CRF Fact Sheet
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Coastal Riverine Force (CRF) operates in harbors, rivers, bays, and along coastlines. The primary mission of CRF is to conduct maritime security operations by defending high value assets and critical infrastructure from enemies through both non-lethal and lethal means. When ordered, CRF is also capable of conducting offensive combat operations. CRF consists of units that are trained and equipped to operate in all weather and conduct missions such as port security, small unit insertion/extraction, and command and control for supporting units.
CRF Fact Sheet
- 1. CRF is comprised of units manned, trained, and equipped to conduct, port and harbor security, high-value unit security and escort, surveillance and reconnaissance, insertion and extraction of small units, and command and control for supporting and assigned units. CRF is capable of conducting 24 hour operations in all weather conditions and climates. CRF is comprised of both the Active and Reserve Components trained to operate in ambiguous anti-terrorism and force protection threat environments. These units employ both non-lethal and lethal escalation of force measures in order to provide a layer of force protection. CRF forces may also be task-organized to provide tailored force packages to meet unique operational requirements and contingencies such as force protection, protection of vital waterways, establishment of local military superiority Coastal Riverine Force (CRF) operates in harbors, rivers, in areas of naval operations and Humanitarian Assistance bays, across the littorals and ashore. The primary mission and Disaster Relief. of CRF is to conduct maritime security operations across all phases of military operations by defending high value assets, critical maritime infrastructure, ports and harbors both inland and on coastal waterways against enemies and when commanded conduct offensive combat operations. In support of Navy Fleet operations, CRF is able to operate in the green water to shore areas in conjunction with Amphibious Readiness Groups, Expeditionary Strike Groups, Carrier Strike Groups, Global Partnership Stations, and Military Sealift Command ships. In addition to afloat security, CRF units also operate ashore in support of ground operations, protection of critical maritime infrastructure, and Theater Security Cooperation missions. Rear Admiral Michael P. Tillotson Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command “Coastal Riverine is a force that is able to defend a high value asset against a determined enemy and, when ordered, conduct offensive combat operations.”
- 2. In response to the Defense Strategy for the 21st Century, Coastal Riverine Force was created in 2012 by merging Navy Riverine Force and the Maritime Expeditionary Security Force. The merger maintains the most effective and flexible general purpose combat force. CRF provides core Navy capabilities necessary for maritime security today and into the future. Groups Company CRF consists of two headquarters staffs, Coastal Riverine The Coastal Riverine Company (CRC) is the standard Group (CORIVGRU) 1 in San Diego (Navy Outlying unit of action for the CRF. Companies are deployable Landing Field, Imperial Beach) and CORIVGRU 2 in self-sustaining units that may operate independently or Virginia Beach (Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – in coordination with other forces. Each company has two Fort Story). CORIVGRU’s primary mission is to man, train, platoons with personnel assigned for boat operations, a and equip subordinate forces for tasking as assigned in security team capable of conducting VBSS missions, and the required operational capability and projected operating an Intelligence Surveillance Recon (ISR) team capable environment. of operating unmanned vehicles and squadron-level communications equipment. Each company is equipped Squadrons with four green-water capable patrol boats and four The Coastal Riverine Squadron (CORIVRON) is riverine/harbor security boats. responsible for maintaining unit-level readiness of its assigned companies to include the requirement to train Platoon individuals to deploy in support of mission tasking. There Each platoon provides one boat crew per boat assigned, a are two Active Component (AC) squadrons (CRS 2 and 4), 12-person security team trained and equipped to conduct and two Reserve Component (RC) squadrons (CORIVRON Level I and Level II boardings, and an ISR team to act 8 and 10) assigned to the East Coast and one AC squadron as an integrated tactical operations center. Platoons may (CORIVRON 3) and two RC squadrons (CORIVRON 1 and be divided into smaller units such as embarked security 11) assigned to the West Coast. teams to support military sealift transits, aircraft security missions, or other missions as directed. Expeditionary Security Detachments In order to provide fleet commanders with a persistent presence of embarked security teams (EST), the CRF forward deploys two expeditionary security detachments. 1,896 2,510 Coastal Riverine Force The detachments are assigned under the CORIVGRU and reserve active 4,406 personnel are forward deployed to Guam and Bahrain.