My son who is a 13 year proud Navy man has just been assigned to the new deploying of the Swift Boat Program at Little Creek in VA. I am curious what type of training will be involved in this and if any veterans on this site are involved in the new Expeditionary use of this these boats. My son is thrilled to be able to serve in this capacity as he grew up on the water with boats always available to him and he loves the idea of being on a smaller boat in a more active role. Thanks for any info you can give me!

ITs not the same boat that I rode back in Nam. This is a much larger ship. Try this site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Swift_(AM-122) http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/detail/sea/hsv-2_detail.
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Thanks so much for the info, however, I just learned that the actual boat that my son is assigned to is part of the "RIVRON" Expeditionary Group that will be guarding the dams in Iraq. I guess that they are not really swift boats as they are termed by others. They are small, 5 person boats, and look a bit like sitting ducks to me, but then I am his mom. He has just been promoted to Chief(unusual for someone his age - 30- so I hear) this week and his orders may change.He is hoping that they don't as he is looking forward to this assignment, which will be eight months in country. The website that shows these boats if you are interested is http://www.navy.mil/list_all.asp?id=27443
The info on this group is on the Navy.mil website and if you type in RIVRON on the search part they will come up.