While details are sparse, two U.S. Navy riverine command boats have been “taken into custody” by the government of Iran, the Pentagon said Tuesday. An Iranian state-run news outlet reported ...

Antionne Winston, from Ozark, Alabama, became the Navy’s second officer to assume command of one of the Coastal Riverine ... to help us find our way forward.” The new Mark VI command ...

MANAMA, Bahrain — The US Navy's latest patrol boat, the Mark VI ... fleet of Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) and will support the Coastal Riverine Force (CRF).

Dwarfed by America's aircraft carriers, submarines, and destroyers, the Riverine Command Boats form the low, but crucial, end of the navy's mix of ships. The little international incident ...

The US government lost contact with the boats en route from Kuwait to Bahrain. — -- Two small U.S. Navy boats with 10 sailors on board were being held by Iran Tuesday after possibly drifting ...

The Mark VI is a replacement for the Riverine Command Boat, which gained notoriety three ... at how to grow this force and what it can do for us,” Brakke said. “We understood when they ...

The new Coastal Riverine ... commander of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, said during an establishment ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. “The boats that sailors ...

Current and future acquisitions include the Mark VI (MK VI) patrol boat; rigid inflatable boats (RIB); riverine command ... in seven ports continental United States and worldwide, from Djibouti ...

Discover the cutting-edge capabilities of the US Navy’s Mark VI patrol boat. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an incorrigible lover of ...

In 2016, a string of egregious leadership failures allowed Iran to capture a lieutenant-led detachment of two riverine command ... Mark VI patrol boats—one of the few platforms where promising ...

a U.S. based boat manufacturer, has been contracted to provide a new asset to the United States Navy’s Riverine force. The vessel, designated as the Riverine Command Boat (RCB), is a 49-ft.