Over 250 reserve and active duty sailors from a Navy task group returned from a seven-month deployment in the Middle East. They provided seaward surveillance and security in amphibious areas and harbors. The captain said the sailors exceeded expectations during their deployment. The task group consisted of boat detachments from Washington and Oregon and a security detachment from Washington. During their deployment, they escorted over $3 billion in assets and protected the delivery of ammunition to Iraq and Afghanistan.