Can anyone Id this USCG patch

[1st Sgt CES]

Hello --got this over the weekend--- does anyone know what this is ? Blue Skies Mark

[Bearmon]

USCG Port Security Unit although all references I see have three digit numbers: 308 Gulfport MS, 309 Port Clinton OH etc

 

These are fast/quick response teams for Homeland Security, not The Dept of but for actual fast response to issue of port security

[KurtA]

It's probably Port Security for the 9th Coast Guard District.

[Bearmon]

http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/dog/units.asp

 

This shows the PSU's no number 9 though!

[1st Sgt CES]

Thanks for the help on this--Blue Skies Mark

[GIl Sanow]

Thanks for the help on this--Blue Skies Mark

 

I wonder if this is a higher HQ for all 9th CG District units.

 

G

[Garth Thompson]

http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/dog/units.asp

 

This shows the PSU's no number 9 though!

Kurt is correct. The 9th is for the 9th Coast Guard District headquartered in Cleveland, OH. The patch would be for the Port Security Unit attached to the 9th's HQ.

Garth

[tigerfan]

Hello --got this over the weekend--- does anyone know what this is ? Blue Skies Mark

 

There were two of these patches. The other was subdued. Did you get them both?

[1st Sgt CES]

Hello Roger--I only saw one as you had a ton of great stuff at the show----Blue Skies Mark

[Bearmon]

Cleveland OH is PSU 302 I can find no reference to any HQ PSU. The Coast Guard advertises thier units pretty well.

Where did you come across your information so I know where else to look in the future?

Thanks

[pmargulies]

Cleveland OH is PSU 302 I can find no reference to any HQ PSU. The Coast Guard advertises thier units pretty well.

Where did you come across your information so I know where else to look in the future?

Thanks

Cleveland OH was PSU 302, it is now PSU 309, and has been for a number of years. The 9th patch is the original patch worn during the Persin Gulf War. Go to www.USCG.mil and look for the historian link. There is a lot of good info on the early development of the PSUs. Hope this helps.

[Mr.Jerry]

Old thread but I just found a small group of BDUs to a Coastie from the same unit.

[Salvage Sailor]

USCG 9th District Port Security Unit, 1980's

 

"The current PSUs evolved out of Coast Guard Ninth District's Reserve PSU program that began in the 1980s, but the port security mission and service goes back even further."

[firefighter]

​I have a buddy that served with the 9th PSU in Iraq, 1st Gulf War. His unit was out of Oswego, NY.