Photo Essay: Police SRT Holds Urban Terrain Training

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

Story by Scott Sturkol

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office

Members of the Fort McCoy Special Reaction Team (SRT), all officers with the Directorate of Emergency Services Police Department, participated in specialized urban terrain training Nov. 5, 2019, on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The SRT is a team of specially trained police officers ready to respond installation-wide to a hostage-taking or related event at any time.

The SRT is a critical element in an installation crisis-response plan, and its role is to be the garrison commander’s principle response force in the event of a major disruption or high-risk incident on the installation.

By Army definition, an SRT is a team of military or security personnel armed and equipped to isolate, contain, gather information for, and, if necessary, neutralize a special threat.

Specific missions and response capabilities of an SRT are determined by the threat and availability of equipment and training time.

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services each year since 1984.

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