live-fire exercise on board a Riverine Command Boat, March 13. RIVRON 2 is conducting u... More

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick West (Right) looks on as his son, Navy Diver 3rd Class Zach West stationed with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MUDSU) 2 prepares for a familiarization dive. ... More

Ribbon cutting in Virginia, Virginia Beach

Ribbon cutting in Virginia, Virginia Beach

Rear Adm. Christopher Paul, left, deputy commander of Navy Expeditionary Combat Comman; Capt. Frederick Burgess, operations officer of Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic; Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Smith... More

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps paddle an inflatable boat during a six kilometer amphibious march along the island of Curacao, July 5. The amphibious march c... More

Sailor receives Soldier's Medal

Sailor receives Soldier's Medal

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Roy Jaquez is presented the Soldier's Medal by Capt. Raymond Benedict, commanding officer of Provincial Reconstruction Team Nuristan, Afghanistan. Jaquez helped save the lives of thr... More

A sailor assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 fires

A sailor assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 fires

A sailor assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 fires a dual-mounted .50 caliber machine gun at a target aboard a Riverine Command Boat off the coast of Virginia during a live-fire exercise. RIVRON 2 is condu... More

Chief Petty Officer Nicholas Howell, electronics technician,

Chief Petty Officer Nicholas Howell, electronics technician,

Chief Petty Officer Nicholas Howell, electronics technician, left, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Sheldon Oga, boatswain's mate, both assigned to Riverine Squadron 3, look for a place to insert a ground patrol dur... More

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 fires a

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 fires a

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 fires a duel mounted .50 caliber machine gun at a target off the coast of Virginia Beach Va. during a live-fire exercise on board a Riverine Command Boat, March 13. RI... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Eliseo Hernandez, from Explosive

Petty Officer 1st Class Eliseo Hernandez, from Explosive

Petty Officer 1st Class Eliseo Hernandez, from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6, says goodbye to his daughter Isela prior to deploying to Afghanistan, Feb. 9. EODMU 6 is deploying to Afghanist... More

Storekeeper 1st Class Oswaldo Rosado, assigned to Maritime

Storekeeper 1st Class Oswaldo Rosado, assigned to Maritime

Storekeeper 1st Class Oswaldo Rosado, assigned to Maritime Civil Affairs Team (MCAT) 2, poses with a command hat. Rosado, a survivor of the 1965 Dominican Republic Revolution and now says serving in the civil a... More

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps perform a right echelon maneuver using Riverine Assault Boats March 22. Sailors from RIVRON 3 and marines from the ... More

Senior Chief Petty Officer Edwin Bennett, from Riverine

Senior Chief Petty Officer Edwin Bennett, from Riverine

Senior Chief Petty Officer Edwin Bennett, from Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3, discusses training locations with members of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps March 22. sailors from RIVRON 3 and marines from the... More

Members from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps train

Members from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps train

Members from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps train sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 how to perform a come alongside maneuver next to the Royal Netherlands ship HNLMS Pelikaan, June 28. Sailors from RIVRON 3 ... More

Sailors assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command's

Sailors assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command's

Sailors assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command's adaptive force package disembark a landing craft utility assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) after being underway in advance of Hurri... More

Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 debeaching exercise

Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 debeaching exercise

Navy Divers 1st Class John Neal (left) and Joshua Keller, both assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, prepare to pump sea water into the forward compartment of the former U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender Sal... More

Senior Chief Petty Officer Nathan Kvinsland from Riverine

Senior Chief Petty Officer Nathan Kvinsland from Riverine

Senior Chief Petty Officer Nathan Kvinsland from Riverine Squadron 1, collects trash off the beach on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek / Fort Story during the 2011 Clean the Bay Day. Expeditionary sailors ... More

A Dutch marine (left), from the Royal Netherlands Marine

A Dutch marine (left), from the Royal Netherlands Marine

A Dutch marine (left), from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, transits through St. Anna Bay as Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Sanchez, a gunners mate from Riverine Squadron 3, looks on at the start of a transit... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Sanchez, a gunners mate

Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Sanchez, a gunners mate

Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Sanchez, a gunners mate from Riverine Squadron 3, practices high speed turns under the instruction of a Dutch marine from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, during a transit exerci... More

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3, assist a Dutch marine

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3, assist a Dutch marine

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3, assist a Dutch marine (left), from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, lower a Dutch craft onto a maintenance platform, July 8. Sailors from RIVRON 3 are cross-training with el... More

A beach reconnaissance team member from the Royal

A beach reconnaissance team member from the Royal

A beach reconnaissance team member from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps helps secure a beach during a demonstration for sailors from Riverine Squadron 3, June 23. Sailors from RIVRON 3 are cross-training wit... More

From left, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. David Cline, Capt. Anthony

