Special response teams prep for high risk situations at Ft. Benning
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent this bulletin at 12/01/2011 04:26 PM ESTSpecial response teams prep for high risk situations at Ft. Benning
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They serve warrants under hazardous conditions. They secure the airspace over the Super Bowl in Blackhawk helicopters. They go undercover to dismantle drug trafficking organizations. They even assist after a horrible tragedy like Hurricane Katrina. Their overriding goal is to protect public safety. The work of special response team (SRT) members is often grueling and so is the training they undergo at Georgia's Ft. Benning.
SRT training lasts three weeks and includes several components. Students must complete a 1.5 mile run in less than 12 minutes, drag a dummy for 25 yards, complete 30 pushups and transition over a six-foot wall in full tactical gear.
"We average a failure rate of five to six students out of 24 on the first day," said Steve Podaras, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) National Tactical Coordinator. "Some people are meant for this, and some people are not. That's what this school does; it weeds people out."
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