Port Security Unit (PSU) 301 deployed to Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Three port security units (PSU's), consisting of 550 Coast Guard reservists are ordered to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield. This was the first involuntary overseas mobilization of Coast Guard Reserve PSU's in the Coast Guard Reserve's 50-year history. A total of 950 Coast Guard reservists were called to active duty. Other reservist duties included supervising RRF vessel inspection and loading hazardous military cargoes.