From left, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. David Cline, Capt. Anthony

From left, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. David Cline, Capt. Anthony Krueger, Cmdr. Gregory M. Sandway and Cmdr. Bryan M. Cochran salute the American flag during the change of command ceremony for Riverine Squadron 3 in Y... More

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps conduct high-speed maneuvers using a Riverine Assault Boat March 22. Sailors from RIVRON 3 and marines from the Roy... More

Marines with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps brace

Marines with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps brace

Marines with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps brace themselves during an emergency stop maneuver on board a Riverine Patrol Boat March 22. Sailors from RIVRON 3 and marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine ... More

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead meets

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead meets

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead meets with sailors assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. The CNO met with sailors from the expeditionary... More

UCT 1 change of command ceremony

UCT 1 change of command ceremony

Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Miller, (left) hands off the command's flag to Lt. Cmdr. William Butler, signifying the passing of authority for Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1 during the change of command ceremony June... More

Riverine Squadron 3 sailors lift a Dutch craft out

Riverine Squadron 3 sailors lift a Dutch craft out

Riverine Squadron 3 sailors lift a Dutch craft out of the water to perform basic maintenance, July 8. Sailors from RIVRON 3 are cross-training with elements of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps and Navy for a ... More

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus meets with sailors

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus meets with sailors

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus meets with sailors from Underwater Construction Team 1 during a visit to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.

Sailors with Riverine Squadron 3 train Marines from

Sailors with Riverine Squadron 3 train Marines from

Sailors with Riverine Squadron 3 train Marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps how to operate Riverine craft in formation, March 23. Sailors from RIVRON 3 and marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine C... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jarmarcus Collins, from Riverine

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jarmarcus Collins, from Riverine

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jarmarcus Collins, from Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3, scans the shoreline of a river for simulated enemy combatants during a Final Exam Problem exercise, Feb. 2. RIVRON 3 participated i... More

Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security

Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security

Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Group 2 and Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 2, participate in a simulated training mission on a Laser Shoot Littoral Combat Simulator. The simulator ... More

A beach reconnaissance team member from the Royal

A beach reconnaissance team member from the Royal

A beach reconnaissance team member from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps helps secure a beach during a demonstration for sailors from Riverine Squadron 3, June 23. Sailors from RIVRON 3 are cross-training wit... More

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines

Sailors with Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps practice formation drills using Riverine Assault Boats March 22. Sailors from RIVRON 3 and marines from the Royal N... More

Commander, U.S. Second Fleet, Vice Adm. Mel Williams

Commander, U.S. Second Fleet, Vice Adm. Mel Williams

Commander, U.S. Second Fleet, Vice Adm. Mel Williams Jr., speaks to Seabees and their spouses at the Hampton Roads 2010 Seabee Birthday Ball. Seabees in Hampton Roads celebrated their 68th birthday this year. ... More

Seabees with Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 stabilize

Seabees with Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 stabilize

Seabees with Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 stabilize a two-by-four while a member from the Philippine Army 54th Engineering Brigade saws. Along with Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7, the... More

An instructor with Jungle Warfare Training Command

An instructor with Jungle Warfare Training Command

An instructor with Jungle Warfare Training Command supervises Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 as they rappel down a cliff during a jungle warfare training evolution hosted by Marines with JWT... More

Colombian chief of navy visits NECC

Colombian chief of navy visits NECC

Colombian Chief of Navy Adm. Alvaro Echandia Duran discusses the capabilities and advantages of using the Aqua Puma unmanned aerial vehicle with sailors from Riverine Group 1 during a visit to Navy Expeditionar... More

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 fires a

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 fires a

A Riverine sailor with Riverine Squadron 2 fires a M-240B machine gun at a target off the coast of Virginia Beach Va. during a live-fire exercise on board a Riverine Command Boat, March 13. RIVRON 2 is conducti... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Morrison, from Riverine

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Morrison, from Riverine

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Morrison, from Riverine Squadron 3, discusses offloading procedures for a Royal Netherlands Landing Craft Utility, with a Dutch Marine, June 22. Sailors from RIVRON 3 are cross-trai... More

Marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps train

Marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps train

Marines from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps train with sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 on the capabilities of the Riverine Assault Boat, March 23. Sailors from RIVRON 3 and Marines from the Royal Netherlan... More

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the

Sailors from Riverine Squadron 3 and marines from the Royal Netherlands marine corps paddle an inflatable boat during a six kilometer amphibious march along the island of Curacao, July 5. The amphibious march ... More

An officer from Africa Partnership Station familiarizes

An officer from Africa Partnership Station familiarizes

An officer from Africa Partnership Station familiarizes himself with a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a Riverine Patrol Boat. Riverine Group 1 hosted 30 officers from APS to discuss and observe Riverine mi... More

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