U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Edgar Wooten, basic entry Marine, Special Reaction Team, Provost Marshall’s Office, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, fires with M4A1 service rifle during a live-fire shoot house training at the Los Angeles Police Academy, Los Angeles, California, January 21, 2021. MAGTF-TC SRT Marines participated in the two-week Los Angeles Police Academy, Special Weapons and Tactics certification course.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser)
Marines from the Provost Marshall Office’s Special Reaction Team at the Twentynine Palms Combat Center participated in a two-week exercise with the Los Angeles Police Department’s SWAT team earlier this month. During the live-fire exercise, the Marines entered a simulated house looking for hostages and shooters. They learned to use a Throwbot 2 reconnaissance robot and threw in stun grenades. Trainers and observers were situated on observation decks above the rooms and were able to look down i