![]() ![]() Originally located in Port Clinton, Ohio (center of the Ninth Coast Guard District’s Reserve program), the PSU Training Detachment (PSU TRADET) was tasked with improving the mission effectiveness, unit readiness, and providing pre-deployment support for the Coast Guard’s Port Security Units (PSUs). The origins of the Special Missions Training Center lie in the Coast Guard Port Security Unit program. Eventually, the Coast Guard “settled out” with eight PSUs (nearly one for each District) and has distinguished themselves as a vital component of the Coast Guards wartime and security plans. The blue prints for the original concept evolved out of the Ninth Coast Guard District’s Reserve program. (PSU 301), Cleveland (PSU 302) and Milwaukee (PSU 303). The first three test units were in Buffalo, N.Y. Prior to 1990, the organization of a PSU was notional. (OCONUS) port security in support of requesting regional combatant commanders. A PSU is a deployable unit organized for operations to provide waterside protection to key assets such as pier areas, high value assets and harbor entrances at the termination/ origination point of the Sea Lines of Communications (SLOCs). Navy in wartime, the Coast Guard created an equally special entity known as Port Security Units (PSU). In the 1980s, the concept of a Rapid Deployment Force was developed to protect vital overseas ports and military equipment. US territorial port security became a vital role of the Coast Guard through the years, and especially during wartime operations.
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