Fleet Protection Group - Iraqi Riverine Patrol Service (IRPS)
photo category: royal marines

Royal Marines from the Fleet Protection Group (FPG) and members of the Iraqi Riverine Patrol Service (IRPS) conduct a waterside patrol of the port facilities at Umm Qasr, Iraq, 2004. Here they are searching a 250-foot container ship suspected of oil smuggling with conflicting claims of registry.
USCG photo by PA1 Matthew Belson